On 18 December the Teaching Staff of Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum celebrated Christmas. They wished superior Sr. Teresa A and the sisters a very happy Christmas. On this occasion they prepared a live crib and sang Christmas carols. At the end Superior reciprocated the greetings of the Teachers. There was a Christmas joy which could be felt by all.

On 20 December the Oratorians, evening school and parallel school children, of Auxilium Convent Dum Dum celebrated Christmas. Sr. Esther, the chief guest of the celebration was escorted to the venue by the children. As sign of welcome they garlanded her and offered a bouquet of flower. The celebration was consisted of dances, skit and songs. Prizes were distributed for the winners, for the events that had taken place throughout the year. Sr. Esther thanked them in the name of Superior and in her Christmas message she invited them to become builders of love, peace and joy. Christmas gifts were distributed to all.

Christmas Story…. in PPT

 On 20^th December 2015, the tuition children of St. Sebastian Church, Kurtamgarh celebrated the Christmas at 2.30 p.m.  With their performance they made the audience joyful and offered an enjoyable programme. Sr. Shanti Tirkey and Sr. Sabita Nayak prepared the children with great love and creativity. The Christmas message was given by Fr. Jugal Kishore Digal, the parish priest and Sr. Teresa Xalxo FMA.  Bothe of them spoke about the reason for the coming of Christ our Savior on the earth and how everybody should experience His Love, Peace and Joy.  Some of the parishioners exclaimed, “It was a memorable celebration for the first time”.

‘Let us have music for Christmas Sound the trumpet of joy and rebirth. Let each of us try, with song in our hearts, to bring peace to men on earth’. Keeping the above verse as our focus, the fifth Inter-School Competition titled ‘Christmas Fantasy’ was organized on Friday, 11^th December, 2015 at the Senior School premises at Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, for the students of Classes III to V. The theme for the competition was ‘Jesus is the Reason for the Season’ The competitions included Christmas Montage (Art & Craft) , Christmas Melange ( Singing a Medley of Christmas Carols) and Christmas Fusion ( Indo-Western group Dance). The programme began with the lighting of the lamp. The students of Class  V put up a vibrant  Indo-Western Christmas dance with a Christmas tableau to welcome the guest schools and to  bring to the fore the essence of the Christmas Season.

 Twelve reputed schools from Delhi participated in these events. It was really heartening to see the schools participate so enthusiastically. The theme of the Competition was brought out beautifully in every performance. The Children who participated in the Christmas Montage competition showed their talent by producing beautiful pieces of art using bindis, coloured bits of paper and pencil shavings. It was indeed a pleasure to watch the little children of Class III weaving their magical hands to create a Christmas Scene.  The melodious singing of the various schools filled the air with the spirit of Christmas with each school presenting “Jesus is the reason for the Season”.  The Indo-Western Dance had all present mesmerized with the performances as each school presented the theme in a fitting and creative manner.

The judges for all the competitions had a tough time deciding on the winners as all the participants had put in their hundred percent.  Refreshments were served to all the participants and accompanying teachers of the Schools present.The children sat in rapt attention as the Chief Guest gave a beautiful and inspirational message of Christmas. The air in the auditorium was filled with anxiety as the participants looked forward to the announcements of the results with bated breath. The judges were then acknowledged with mementos and the winners were awarded with trophies by our Superior, Sr Lily Joseph and our Headmistress Sr.Ashalata Kerketta.

The best Group Singing prize was bagged by St.Francis de Sales School , Janakpuri  while the best School in the Dance competition was Mount St. Mary’s Daula Kuan. The Art& Craft winners were  St.George, St.Francis De Sales and Don Bosco School as First Second and Third respectively. The overall winner for the day was St.Francis De Sales Janakpuri.

The programme ended with a wish that all would have, ‘The Gladness of Christmas which is Hope, The Spirit of Christmas which is Peace and the Heart of Christmas which is Love’.

MS.PAULA FERNANDES

On 19^th December, the senior citizens from the vicinity of Auxilium Convent Dum Dum wished the superior and the sisters the joy of Christmas. They began with a prayer followed by a short felicitation. Superior Sr. Teresa A. also wished them the blessings of Christmas and offered Christmas gift. This brought a smile on everyone’s faces.

The little ones of Auxilium Mirik celebrated Christmas together with their parents before the closing of the school for winter vacation.

They presented a good number of carols and nursery rhymes in English and Nepali. Children enacted the scene of Bethlehem. Parents enjoyed the performance and the singing of their little ones.

Sr. Cecilia Kollappally in her message to the parents spoke about the meaning of Christmas and the Year of Mercy declared by the Pope Francis.

On 29^th November 2015, Aspirants participated in the Christmas Carol Singing Competition which was held in the parish church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Barasat. It was organized by the Parish Priest and his team. Ten groups participated in the competition – RNDM candidates, Charity Sisters, Providence sisters, YCS, Youth movement, Women association, Auxilium Aspiratate etc. The aspirants presented the singing in three different languages such as English, Hindi and Uriah. Aspirantants melodious blending voices and active presentation led them to attain the 1^st prize. They were happy to proclaim the coming of Jesus through our singing.  It was the great and memorable day and we raise our hearts and minds to thank the Lord for this day.