Provincial Visit -JUMAIKELA

Feb12

JUMAIKELA: On 6th February, 2014 at 7.15 pm Provincial Sr. Maria Pettayil arrived at Vicuna Nivas for the Provincial Visit.  Sisters and the boarders welcomed her with music and lighted candles.  At the entrance of the house Sr. Rose Kureekattu, the animator and sisters gave her a traditional welcome and the boarders sang melodious welcome song and entered the house of the Lord to entrust the Provincial Visit.

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On the following day she visited the Parish Community, staff and students. Students staged a short programme to felicitate her.  Sr.Maria appreciated their performance and encouraged them to do well in their studies.  She thanked the teachers and non- teaching staff for the services they render to the institutions and stressed the importance of Salesian presence among the students. Sisters were enriched by the personal meetings, the conferences, evening prayers and good nights.

She also visited two of our sister’s parents who are sick.  In the evening boarders expressed their gratitude through a lively programme with the message ‘A Home that evangelizes’. In her good night message she encouraged the boarders to make use of all the opportunities they have and invited them to offer themselves courageously heeding to His invitation: ‘Follow Me’.

 Sr. Shanti Tirkey

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PRE – REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATION and HANDING OVER CEREMONY

Feb11

VASANT VIHAR: To commemorate the anniversary of 65th Republic day of our nation, the students of HC Auxilium – Vasant vihar held a celebration in the School Auditorium on 23rd January 2014. The programme commenced with a welcome speech by the School Head girl Shreya Sharma, highlighting India’s uniqueness and developments followed by a melodious song ‘Vande Mataram’ by the students of class VI and VII. The English Declamation competition for the juniors was judged by  Sr. Celine and   Mrs. Rashmi Wilmer. Vicuna House secured the first position, followed by the Savio House and the Bosco House. Mrs Niraj Jain, of the Hindi faculty, recited a self composed patriotic poem and the students of Classes IX and X tapped their feet on the song ‘Jai Ho’.

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The Republic Day celebration was followed by the Handing over ceremony of the leaders. During the solemn ceremony, the outgoing School cabinet and House Leaders handed over their respective flags and the responsibilities to the newly elected School Cabinet and the House leaders. Sr. Stella Davis, the principal of the school drove home an inspiring message to the new leaders conveying the importance of three hands that a leader requires:

The right hand for Love and Kindness
The left hand for might and Power
The third hand is for blessing from the Divine, to fight against the temptations.
The School Anthem was sung to conclude the ceremony. 

Simran Gupta

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Feast Day Celebration – Don Bosco & Laura Vicuna – Auxilium Barasat

Feb2

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On 30th of January 2014, Auxilium Convent School Barasat honoured the patron saints of Red house – Don Bosco and Yellow house – Blessed Laura Vicuna respectively. The celebration commenced with garlanding of the portraits of the patron saints and a power- point presentation.  They staged a colourful programme through songs, dances and skits. A short film on Laura Vicuna inspired the audience. At the end of the programme Sr. Lily Perumpettikunnel and Sr. Teresa Adampakallel congratulated the students for their lovely performances and invited them to follow these patron saints and attain happiness in life by fulfilling their daily duties like Don Bosco and Laura Vicuna. 

 

Feast of Don Bosco – Auxilium Dum Dum

Feb2

On 30th January, Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum celebrated the feast of Don Bosco, the patron saint of Red house.  The programme commenced with a prayer service followed by a skit depicting the life of Don Bosco and his child hood struggles which he underwent in order to achieve his goal. The red house members rocked the stage with their melodious songs and dances. The programme came to an end by an inspirational speech from Superior, Sr. Lucy Kachira inviting the audience to imitate the virtues of Don Bosco.

