Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola celebrated at Harihar St Aloysius College
“Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive that is where god is” -St Ignatius Loyola
Mangaluru : St Aloysius College Harihar celebrated the feast of St Ignatius of Loyola on 27th of July 2019. The guests for the day were Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ rector of St Aloysius college and vice principal of Mangalore Jesuit education society, Fr Eric Mathias SJ principal and superior of degree college, Fr Santhosh Fernandes SJ principal of PU college, Fr Pradeep Sequeira SJ finance officer of St Aloysius College, Fr Cyril Raj vice principal of degree college, Sunny Gudino and Ms Pushpalatha vice principals of St Aloysius college and Ms. Shobha Monis Lecturer and Coordinator of the programme.
The day began with the students of NCC escorting the guests to the gathering. The program began with a welcome dance which was led by Pallavi. Welcome dance was followed by a prayer song led by Macton. The master of the ceremony Ms Priyanka M.H and Mr. Amar Katve called upon Saramsh to deliver the welcome speech. The program was inaugurated by watering the sapling and cake cutting. Ms Grace Varghese Lecturer of St Aloysius college along with the students enchanted the audience with an Ignatian song.
Fr Pradeep Sequira SJ addressed the gathering where he began with the story of a Gowda and later, he connected it with the life of Ignatius of Loyola who is the co-founder of the society of Jesus. Ignatius of Loyola was born on 23rd October 1491 and Beatified on 27th July 1609. He was the youngest of thirteen children. In his early life he had a great love for Military Exercises as well as tremendous desire for fame. He joined the army at seventeen. He participated in many battles without injury but in the Battle of Pamplona he was knocked down. Then he began to reflect on his life and decided to start a new life. From then on, he worked for the greater glory of god and the service of people and founded the society of Jesus.
After narrating this story to the gathering Fr Pradeep gave a message to students that “we also should be ready to change our life and become women and men with and for others”. After Fr Pradeep’s inspiring words Degree council Inauguration followed by an Oath taking session. The second session is all about various cultural programs. Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Students of first PUC mesmerized the audience with a graceful classical dance which was led by Soumya Clara student of first PUC PCMB. Mime makes the invisible, visible and the visible, invisible. Mime is an art of expressing feelings through expressions; students of first PUC Commerce captured the hearts of the audience through their ravishing expressions. Mime was followed by an energetic dance performance by Ms Vilisha and Ms Shimmi Raj Lecturers of St Aloysius College.
The stage witnessed all types of dance form, the western dance was followed by a Folk dance which was led by Rashmi student of first PU Commerce. Audience then enjoyed a beautiful classical dance led by Hemalatha. After the cultural events the chief guest of the day Fr Dionysius Vaz SJ spoke to the gathering. He began his speech by narrating a story of a German Shepherd dog in Hassan. One day one of the Fathers was gifted with a German Shepherd dog and it was put in a cage. It is breed of dog which grows very fast but the dog was not growing in height wise it was growing in length wise. It was because the father has put it in a small cage and it was not appropriate for the growth of the dog. The dog was kept in the same cage right from the beginning so the dog was restricted and didn’t get space to grow.
So, Fr Dionysius said that nobody can be restricted; everybody should go according to the situations in the same way students also cannot be kept in the restricted environment, they also have to be changed and manipulated accordingly. Fr Dionysius motivated the students through his inspiring words. Macton delivered the vote of thanks which was followed by singing of the national anthem.
