Mother Teresa is honoured at Mazzarello Convent School, Ranchi

Sep13

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On 3rd September we organized a  prayer service in honour of St. Teresa of Kolkata. Through the intercession of Mother Mary we prayed for various intentions of the Missionaries of Charity. Students acted out skits highlighting how Mother Teresa touched the lives of people and were transformed into better human beings.  The students offered flowers and prayed for God’s blessings through the intercession of St. Teresa of Kolkata.  Anish Priya sang a solo song on Mother Teresa invoking God’s blessing upon poor and neglected of our society.  Sr. Aruna Kispota  concluded saying long live Mother Teresa and thanked the students for their active participation.

Sr. Aruna K.

 

Mothers’ Day celebration at Auxilium Kurtumgarh

Sep12

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On 28th August 2016, the Kurtumgarh parish celebrated the feast of St. Monica as the Mothers’ day.  Around 130 women participated in the Holy Mass.  As the women entered the church their daughters put ticka for them on this special day.  Somiyo Ranjan Nanda from the youth group in his commentary compared the mothers with light. This was followed by the entrance dance and all women entered in procession and approached the altar with lighted lamps symbolizing their total self giving.  At the introduction of the Mass Mrs. Sarita Nayak gave a short life sketch of St. Monica and asked the faithful to pray for all the mothers so that they may be able to follow the virtues of their patroness St. Monica.  During the Holy Mass as well as in his sermon Rev. Fr. Jugal Kishore Digal, the parish priest spoke about the qualities of a mother and their role in the family.  He compared them with earth and the sky.  He said that the world would become Kanke (Mad place) if there would be no women in this world.  All of them listened attentively. All took part in the Mass with fervour and prayed for all the mothers.

After tMothers day....JPGhe Holy Mass the children felicitated them with songs and dances.  The Sisters together with the youth organized few games for them and prayed the holy rosary together. It was a memorable day and the first mothers’ day ever celebrated.

 

 Gratitude Day  held at Auxilium Kalyani

Sep12

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On 23 August 2016, the students and staff of Auxilium Kalyani expressed their gratitude through a welcome address, songs, rhymes, dances and skits to make this day a joyful and thankful one for Sr. Rosina Thomas, our animator whose name feast occurs this day. It was the glittering stars and angels of the Pre Nursery and Nursery, the Brown girls in the ring, the beautiful flowers that blossoms in the garden are loved by everyone by the students of Class 1 and 2 “aamra gacher choto choto ful , “ hare re  re “ by the girls alone. They also expressed their love for our Mother land India through a dance describing its beauty. God Almighty Father watches over us with love. So the students expressed this in an action song Anondo Lokhe with burning lamps. The   class 3 and 4 students performed their rhythmic steps to the song: dola re dola.   Sr. Rosina expressed her love and gratitude for the beautiful program set up by the sisters, staff and students, encouraging them to utilize their talents and gifts for the good and happiness of others. She also thanked them for the gift of 2 sound boxes and a microphone presented to the school which will be set up in the school hall. Nothing ends best without the distribution of sweets to the children as they left the school premises. Thereafter the staff was ushered to our residence to share snacks and tea as they offered their gift for the community and expressed their love and gratitude too. 

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FMA PCI 2016

Sep12

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FMA PCI:  India, hosted the annual reunion of the FMA Conference of the Indian Provinces (PCI) on September 1-4, 2016, on the theme “The Importance of Salesian Historical Memory”.  There were 38 participants from the six FMA Provinces in India.  Present were Sr. Lucy Rose Ozhukayil, Visiting Councilor, who presided at the meeting, and Sr. Piera Cavaglià, Secretary General, who is an expert in the historical memory of the Institute.
At 9:00 AM, the participants were escorted by the Auxilium School Children and the School Band to Nancy Memorial Hall, which was decorated for the inaugural celebration of the 2016 Conference Meeting.

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The program began with a prayer dance by the school children, followed by the greetings of Sr. Crescenzia D’Almeida, Provincial of the PCI Province.  Sr. Lucy Rose, Sr. Piera, and the six Provincials received a shawl; the delegates received a bouquet of flowers as special guests; while the national coordinators received a colored shawl and a red rose.  The school children also performed a lovely typical dance.  Taking into consideration the exhortation of Pope Francis to take care of nature, Sr. Lucy Rose Ozhukayil, Sr. Piera Cavaglià, Sr. Elizabeth George, Sr. Crescenzia D’Almeida and Sr. Lidia Komuhra were invited to perform the gesture of watering a plant as a sign of our desire to reinforce our communion with God and with the entire cosmos.  Sr. Lucy Rose informally expressed her gratitude and appreciation for the marvelous inaugural function organized by Sr. Crescenzia, the Sisters, and the students.