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On 1st February class VIII   students of Auxilium Dum Dum together with their class teachers’ organized sports day cum Don Bosco’s Feast for the oratorians and evening school children. Around 70 students participated in this event. The programme commenced with a short skit depicting the struggle of a poor boy, who through hard work and determination becomes a successful person in his life.  They animated various games like running race, skipping, filling the bottle etc. The students distributed prizes for the winners and a school bag each.  The oratorians thanked each and every one for the wonderful time they spent in the company of each other. At the end of the programme the Past Pupils distributed lunch packet for all. All were happy and contented and thanked God and Don Bosco for all what they received through the instrumentality of class VIII students. The class VIII students thanked the sisters and teachers for giving them opportunity to experience the joy of giving in a tangible way.  

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Celebrations – Provincial Visit, Republic Day, NCP Mela

Jan29

AUXILIUM DUM DUM: Provincial, Sr. Maria Pettayil made her provincial visit at Auxilium Dum Dum on 23rd and 24th January 2014. These were days of sharing the life together. She brought fresh reminders to the sisters that with the help of St. Mary Mazzarello we can transform and evangelize the young. 

On the 24th January Sr. Maria Pettayil met the staff and the students. Students expressed their gratitude through a short program composed of a poem, dance and song which filled the heart of all with music.  The event came to an end with the inspiring message of the Provincial based on the Thrust of the year “to be a kind and a joyful giver.” Through a story she taught us the importance of values which will make us truly happy in life. She also said that if a person is optimistic, generous and helpful she will always be happy and she will be able to live in the presence of God as Don Bosco said “God sees you”.

She met the Co-Operators, members of the Educating community and the Oratorians and inaugurated the Children’s Mela. On 25th January, Sr. Maria visited the Correctional Home-Dum Dum and interacted with the women and the children. She was overjoyed to see the progress of the children in their studies and behavior. She presented a sweater and a cap to each child. All were happy and contented with her visit.

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 JUMAIKELA: Janta School celebrated the Republic Day with love and patriotism for our nation. In spite of being Sunday most of the students participated in the parade.  The chief guest Sir. Elmon Xess, the head master of Pradeep Chandra Vidyalay, Jumaikela hoisted the national flag. Sir Norbertus Panna, a teacher and Manisha Tirkey, vice-captain of the school delivered inspiring speeches inviting everyone to own up the responsibility to build and protect our nation. A short programme was staged as part of the celebration.  Sr. Pushpa Lakra, the vice principal expressed the vote of thanks to the invitees and the assembly for the success of the day’s programme. 

Sr. Shanti Tirkey

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 AUXILIUM DUM DUM: “Run, Jump & make noise but do not sin.” This idea of Don Bosco was realized by organizing the NCP Mela for the children at Auxilium Dum Dum on 26th January.  Oratorians from different places turned out to celebrate the feast of Don Bosco and NCP Mela on the same day.  A colorful balloons released by Provincial Sr. Maria Pettayil, Sr. Lucy Kachira, the animator, all the sisters and the children marked the solemn inauguration of the program.  The oratorians presented a short program in honor of St. John Bosco after which followed the distribution of prizes by the Provincial for the different competitions held during the year. She echoed her sentiments in these words “when I see you I feel so happy because Don Bosco loved the oratorians very much. I too love you and encourage you to take advantage of all the chances offered to you which will help you to achieve your goal and you will be happy in the Lord.”  

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The various games and competitions were part of the Mela.  It was an opportunity to exercise and socialize as they competed in a variety of team sports including obstacle race, sweets race, running, relay races and so on. All the teams put forward strong efforts and at the end all the winners were awarded by Sr. Lucy Kachira the animator of the community.

Sr. Deepa Minj 

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Feast of Bl.Laura Vicuna

Jan25

ST. MARY’S GEYZING celebrated the feast of Laura Vicuna with great joy. The seven young girls of class X who remained during winter holidays for their coaching had the joy of celebrating the joyous feast of Laura. The celebration was consisted of the vigil service, watching the movie on Laura and the Eucharistic celebration. The young girls were inspired to imitate and to take her as their model and guide to live a good life. May Laura teach us to know the ugliness of sin and beauty of virtues.   

