On 30th April 2019, Auxilium Convent School, Dum Dum, held its Investiture Ceremony. The School pupil leaders of the senior section and the junior section were invested with responsibilities on this solemn occasion. The chief guest of the day was Rev. Fr. Sudhir Nayak SS.CC. The ceremony began with the felicitation of the chief guest and the lighting of the lamp. A passage from the Bible was read which emphasised on the qualities of a leader.  The School Captains and the House Captains received their respective flags from the chief guest, and others received their badges and sashes from Superior Sr. Teresa A and Principal Sr. Esther Rani and it seemed everybody was ready to take up responsibilities in the new scholastic year with vigour and vitality.

Rev. Fr. Sudhir Nayak, in his message to the students spoke about responsible leadership that involves a certain amount of sacrifice. He also stated that it is important to know oneself and the group one has to lead to become a successful leader. The students thanked Fr. Sudhir for his inspiring message. The ceremony concluded with the School Anthem.

Miss. Jennel Rodrick

On 28 April 2018, Auxilium Convent School New Chumta celebrated the Investiture Ceremony of the newly elected leaders as captains of the school. The program started with prayer moment animated by the students of class IX. It began   at 9:00 am by lighting of candles by Sr. Superior Sr. Theresa V., Sr. Principal Sr. Inocencia Jojo, coordinators and school captains. Later on all the newly elected school leaders took oath and they were given a sense of pride and honour by our sr. Superior and Sr. Principal by giving badges to them. Sr. Principal delivered her message on discipline; she enlightened everyone about the external and internal discipline.  Lastly, all the leaders were congratulated by Sr. Superior and she encouraged them to do their duties with sincerity and selfless dedication.

Auxilium School witnessed a solemn celebration of the investiture ceremony under the motto “The art of communication is the language of leadership. This occasion was graced by Fr.Rodney Borneo, the   honorable principal of St.Loyola school, Kidderpore.  A short speech on the essence of leadership and a reading from the Holy Bible, stressing on the fact that the Son of  God didn’t come to be served but to serve. This was followed by the Primary, Middle and High school captains, House captains and Vice captains, Prefects, club presidents and class Monitors receiving their badges and sashes. After the leaders had taken their respective badges, the flag handing ceremony took place where Rev.Fr.Rodney handed over the flag, as a symbol of the acceptance of responsibility to work for the welfare of the school community, to the leaders. A song titled “We can achieve’ was sung by the leaders to instill confidence and self assertion in their hearts as well as in those of the audience.

Fr.Rodney in his speech, underscoring the fact that leadership is not about glittering frills but about earnest commitments touched everyone’s heart. The inclusion of a very pertinent  and interesting  story about the origin of the word ‘sincere’ from the Latin phrase ‘sine cere’ meaning without wax, referring to using wax to cover blemishes  of cracked statues and their placement in the sun to distinguish the immaculate from the flawed statues, made the speech much  entertaining. His words proclaiming that the work lacks in leadership and not leaders were echoed. Finally Superior, Sr. Teresa A, congratulated the leaders and exhorted them to place their faith in God.

Dimitri  Mallick

XII A

On 25^th April 2017, Auxilium – Dum Dum held the Investiture ceremony with pomp and grandeur. We were privileged to have Fr. Dr. M. Thamacin Arulappan as the chief guest for the programme.

The ceremony began with the traditional practice of lighting the lamps. A Bhajan was sung. Next we had a reading from the Holy Bible. It stated that a leader should not be dominating. The leader should be “sober’, ‘holy’, ‘just’ and ‘a lover of what is right’.

The School Captain and Vice-captain, the prefects, the Class Captains and the house captains received their badges from Sr. Superior, Sr. Principal, Sr. Vice-principal, High school coordinator Miss Sharmila & middle school coordinator Miss Sharbani.

This was followed by the flag-bearing ceremony. Rev. Father Arunlappan handed over the school flag and the house flags to the school captain and the respective house leaders. “May this flag be a symbol of your able leadership”, said Father.

“We have a vision for tomorrow – just believe, just believe… Count on us, ACS, to give our best and more. We can achieve, we can achieve”. The voices of the leaders were loud and clear as they pledged to enrich their Alma Mater. The ceremony came to an end with the chief guest speech. Father Arulappan shared with us his perspective of a leader – cheerful, pleasant, enthusiastic, charismatic, self-willed, always striving for higher goals, never rigid, pessimistic or complaining about circumstances. His speech stirred us to discover ‘the inner leader’ we all possess.

Auxilium Convent School Barasat had the feast of Mother General and investiture ceremony on 26^th April for Primary section. Primary section honoured mother general by explaining the theme of the celebration in a very creative way, offering prayers for her through prayer dance and singing and expressed their gratitude to her and the Institute.

During the investiture ceremony the school captain, vice captain, house captains, prefects and class captains pronounced the formula of oath taking with much vigour and enthusiasm. At the end Sr. Rosy Veliyan congratulated them and encouraged them to exhibit their duties and responsibilities with much diligence.

High school had the celebration on 28^th April.  After the welcoming of the chief guest, Rev. Fr. Alfred Paul the rector of Don Bosco Ashalayam, there was lighting of the lamp and short prayer service to express gratitude to God for the gift of Mother General. Class X B through a power point presentation explained the theme of the celebration and also in brief showed the event which took place in Thailand.

The Investiture ceremony is one of the unique events of the scholastic year. The school Captain Rohan Das led the group of captains: vice captains, prefects, house captains and vice captains, club presidents, class captains and vice captains. Two vice captains- Agnes Carrol and Ananya Bhuiyan, all the house captains, club presidents held the  colourful wreath  and entered in procession, while Ms. Dola Roy explained the meaning of each colour of the wreath. They placed the wreath at the feat of our Blessed Mother symbolically surrendering them to the Mother of Auxilium. They then pronounced their formula of oath taking. Rev. Fr. Alfred Paul boosted them up with his inspiring talk. He said ‘I am because we are”. This attitude is very important for the captains as they are chosen and given trust to be leaders; they should always be open to be guided by sisters and teachers and should guide the others. Trust begets trust so the captains should be sincere in exhibiting their talents as it is their chance to be captain. He encouraged them to try their best to reach the goal as they sang together ‘We shall overcome’ in four languages.

Indeed the day became memorable as they assumed their responsibilities with much enthusiasm.

Sr. Basanti FMA