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Sr. Elizabeth George, President of the Conference of Indian Provinces (PCI), presented the discourse of welcome and reception of Sr. Lucy Rose Ozhukayil, Visiting Councilor, and the Conference representatives along with Sr. Piera Cavaglià, Secretary General.  Sr. Elizabeth George emphasized “the importance of Salesian Historical Memory”.  She also thanked Sr. Crescenzia D’Almeid and the Sisters for graciously hosting Conference 2016.

Sr. Lucy Rose Ozhukayil held the opening discourse.  She spoke of the meaning of our being together as FMA-PCI as a sign of communion.  She exhorted the participants to conserve the value of historical memory because we cannot face the future without our roots of the past.  Sr. Lucy Rose invited the sisters to value the presence of Sr. Piera Cavaglià, defined as the “Living Archive”, and reminded us of the duty to carry on the rich patrimony handed to us by our Founders.  We are grateful to Sr. Piera Cavaglià for her lively and interactive animation during these days, highlighting the importance of preserving Salesian Historical Memory.  The group discussions were very enriching for the participants.

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We could easily perceive the vibrations of love for the Institute and the desire to transmit the same sentiments that flow from the heart of Sr. Piera as she communicates to the FMA of India the patrimony of the rich heritage of Don Bosco and Mother Mazzarello.

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Reported by Sr. Hilda

THE MERCY OF GOD IS INFINITE

Sep12

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On Wednesday, 31st August 2016 at Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum, Class XI C students presented Pope Francis and his cherished ideals of mercy. They started the programme with Pope Francis’ prayer for the Jubilee year of Mercy followed by a dance performance. It portrayed how mercy comes amidst us, the deprived mortals. After the dance, they presented a skit subtitled ‘whoever is thirsty come to me and drink’. The skit was about a woman who had been convicted of committing adultery. The local people brought her before Jesus and asserted that as per the ancient law of Moses, the woman should be stoned to death. Jesus, the source of eternal mercy, immediately said, “Whoever among you has never committed a sin will throw the first stone.” All the people withdrew. The Lord’s mercy saved the woman’s life. With the skit the old adage “to err is human, to forgive is divine” is proved true again.

Soon after, a song followed – ‘Blot our offence make us worthy. Lord have mercy. The crux of the programme came to the fore with a clipping. A short video showed Pope Francis message to the youth which he delivered on the XXXI World Youth Day  held in Krakow, Poland. The video shows how Pope Francis asked the young people of today to believe in prayers, Sacraments and the power that lies within them. Pope Francis also asked us to be an ardent disciple of Jesus and follow His message of mercy. “Listen to your hearts and fly high,” says Pope Francis. The clipping showed how Pope Francis interacts with ordinary people and transforms them into extraordinary people for the Lord.

The programme ended with Sr. Principal’s message that mercy is the essence of a forgiving mind.

Aayushi Ganguly

XI ‘C’

 

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITURATUE WORKSHOP

Aug27

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The Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum Teachers were privileged to attend an English language and literature workshop organized by Mr. David’s Literature and Language Research foundation. Mr. David Bauro was the resource person. It was conducted on 23 August 2016 for Primary Teachers.  During his session he stressed upon eleven topics which included pronunciation of words, parts of speech, vowels, forming new words and common mistakes made while speaking or writing English.

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On 24 August 2016, literature workshop was held for the high school teachers for two hours. Mr. David paid particular attention to the pronunciation of words derived from Latin and showed the teachers simple rules by which we could correctly pronounce those words. He taught the participants  to classify parts of speech according to its Latin suffixes. It was a very interesting and exciting lesson in the etymology of words. Mr. David’s input in clarifying common mistakes in spellings / grammar; his very relevant advice on writing essays were edifying. He stressed the use of audio visuals in the teaching of English literature. 

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As an English teacher I must say that I found his workshop to be exceptionally helpful and great fun! Our gratitude and love to our sisters who arranged this workshop for us.

Mrs. Sharmila Biswas.    

