Self Developmental Youth Training

Brief Reflection of “Self-developmental Youth Training”

At Epiphany Church, Yangon Catholic Archdiocese, Myanmar

On October 18-19, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)

Organization Background

In the Glory of God, we would like to share you about some of our experience what we have done in these days. We, Myanmar Young Catholic Students - Bangkok (MYCS-BKK), are the organization which is working for Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual affairs of Myanmar Catholic Students. All the MYCS-BKK members are students who are studying in a variety of subjects in Thailand.

We are always considering and trying to help the people outside and inside Myanmar especially the students and the youngsters. We have many activities such as; Praise and Worship, Meetings and Discussions with others Students’ Organizations, Educational and Social Trainings, Volunteering and working with some NGOs and Institutes.

Training Report

Recently, we had a chance to organize the youth training in inside Myanmar. We had the contact with the youth leaders from Epiphany Church, Myanmar to organize training for youth there. We planned and prepared to organize that training for about 2 months. We started that idea to provide the effective ways of generating general knowledge of Self-development for the youth.

We named the training as “Self-developmental Youth Training” held at Epiphany Church, Yangon Catholic Archdiocese, Myanmar on October 18-19, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday). Around 60 youth participated in that training. Some members from the executive committee of Epiphany Church helped and served fully on the training with their own strength during the training. We had about 10 observers from another churches. The Epiphany youth had been brainstorming and had gained the basic concept of critical thinking.

The topics are

• Public Speaking,
• Virtue project,
• Time management,
• Catholic Social Teachings, &
• Bible & Youth.

The objectives are

• To build a good relationship among the youth,
• To be able to speak systematically in public,
• To know more about how to read and study the holy bible,
• To be able to manage our time effectively in daily life, &
• To understand and do what the Catholic Church teaches us in the social life.

We invited some priests and the laity who have much knowledge about youth and a lot of experiences of dealing with youth. Actually, they come from the professional fields; moreover, they were the very active and supportive youth leaders before. Those people are still continuing and helping the youth in many ways.

The resource persons are from

• World Vision (Myanmar),
• National Catholic Youth Commission-Myanmar (NCYC),
• Myanmar Young Catholic Students-Bangkok (MYCS-BKK),
• Archdiocesan Catholic Youth Commission-Yangon (AYA),
• Teacher Training Course of Archdiocese-Yangon (TTC), &
• International Movement of Catholic Students-Asia Pacific (IMCS-AP).

Thanks Giving & Conclusion

We have successfully done the “Self-developmental Youth Training” in two days under the blessing of God with the help of speakers, volunteers, donors and those who prayed for us. Therefore, we give our special thanks to The Holy One, Our Living God for His Grace and Blessing. And also we very much thank to every single person involving and helping the training, especially the parish priest of Epiphany Church, the speakers who gave the speeches to the youth, the volunteers who helped the training with all their strength, those who donated the training expenses, and those who prayed for us.

In term of solidarity, please kindly continue to help and pray for us, Myanmar Young Catholic Students – Bangkok (MYCS-BKK). We are always trying our best to serve the people as our motto “Give our hands to others!” Do not hesitate to contact us, Myanmar Young Catholic Students – Bangkok (MYCS-BKK), if you need further information and help.

Myanmar Young Catholic Students - Bangkok, Thailand (MYCS-BKK)