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PALAM GAON – New Delhi:The feast of Bl. Laura Vicuna was celebrated with much preparation and excitement. Celebration created much joy and enthusiasm among the children. The day’s festivity began with the vigil service around the beautifully decorated statue of Bl. Laura. Well animated Morning Prayer, Holy Eucharist and quiz competition were programme of the day. The girls decided to imitate some of the qualities of Laura such as sacrifice, hard work, obedience and dutifulness. The day ended with singing hymns to Blessed Laura Vicuna.

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AUXILIUM BARASAT: The boarders of Barasat observed the feast of Blessed Laura Vicuna as boarding day on 22nd January 2014. They had well animated Rosary in the morning praying for the intentions of the boarders. The meaningful and solemn Holy Eucharistic celebration was at 5.00 pm, solemnized by Rev. Fr. Aloysius Carvhalo SJ. In his introduction to the Mass and homily he emphasized much about the joyful living of Laura Vicuna. Her sacrificing life for the conversion of her mother should be an inspiration for all of us to imitate. It is our vocation to bear witness to the Gospel by living a joyful life. He invited all the boarders to make use of the opportunities provided by the sisters for their education and formation in faith. The entrance dance, introduction to the Mass and prayer of the faithful and meaningful singing led all the participants to take active part in the Eucharist.

After the Holy Mass the boarders and aspirants put up a short stage programme on the life of Blessed Laura Vicuna. The jokes, riddles and cultural programme were part of evening programme. At the end there was prize distribution ceremony for all the events and competitions held during the year. Rev. Sr. Teresa Adampakallel, the animator read out the overall result of the activities of the year. Sacred Heart group stood first by scoring highest points followed by Don Bosco and Our Lady groups.  All the groups were given small gifts. At the end of the programme Sr. Teresa gave a picture of Blessed Laura Vicuna to everyone. She congratulated boarders and aspirants for putting up a lovely programme and invited to recite the prayer written on the picture. The feast of Blessed Laura Vicuna’s was celebrated meaningfully.

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AUXILIUM ASPIRANTATE: “Death rather than offend God” the motto of Blessed Laura Vicuna exhorted us to live a pure life as we celebrated the feast of Blessed Laura Vicuna on 22nd January 2014 at Aspirantate, Barasat. It does not matter how many years we live, but how we live is the more important. Blessed Laura Vicuna lived a short and sweet life without much difficulty and today she stands as a model for all the youth how to live pure and holy life. To celebrate this day we had an intense preparation of three days with different activities, namely- movies on the life of Laura Vicuna and the quiz which helped us to know Laura in a deeper way drawing from her the spirit of sacrifice and mortification which were her most outstanding virtues.  We had a meaningful Eucharistic celebration presided over by Fr. Aloysius Caravalho SJ. During his homily he encouraged us to cultivate a deeper love for Jesus and Mary as Laura had and to have the courage to fight against evils and to remain pure in heart and mind.  

We ended the beautiful day with a cultural programme, praising her name through a short play on Laura’ life, her maxims, song and dance which reminded us to follow the example of Blessed Laura Vicuna and to live a life of love, of mortification and of sacrifice for Jesus.

                  

Feast of Bl. Laura Vicuna

Jan24

MAZZARELLO HOME MONSADA: 110th birth anniversary of Bl. Laura Vicuna was celebrated with much enthusiasm and love. The celebration started with a vigil service.

On 22nd January, the Holy Eucharist was solemnized with various initiatives. The celebrant Rev. Fr. K.V. James SDB in his homily enumerated the qualities of Laura which is appropriate for the young girls of today and invited the assembly to do everything with right intention to become great  like Bl. Laura.

The celebration continued throughout the day. In the afternoon various games were conducted for the children. Winners were awarded with prizes.In the evening boarders staged a short programme comprised of enactment of the life of Bl. Laura Vicuna and the recitation of self-composed poems.  Sr. Valsa Kallirikumkalayil, the animator of the community in her concluding message encouraged the children to follow the good example of Laura. She added let Jesus be our strength in all circumstances.

