Idente Youth Hempstead hosted a movie night on Thursday, 13 August at 6pm. The movie selected for viewing was McFarland USA. McFarland, USA (also known as McFarland) is an American 2015 sports drama film directed by Niki Caro and produced by Walt Disney Pictures. Based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a predominantly Mexican-American high school, McFarland High School, in McFarland, California, the film stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, the school's coach, who leads the team to win a state championship. The film was released on February 20, 2015, received positive reviews from critics, and grossed over $44 million.

IY Hempstead had group discussions at their following weekly meeting based on the lessons learnt from the movie. Below were the lessons used for the discussions
Lesson#1: All things work together for good. (Coach White chose McFarland because he ran out of options however he ended up finding a beautiful community of Mexican immigrants)
Lesson#2: Everyone matters…even your last place runner. (Danny Diaz, the slowest runner in team, won the state championship for McFarland)
Lesson#3: Blessed because they’ve suffered. (The daily labour that the runners had to go through made them tough and strong)
Lesson#4: Spending a day in their shoes, incarnate. (Coach White went out of his way to understand that runners by spending a day with them picking in the fields)

Idente Youth members in Hempstead, Long Island, had a great discussion on the spirit of Idente Youth. Below is a group photo from the meeting and a brief summary of the discussion:
P.S. tomorrow, Sunday, August 9, members plan to sell ice-cream at Our Lady of Loretto parish. Our next meeting in Hempstead will be next Saturday, August 15, at 10:00am at Our Lady of Loretto Parish.

Idente Youth members in the Bronx met on Thursday (in Morris Park) and Friday (in Zerega) to discuss the best way to deal with worries and the future. After coming up with a long list of worries that people experience, they concluded that while thinking of the future, we must give the best of ourselves, in the present, to the people around us (who also have worries). Below are group photos from our two meetings:
Our next two meetings in the Bronx will be Thursday, August 13 at St. Dominic's Rectory and 
Friday, August 14 at Santa Maria Parish Hall

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