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February 2006

 - Held a tamale sale at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dallas.

 - Began preparations for Bishop’s Pro-Life Dinner.

 - Began planning for annual YFL Retreat /Boot Camp.

 - Mailing to recruit youth volunteers for the Bishop’s Pro-Life Dinner.

 - Gave a presentation at Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall, to 70 high school students.

January 2006

 - Attended the March For Life Washington, D.C. Trip (23 youth, 8 adults) January 21-23.

 - Added 4 new YFL Team Members

 - YFL presented to 150 high school students at Life Revival at St. John Church in North Richland Hills

 - YFL Booth and Presentation to nearly 600 high school students at Rock-n-Bowl For Life at Lewisville Main Event

 - Held a Winter SCAT attended by 9 youth

December 2005

 - Added 5 new YFL Team members.

 - Sent a mailing to YFL Team, Youth Ministers, school contacts and DREs to promote January events.
 
 - Held a tamale Sale at St. Rita and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano.

 - Made preparations for March For Life trip to Washington, D.C.

November 2005

 - Held a Youth Second Saturday Mass and Rosary followed by a YFL Meeting

 - Gave a presentation to 20 students at Divine Mercy in Mesquite

 - Made preparations for a Chastity Youth Rally.

 - Did a mailing to youth about Essay Contest and March For Life trip to Washington, D.C.

 - Gave a bioethics talk at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Keller for 100 students.

 - Added 10 new YFL Team Members.

October 2005

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15 high school and college students volunteered for the Texans For Life Coalition Dinner.

 - Made a presentation to 25 junior high students at Sacred Heart, Rowlett.

 - YFL booth at DFW “World Youth Day at Six Flags” was closed by the park for being “too political in nature.”

 - Made a presentation to 150 9th grade students at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano.

 - Added 6 new YFL Team Members.

September 2005

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 Coordinated volunteers from the Highlands School to assist at the Bobby Schindler seminar.

 - Mailed YFL/SB promotion mailing to schools and churches.

 -  Held a tamale sale at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano.

 - Trained 3 new speakers at YFL Presentation Team Youth Speaker Training.

 - Gave a presentation to 10 high school students at Sacred Heart, Rowlett.

 - Added 9 new YFL team members.

August 2005

 - Updated mailing list of Youth Ministers and Directors of Religious Education. 
     
 - Manned a YFL/SB Promotion Booth at the Diocesan Ministry Formation Day.   
                 
 - Held the first-ever YFL Leadership Council Meeting.

July 2005

 - Had a YFL pro-life information booth at Celebrate Freedom 2005.

 - Held annual S.C.A.T. Night (Sidewalk Counseling All-night Training) for 25 youth and 5 adults.

 - Added 26 new YFL Team Members.

 - Sponsored a “Christmas in July” party and collected gifts for two Gabriel families

June 2005

 - Tamale Sale at St. Rita

 - Annual Youth For Life Retreat (25 youth, 4 adults)

 - YFL Retreatants Attended Pro-Life / Pro-Family Rally where Gov. Perry signed the Parental Consent Law

 - Ordered new design of YFL shirts

 - Preparation for Celebrate Freedom 2005 Concert

 - Crossroads visit to Dallas for 5 days

                 - 11 Crossroads Walkers visited

                 - 5 families opened there home

                 - They sidewalk counseled for 1 day at the six Dallas abortion centers

                 - Attended Praise and Worship at St. Michael the Archangel in Grand Prairie

                 - Spoke at 6 parishes, 30 Masses, at St. John the Apostle in North Richland Hills, St. Michael the Archangel in Grand Prairie, St. Anthony in Wylie, Church of the Incarnation at the University of Dallas, Santa Clara of Assisi in Dallas, and St. Ann in Coppell

May 2005

 - Prepared for the 2005 Celebrate Freedom 2005 Concert.

 - Arranged for speakers for the June YFL retreat.

 - Promoted a tamale sale, retreat, Crossroads, Celebrate Freedom, SCAT and
the “Christmas in July” party.

 - Met with representatives from the CPLC Speakers Bureau and Diocesan Departments of Youth Ministry, Catholic Schools, and Catechesis.

April 2005

 - Added 2 new YFL Team Members.

 - Scheduled next SCAT night for July 15.

 - Supplied pro-life shirts for Good Shepherd School’s Pro-Life T-shirt Day.

 - Scheduled speakers and activities for Retreat and Boot Camp.

 - Coordinated over 120 volunteers at Bishop’s Dinner. 

March 2005

 - Continued with plans for the YFL Retreat/Boot Camp in June.

 - Sent mailing to recruit youth volunteers for the Bishop's Pro-Life Dinner.

 - Lobbied legislators at the Pro-Life Day at the Capitol in Austin.

 - Added 7 new YFL Team Members.

 - Gave presentations to 10 middle school students at St. Mary, Sherman and 30 high school students at St. John, Terrell.

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