YOMI is a budding group of young Oblates in the first five years of ministry who regularly meet to reflect on the joys and challenges of starting out in ministry. The Natal Provincial branch usually gathers on the second Monday of every month at Redacres Retreat Centre. Zibonele Ngubane has been co-ordinating the activities of the group since the start of this year. We have also grown considerably over the last few months with the ordination of five new Oblate priests in the province. That brings to a total of 9 the number of young Oblates in the Natal province:
| Mbeki Ngcobo | Formator at St. Joseph's Scholasticate Parish Priest of Imbubu in Pietermaritzburg Ordained 27 April 2000 |
| Peter Foley | Provincial Bursar Ordained 29 June 2001 |
| Wayne Weldschidt | Parish Priest of Wentworth in Durban Ordained 18 January 2002 |
| Zibonele Ngubane | Parish Priest of Mooi River in Kwa-Zulu/Natal Midlands Ordained 19 October 2002 |
| Muzi Madlala | Assistant Parish Priest of Woodlands in Durban Ordained 27 April 2005 |
| Siyabonga Dube | Formator at Pre-Novitiate in Zimbabwe Ordained 27 April 2005 |
| Merlin Ince | Assistant Parish Priest of Sydenham in Durban Ordained 27 April 2005 |
| Donovan Wheatley | Assistant Parish Priest of Khumalo in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Ordained 30 July 2005 |
| Mxolisi Ngcobo | Youth Ministry Co-Ordinator, based at Estcourt Ordained 10 August 2005 |