Young Mens Institute is a Catholic mens fraternal organization founded in San Francisco in 1883 We operate across 21 Councils in three states and our membership is over 1500 The Mission of the YMI is to provide for the mutual aid and good will the moral intellectual and social improvement of its members devotion to the Catholic Church and loyalty to our country in accordance with its motto Pro Deo Pro Patria For God For Country To achieve this mission the YMI dedicates itself to the education of its members in things Catholic in things American and in all things that will lead all men to their ultimate salvation