Doan Savio Houston is a Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth, founded in 1989 by Sr. After many years, we are still growing strong as one big family. Anyone is welcome and will feel welcomed if joined. Au Nhi - Seeding is a group consisted of fledging members between the ages of seven to nine years old. Generally, the boys and girls at these ages are active, inquisitive, and fond of nature. The members we
ar green scarfs, the verdant color of young wheatlings, to symbolize their innocence and youthfulness. Like the wheats in the field blowing with the wind, the youth members are easily adaptable to new situations and receptive to new ideas. The group’s model is the youth and obedient Jesus to his parents. The members learn and practice obedience to God’s will through the daily responsibilities: praising God for many blessings, obeying their parents and teachers, helping and loving others. Thieu Nhi - Search is a group consisted of pre-adolescent youths between the ages of ten and thirteen. Generally, the members during these ages are becoming more aware of their physical and emotional changes. During this transitional period into young adults, they are confused and ambivalent to set rules imposed by authority figures. They are searching for their own identities and the rationality of their existences. Consequently, this nameless quest affects their spiritual beings as well. The members wear navy blue scarfs which symbolizes their unfathomed uniqueness and identity with a great hope of life and society. The scriptural model for the group is based on Jesus’ hidden and evangelical life. Like Jesus, who was patiently praying for a deeper knowledge of his mission, they must find who they are in the solitude of prayers. Imitating Jesus, who was willing to fulfill the Father’s wills, they will learn to accept who they are with gratitude. The members’ natural inclination to reasons and questions abstracts thoughts and concepts is now integrated into their development through concrete apostolate works. Nghia Si - Companion is a group consisted of adolescents between the ages of fourteen and seventeen. The adolescents at these ages begin to consolidate their emerging values and beliefs. They start to formalize their own identities and group dynamic. The basic needs to love and be loved, to understand and be understood become the beginning for friendship and cooperation among the members. Thus, the cannery yellow scarfs worn by the members symbolize the sunrise of the youths before coming into their adult ages, and the manifestation of the heart, the opening of one’s life to others. While the evangelized Jesus is still the primary spiritual mode, Saint Paul is adopted by the members as their inspiring patron figure. Like Saint Paul, who became Christ’s zealous disciple after his spiritual lightning-conversion on the way to Damascus, the members constantly seek for God’s will and conversion of hearts. In addition, the members are encouraged to familiarize with communal apostolates and to live out the spirit of charity and generosity. Huynh Truong - The Coordinating-Leaders are those individuals who went through the formation of the Society from the Seeding to Companion group. They know the charism and spirituality of the Society. After specialized periods of training, they are initiated to become leaders of the three former groups. They wear red, yellow-striped scarfs which symbolizes love, service, sacrifice, and responsibility.
