Our Movement
The Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Movement (VEYM) is a non-profit faith based organization with aims to train youth to become well-rounded individuals within society and ideal Christians. The VEYM is a branch of the Apostleship of Prayer, now known as the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, an official pontifical service under the Holy See. At present, there are over 130 VEYM Chapters at parishes across the US with approximately 2500 youth leaders and over 25,000 youth members.
Our Mission
The Eucharistic Youth Movement has two general purposes:
To educate and train youths in becoming a better person as well as an excellent Christian.
To organize and to guide all youths in spreading the Good News of the Gospel and to actively be involved in working for the good of society through charitable services and helping others.
Our Chapter
In the summer of 1985, a few of our past Đoàn Trưởng sat down and remembered all of the good memories spending time in Thiếu Nhi Thánh Thể back in Việt Nam. Amidst all the laughter and chatter, a growing desire was burning within them to share their knowledge and spread their joy. They decided then and there that they would begin a chapter of the Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society here in the small town of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Our Đoàn started out as a small group of dedicated “leaders” and a handful of young kids. As we strived to assimilate into the American society, we were more determined to keep our Vietnamese heritage. Keeping that balance was difficult and at times we failed miserably. However, our first Tuyên Úy, Father John Rebold, kept us going and provided us with spiritual guidance and strength. At times when our Đoàn was on the brink of collapse, Father John always reassured us and kept our dedication to TNTT going strong.
Through the late 80's and early 90's as hairstyles got taller and crispier, as our pants got baggier and baggier, our Đoàn grew in strength and number. We also began to get more organized and structured. Through the guidance of our past Đoàn Trưởng: Anh Tịnh, Cha Trí, Chị Hoa, Anh Pháp, Chị Hương, Anh Sinh, Anh Phong, Anh Hạnh, Chị Phương, Chị Ngọc, Chị Michelle, Anh Vincent, and our present Đoàn Trưởng, Anh Andrew, our Đoàn is stronger than ever.
Our kids demand more and more and our Huynh Trưởngs come up with better and better ideas. It is just the sign of the times. Who would think back in the 80's that we would be driving 15 miles from trạm to trạm in our Trò Chơi Lớn/Hành Trình Đức Tin? We still have our ups and downs, but looking back through the years, we are truly blessed with such tremendous support from the Vietnamese Catholic community and extremely thankful that we are what we are today.
La Vang - Tiến
Our Numbers
2023Ấu Nhi - 23Thiêu Nhi - 22Nghĩa Sĩ - 23Hiệp Sĩ - 13Hiệp Sĩ Trưởng Thành - 5Huynh Trưởng - 37Trợ Tá - 3Trợ Úy - 1Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1282022Ấu Nhi - 25Thiêu Nhi - 22Nghĩa Sĩ - 20Hiệp Sĩ - 9Hiệp Sĩ Trưởng Thành - 18Huynh Trưởng - 30Trợ Tá - 3Trợ Úy - 1Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1292021Ấu Nhi - 19Thiêu Nhi - 15Nghĩa Sĩ - 15Hiệp Sĩ - 11HIỆP SĨ TRƯỞNG THÀNH - 22
Huynh Trưởng - 22Trợ Tá - 1Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1072020Ấu Nhi - 29Thiêu Nhi - 31Nghĩa Sĩ - 21Hiệp Sĩ - 22HIỆP SĨ TRƯỞNG THÀNH - 10
Huynh Trưởng - 31Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1462019Ấu Nhi - 30Thiêu Nhi - 30Nghĩa Sĩ - 17Hiệp Sĩ - 24Huynh Trưởng - 37Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1392018Ấu Nhi - 27Thiêu Nhi - 27Nghĩa Sĩ - 25Hiệp Sĩ - 16Huynh Trưởng - 34Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 1302017Ấu Nhi - 27Thiêu Nhi - 17Nghĩa Sĩ - 27Hiệp Sĩ - 12Huynh Trưởng - 29Tuyên Úy - 1TOTAL - 113