Name: Fran
Birthday: 17 December
Hometown: Washington
Involvement before joining YMT: I have helped out YMT on a few occasions prior to joining the team. I have also done youth SVP work.
Reason for joining YMT: To discover more about myself! As well as being able to share experiences of the year with people I hope to be friends with for the rest of my life.
What are you looking forward this year? Everything but mainly Sister Helen!
Testimony: I have been a Catholic all my life but now feel I am ready to take on the responsibility for my own faith. I hope to strengthen it through my time to YMT.
TV Shows: X-Factor, CSI, Friends, One Tree Hill
Movies: The Notebook, Mamma Mia, The Green Mile
Books: Twilight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
Places to visit: I’d really love to go to America
Quotations: “Aspire to be more not to have more.” – Oscar Romero
Describe yourself: I’m loud and I talk a lot but I’m lovely really, I promise.

St. Roberts School Mission.

Last modified on 2009-10-29 09:16:57 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

Well what can i say, it has been such an amazing opportunity to come back to my old school (which i only left in June 09) and share this Mission with you all. The last St. Robert’s mission happened when i was in year9 and it honestly had such an impact on my life. I think the fact i am now a YMT team member really illustrates how much i got from the last mission, and i’d just like to say that even if only one person feels changed or has benefited from that last week and a half then all the hard work has been more than worthwhile.

Thankyou to all of mission control, i’ll not name names but you were all fantastic, and a massive thankyou to Mrs Burke, without whom the Mission would not have been all that it was.

The final assemblies and the family night really prove how much of a community feeling St.Robert’s and it’s parishes have. The turn out for the family night was fantastic and it is great to see everyone getting involved to support the young people of the school. Without the support of the parishioners, teachers and parents, i feel the young people would not benefit as much from the experience, so a thanks goes out to all who support the faith journeys of young people.

I also just want to encourage any young people to bug Steve and Tracy to let you go to Summer Festival. I went twice during my time at St.Roberts and it’s amazing!! You make so many friends, people you’ll have so much in common with and overall it’s just a fun few days!

Thanks again for letting me come back to St. Robert’s!!!

Fran x

Only 4 months left!!!

Last modified on 2010-03-15 11:20:51 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

I can’t quite believe that we only have 4 months left of our year with YMT.  It has been a rollercoaster but totally amazing! There’s been so many things which i would never have experienced without YMT and for that i am incredibly grateful for all the opportunities. We have met so many wonderful young people through retreats, missions and other events and i will never forget them. I have been given the amazing gift of my fellow team members as well, getting to know them and living and working with them has been fab! And i have no doubt we’ll all keep in touch for years to come!

It’s difficult to choose a highlight of the past year but i must say meeting Sister Helen Prejean and Bud Welsh is up there at the top! However, there’s still plenty more to come in the next few months. I’m definately looking forward to Celebrate conference and all the other retreats we have coming up!

Without trying to sound like im an advert for YMT, it is definately something i’d recommend! It gives you real life experience aswell as skills and spiritual development that will stay with you forever!! I feel like i’ve grown so much as a person since joining the team and it’s not over yet! I wake up everyday and look forward to what we’ll be doing, the people we’l meet and that to me is just great I’ll miss it when i’m gone but they can’t get rid of me that easily as i’ll be visiting as much as i can