Mangaluru: ICYM city deanery organizes Youth Fiesta - 2016, orientation & get-together

By Sheldon Alvares, Derebail
Pics by Clanute C J
Bellevision Media Network

Mangaluru, 08 Aug 2016: It was a festival of friendship indeed as the Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) city deanery organized daylong youth orientation programme and get-together at Holy Redeemer parish auditorium, Derebail, here on Sunday August 7. City Deanery youths from the parishes of Bondel, Bajal, Bajjodi, Derebail, Cordel, Permai, Kelarai, Paldane and Shaktinagar were present. Over 150 youth of these parishes attended this programme.

 

The programme began with the prayer song as an invocation of God’s blessings.

 

 

The chief guest of the programme was Fr Gratian Alvares, the residential priest of Derebail parish, along with Fr Paul Prakash D’Souza, director of ICYM city deanery.

 

Vernon Crasta Cordel, the president of the ICYM city deanery welcomed the gathering.

 

Fr Gratian Alvares, inaugurated the programme and on the occasion extended good wishes and his blessings on the programme. The director gave a insight in his speech about the day’s activities.

 

Sheldon Alvares Derebail extended the vote of thanks. The programme followed with a talk and debate session on the topic, Youth in a parish by Eugene D’Cunha who was the resource person of the day.

 

A short ice breaker by Rohan Vamanjoor was held after the session. Then the programme followed with a Holy Mass at Holy Redeemer church. The celebrant was the director Fr Paul Prakash D’Souza. The programme then followed with a lunch served to the youth present there.

 

The afternoon session was full of dance, songs, games and a whole lot of fun. Valentine Crasta Cordel and Rohan Vamanjoor along with Jaison D’Souza Bajal organized the afternoon session.

 

 

The ICYM Mangalore diocese council of 2016-2017 under the leadership of Jackson Eric D’Costa Vamadapadavu extended the late afternoon sessions with more games. Fr Victor Vijay Machado, the vicar of Episcopal city deanery and parish priest of Holy Cross Church, Cordel, Fr Ronald Prakash D’Souza, the director of ICYM Mangalore diocese visited the program and extended their good wishes to the youth.

 

Then a short valedictory was held after all the games. The president of the valedictory and chief guest were Fr Gratian Alvares and Fr Austin Peter Peres, the parish priest of Holy Redeemer parish, Derebail.

 

The winners were distributed with the prizes by the chief guest. The unique friendship day by tying friendship ribbons to a new friend was conducted, making a new friend on this day.

 

The vice president Benjohn D’Souza Kelerai celebrated his birthday on this very day by cake cutting as well as with all the others celebrating their birthday on the month of August.

 

The programme was concluded with vote of thanks by Sheldon Alvares Derebail, the secretary of ICYM city deanery. Ended with baila dance.