SMYO (SyroMalabar Youth Organization)

As the young people of the Saint Thomas SyroMalabar Catholic Cathedral of Chicago USA, we recognize that our faith life and spiritual tradition is rooted in the faith experience of St. Thomas the Apostle, our father in faith. Disillusioned after the crucifixion and struggling with doubt, Thomas' encounter with the resurrected Lord marked the end of a search and the beginning of a journey. As a conversion experience that inspired generation after generation of the Malabar Coast in India, we also look to this model as the basis for our mission as an Eastern Catholic Church in North America. Within our parish community, we are called by our Lord Jesus Christ to be a renewed generation that seeks His Presence and serves His People. The mission of the SyroMalabar Youth Organization (SMYO) - is to unite all young people of St Thomas Cathedral Parish in response to the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ to live, build and contribute to vibrant, healthy and holy SyroMalabar Catholic parish life - encouraging the formation of a deep interior life that overflows into genuine service to the Church and to the world.