 

Bosco UTSAV

Aug27

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On 21 August 2016, Salesian College Sonada celebrated  2016. Young people from different Parishes gathered for the celebration which consisted of different competitions and games. Boarders from Auxilium Convent participated in the Throw Ball match and won the second Prize.

Orientation Programme for the parents and teachers

Aug24

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Auxilium Convent School, Kalyani firmly believes that “A parent is the First Teacher and the Best Teacher.” An Orientation Programme was organized for the parents and teachers of the school for two days 19–20 August 2016. On the first day the animation was for the parents of English Medium and on the second day the same programme was repeated for the Bengali Medium. The programme began with a warm welcome to the parents followed by the lighting of the lamp together with a devotional prayer song and a welcome dance presented by the students.

The Headmistress Sr. Geraldine Barratt FMA, addressed the gathering. She introduced Br. Lawrence Mondal SDB, the resource person for the animation programme and requested all the parents to carry home something from the day’s programme organized primarily for them.

Br. Lawrence conducted the animation programme very efficiently and professionally. At the beginning there was a heart throbbing icebreaking session and all the parents took active part and played a game and some even danced with the beats of the old Hindi music. Br. Lawrence presented to the parents the present situation of the children at home and at school, through the help of various appropriate and very powerful inspirational video clippings. He gave an insight of the guidelines about ‘How to help the child to succeed in school’. The Preventive System of Don Bosco was competently presented to the parents, so as to tell the parents the methodology that is used in the Salesian schools to educate the children. Being the Year of Mercy the theme was presented proficiently to the parents so that the spirit of the year of mercy can be practiced wellby parents too at home and teachers in the school.

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Thus, an overview of the various aspects of parenting, school matters and the co-scholastic activities which gave them an assurance that the curriculum involves self-directed, hands-on learning activities which not only give vent to their creative talents and energies but also help in their all round holistic development of the child. The teachers and parents as partners in progress can make learning happen in a play way method, without stress at their own space. The parents need to become role models and inspire, empower and stimulate learning to create successful learners because “Learning is the key to success”.

The parents involved themselves actively, enthusiastically and expressed their opinions on various points that were discussed on the floor. To familiarize the parents with the curriculum, rules and regulations of the school, teaching methodologies and the co-scholastic activities, each teacher aired their views and suggestions at the end.

By: Sr. Margaret Barla FMA

Independence Day Celebration held at “Vicuna Nivas” Jumaikela

Aug20

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The programme was graced by the presence of Sr. Rose Kurekattu the animator of the community and the manager of the school. The day commenced with a welcome speech by Sir. Manoj Minj, the coordinator of the High school. It was followed by flag hosting and parade by the students of the school.

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The program continued with the patriotic dance, songs, speeches in honor of the freedom fighters of our nation and a drill by the middle school students. The chief guest in her speech said, “We celebrate the liberty of our nation India but still there is injustice and corruption. True independence and freedom can only exist by doing what’s right. Therefore, it is our responsibility to lead our country ahead with harmony and justice and make our country the best nation”. The programme concluded with a vote of thanks, given by Sir. Manoj Minj

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Independence Day Celebration at H.C. Auxilium, Vasant Vihar

Aug20

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 “Freedom in the mind, faith in the words…Pride in our souls….. Let’s salute those great men, who made this possible”

The 70th Independence Day of India was celebrated in H.C. Auxilium Vasant Vihar by the students and staff of the school. The programme was a two days event where on 11th August all the students gathered for the march past in the school ground headed by the school cabinet and followed by all the four houses. The students enjoyed and were thrilled to hear the drum beats echoing in the school premises. Mazzarello house and Bosco house bagged the first and second position respectively in the senior section whereas Mazzarello and Vicuna house bagged the first
and second position respectively in the junior section. The day ended by a national pledge.

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On 12th August the students gathered in the school auditorium. The programme commenced
by the welcome address, followed by the lightning of the lamp. A presentation on journey to freedom by class 10th  students which left the students dumbstruck followed by ‘Hasya kavita paath’  in Hindi, the street play and fancy dress competition was very amusing for the students. To add on to the fun and gratification there was an English debate
and English recitation competition was executed. It was followed by the address of Sr. Maria Pettayil, who congratulated the students for their efforts and the wonderful performances put up by them. In conclusion principal Sr. Celine appreciated all the students, teachers for their efforts and cooperation in making the event a big success. The programme ended by the national anthem played on the sarod.