On 6^th August 2017, the Parishioners of New Chumta celebrated the feast of their patron St. John Mary Vianney. It was also a day for the parishioners to show their gratitude towards their Shepherd in this auspicious day.

The program started with the solemn Mass animated by New Chumta Village in thanksgiving to God for the gift of their Parish priest Fr. Sanjay Kindo. It was followed by a cultural program at 10.00 a.m.. During the program the faithful expressed their love and appreciation to the Parish priest through words of greetings, gifts, songs, Boro, Nepali, Santhali and Adivasi dances. Fr. Sanjay Kindo thanked all the Parishioners, asked them to collaborate with him and to love Jesus Christ.  At the end of the celebration, all were given Ghugni and Muri, a sign of harmony and happiness.

Celebrations are part and partial of our academic calendar. And month of May brings varieties of celebrations; St. Domenic Savio,       St. Mary Mazzarello, Rabindra Jayanti. Auxilium Convent School Barasat celebrated all these feasts with much vigor and enthusiasm. The feast was anticipated on 9^th May 2014. Both primary and high school celebrations were meaningful and colourful. High school stated with lighting the lamp and invoking God’s blessings upon the gathering and offering garlands to the portraits of St. Domenic Savio, St. Mary Mazzarello and Rabindra Nath Tagore. The houses blue and green whose patron saints were commemorated with power point presentations on their lives, songs, skits and to add more colour to the celebration the thrilling dances were performed on the stage. Music club was in-charge for Rabindranath Jayanti and through short video clip, poetry and songs were presented to make the day a memorable one.

Primary school also had songs, skits and dances etc to celebrate their respective house’s patron’s saints feasts. The literary club organized the inter house elocution competition of classes I – V for the occasion of Rabindra Nath Jayanti. The participants of four houses then recited poems written by him.

At the end of the celebrations Sr. Teresa Adampakallel, the animator congratulated them for their wonderful performance starting with the invitation cards. She also appreciated and awarded those who had prepared the invitation cards with some pictures because it were true arts of future artists. In her concluding message she invited the teachers and students to imitate their virtues and strive to be great in the sight of God like St. Domenic Savio, Mother Mazzarello and Rabindra Nath Tagore. She also appreciated the rich cultures – art and music of Bengal and thanked them for keeping up the tradition so well.

The Feast of St. Mary Mazzarello

The long awaited feast of St. Mary Mazzarello was celebrated on 10^th May 2014 at Auxilium Convent Barasat. The sisters had a meaningful Morning Prayer and meditation on St. Mary Mazzarello’s letters and recommendations. In the evening at 6.30 pm the Holy Mass was celebrated. Rev. Fr. Mani SDB the director of Don Bosco Technical School Krishnagar was the main celebrant. Rev. Fr. Sunil Kujur from Minor seminary and Rev. Fr. Aloysius Carvalho from Arunoday were the con celebrants. Many sisters from neighboring communities, some staff members and family members of our workers were present. The entrance dance by the boarders to lead the celebrants to the altar, introduction to the Mass on St. Mary Mazzarello, prayer of the faithful and meaningful and melodious singing made the participation of Mass more prayerful and meaningful one. In his vibrant homily Rev. Fr. Mani highlighted the virtues of St. Mary Mazzarello: her tremendous trust in God, love for Eucharist, simple and humble life, her able leadership as the first superior general which enabled to expand the mission to far away countries. He also compared the life of St. Mary Mazzarello with the life of St. Paul who, once experienced the Lord and spent his whole life to proclaim the Good News. So also St. Mary Mazzarello spent her entire life in service of Him and His people. He also explained some of the means to follow the example of Mather Mazzarello: Approach the Sacrament of Reconciliation frequently to receive the grace of God, fasting and praying the whole Rosary to overcome the power of evil one.

After the Holy Eucharist there was a get together in Auxilium Aspirantate refectory.  Before meal Sr. Teresa Adampakallel thanked everyone for coming and sharing our joys with us on the feast of our co-foundress. The celebration came to an end with so much of joy and contentment. 

 Sr. Basanti fma 

On 30^th 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. 

On 30^th 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.

On 1^st 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.