young monfortian associates

Young Montfortian Associates (YMA) was set up with the aim of forming our young Catholic students in the Spirituality of our Founding Saint, Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort.

Now into its 4th year, YMA boasts a membership of more than 30 student leaders, led by President Gwen Amber Vicente Laborte and Vice President Alessandra Ysobel De Vera Velasquez. The leadership for 2022/2023 was handed over to Nathaniel Lau and Gwen Beatrice Ang Dulay. The Executive Committee members were commissioned at the Beginning-of-School-Year Mass to serve and lead the Catholic students in the school.

These Secondary Two to Three Catholic student leaders plan and execute the CCA sessions with the guidance of their Teachers-in-Charge, Ms Wendy Chan and Mr Tan Kwang Chee. We are blessed to have the assistance of Sister Dorothy Lim, a Canossian Sister who has been with the school since January 2020.

In 2022, YMA members have helped to organise many activities, such as the Secondary 1 recruitment drive and various Masses. They also presented at a school-wide assembly programme to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Canonisation of Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort, our school’s patron Saint. During the combined-schools Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mass held at Saint Joseph Church this August, YMA members offered their talents and time by leading the school through hymns and scripture reading.

YMA is a second CCA for new Secondary 1 Catholic students. During their first year in school, they will learn about the life and contributions made by Saint Montfort. Towards the end of the year, they can choose to continue their journey and become a member of any of the 5 Ministries: Media, Art & Drama, Music, Prayer Leaders and Lectors, Altar Servers & Community Building.

Through this CCA, we pray that these Catholic students will all grow to become living witnesses of Christ, who live out their baptismal promises and share the spirituality of a total commitment to Jesus through Mary as proposed by Montfort.