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AUXILIUM NEW CHUMTA 

The Celebration began with a solemn Morning Worship. The introduction and chanting of the Psalms was animated by Srs. Nilam Kindo and Angela Kerketta. This celebration continued with the Holy Eucharist and the programmes of the students and the boarders. 

 In the school at 10.00 a.m. the students of Blue House honoured their patron saint with a stage programme. It started with the prayer service followed by prayer dance, skit, songs and dance. The skit on Laura Vicuna enlightened the audience to love Jesus and Mary more than anything.  At the end Sr. Theresa Vettuvazhiyil, the animator congratulated the Blue House and exhorted everybody to follow the footstep of Laura Vicuna.

At 6.30 p.m. the Holy Eucharist was solemnized by Fr. Michael Cruz SFX. In his homily he highlighted the meaning of love and urged the children to be like Laura Vicuna in obedience to the parents and to the sisters and to face the reality of life with prayers and penance. Soon after Mass a short programme was staged by the boarders. The choreography and the play let inspired the audience to give their total love to God through our witnessing life and to praise Him at all times.  At last Fr. Michael appreciated the active presence of the sisters and congratulated the children for their good performance. He encouraged the boarders to make best use of their time and talents.

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FEAST OF Bl. LAURA VICUNA

Jan23

AUXILIUM DUM DUM: On Wednesday, January 22, 2014, the Auxilians of Dum Dum celebrated the feast of the patron saint of the Yellow House, Bl. Laura Vicuna. The program began with three self-composed prayers and continued with an amazing   prayer dance by our Auxi dancer Shruti Jaiswal. The singers of Middle school then filled the stage with their chorus song ‘Hail Laura’ which was followed  by  a poem on Laura’ s virtues.

The program then continued with a dance drama landscaping the life story of Laura Vicuna. The program concluded with a song by the high school. The whole program nourished the audience with values that Laura was blessed with. She is a role model to every teen to inculcate the values of purity, obedience & humility and to be firm in their aim. Laura is truly a symbol of purity and self- sacrifice.

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Provincial visit – Mazzarello Convent, Ranchi

Jan21

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        Blessed is she who comes in the name of the Lord!

We were glad to have our Provincial, Sr. Maria Pettayil along with the Bursar of the province, Sr. Teresa Karakkal, from 17th -19th January 2014. She was accorded a warm welcome by the sisters and the boarders of our community at the entrance of the house in keeping with the culture of the place. Then she was led to the chapel to implore blessing from the Lord. The enactment of the Gospel passage ‘the Visitation’ LK 1:39 -55 highlighted the joy brought by the Provincial comparing like that of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth.

On the following day, the students greeted Sr. Maria with a short programme in the school auditorium. The teachers too were happy to greet her.

The community was fortunate to go for an outing to Kolombi, a beautiful place of the Marianist fathers, a time of togetherness and refreshment.

The boarders appreciated and felicitated Sr. Provincial through a stage programme. She appreciated their gesture of love and gratitude.

Sr. Aruna Kispotta

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MEDIA WEEK CELEBRATION

Jan17

AUXILIUM DUM DUM: The students of Auxilium Dum Dum inaugurated the Media week on 16th January 2014. The theme chosen for the week long celebration was based on the message of the Holy Father for the 47th World Communication Day “Social Networks: Portals of Truth and Faith, New spaces for Evangelisation”.

The Media of the Club of the school along with their Coordinators depicted and enacted the theme in a creative manner through songs, skits, symposium and creative writing. All the programmes portrayed the importance of social networks.

We are living in an exceedingly fast paced world of high speed communication in the digital age. The speed of communication and transmission of data is ever on the increase and everyone has to adjust to this fast changing world. We are very much children of the media and the media can consciously mould our values, shape our mindsets and dictate our lifestyles. One needs therefore to make critical use of the media, make it a tool for personal growth.

In her concluding message Sr. Lucy Kachira said, Social Networks are helping to create an open public square in which people share ideas, information and opinions, and in which new relationships and forms of community can come into being. It is to strengthen bonds of unity between individuals and effectively promote harmony of the human family.

Sr. Lucy Kachira FMA

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