Our Lady of Health Catholic Forane Church

The Our Lady of Health Youth Choir is a liturgically-based choir opens to Syro-Malabar Catholic youth entering age 10-22. The Choir's mission is to serve the community at the Sunday 10:30am Liturgy through their musical leadership. The Choir facilitates the participation of the entire congregation with the use of traditional and contemporary church music. The choir rehearses every last Saturday from 6:00-8:30 pm during the school year. What is unique about the Youth Choir is its liturgical focus and the live performance of more than 14 different instruments. The singers learn about the Malayalam Catholic liturgy and the treasure of traditional sacred Malayalam music fits in Catholic worship today. The conductor of the choir is nationally renowned choir clinician Mr.Joby Thudathil under the guidance of the parish priest Rev.Fr.Johnsty Thachara. The choir is coordinated and engineered by Johny Angadiath. The choir was officially established on 2004, May 6th by His Excellency Bishop Mar Jacob Angadiath. The goal of the Youth Choir is to teach young people the language of music and artistic expression within the context of a Catholic Christian community of faith, which includes active and regular participation in church liturgies. The Youth Choir sings on the first Sunday of the month during the school year at the 10:30am Holy Mass. The Youth Choir also sings for additional Liturgies such as the Christmas, Easter, and Parish Thirunal . The youth choir performance at 2007 Syro-Malabar Convention held at Miami Intercontinental Hotel was inscribed in golden letters in the history of Syro Malabar diocese of Chicago.