OUR PATRON
Saint Thomas More
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of Englandfrom October 1529 to 16 May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary, ideal island nation.
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, in particular the theology of Martin Luther and William Tyndale. More also opposed the king's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as Supreme Head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and beheaded. Of his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first."
Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the "heavenly Patron of Statesmen and Politicians". Since 1980, the Church of England has remembered More liturgically as a Reformation martyr.The Soviet Union honoured him for the purportedly communist attitude toward property rights expressed in Utopia
Our Background
How We Got Our Start
Yuvadeepti-SMYM is the youth apostalate of Changanacherry Archdiocese. It began in the year 1972 december 3rd Yuvadeepti is a part of SMYM – Syro Malabar Catholic Youth movement, which is affliated to ICYM – Indian Catholic Youth Movement. As the name suggests Yuvadeepti is national wide catholic youth organisation which is aiming at the integral development of every youth. The word Yuvadeepti is joined by two words Yuva & Deepti.Yuva means youth and Deepti means light.. yes we are to give the light of Jesus to our youth!. The patron of SMYM is St. Thomas More, who lived with the principle ‘Rejoice in the Lord’. "The King's good servant, but God's first." More was beatified in 1886 and canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint by Pope Pius XI in 1935.
Yuvadeepti SMYM Ayarkunnam
About Our Unit
Yuvadeepti-SMYM Ayarkunnam is the youth organization under the youth apostalate of Changanacherry Archdiocese. Yuvadeepti is a part of SMYM – Syro Malabar Youth Movement , which is affiliated to SMYM Changanacherry Archdiocese . Yuavdeepti SMYM Ayarkunnam performs its function under the honorable director of the unit Rev.Fr.Vicar/Asst.Vicar, Yuvadeepti SMYM Ayarkunnam is a no profitable organization that performs directly under the control and guidance of the the church St.sebastian's Church Ayarkunnam. The organization acts in accordance with the guidelines and rules of the Forane of kottayam. Yuvadeepti SMYM is lead by a body of members or executives who are the leaders and representatives of the whole youth of ayarkunnam parish. The executive is lead by the the director and presidents who are the representing the male and female youth of the parish. The executive team include a total of 13 members and 7 executives. Yuvadeepti SMYM has been organizing and conducting various program for the development and growth of the youth.
