St Aloysius B. Ed College celebrates Christmas with week-Long Events
St Aloysius Institute of Education, a leading institute of teacher education of the city conducted a week-Long Christmas competitions with full swing and fervour, spreading the message of love, joy, compassion, humility, simplicity and gratitude. The students and the staff members experienced the Christmas spirit by conducting different competitions, namely, Christmas card, Christmas tree and star, Christmas decorative items, Christmas quiz, Carol singing, collage and crib.
The week-Long celebration culminated in the College with the sharing of Christmas joy with the primary school children of St Joseph’s Aided Higher Primary School, Nanthoor. Seventy children of the school took part in the Christmas programme organized by the B. Ed trainees. Citing the Biblical verse, “Unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:3), Rev. Fr Dr Ravi Santhosh Kamath SJ, the chief guest of the occasion said in his message, “The first thing we need to do in order to enter the kingdom of God is to turn from the direction we are going. It implies a complete change of attitude. It is actually equivalent to repent. To become a child means that God has to do something in our life. Therefore, we need to change our mindset and think like children and it doesn’t mean that we have to become immature and act childish. Christmas is a season of joy. It is a time of God showing His great love for us. It can be a time of healing and renewed strength.”
The B. Ed trainees had conducted various games for the school children prior to the Christmas programme and the chief guest acknowledged the winners during the occasion. Dr Farita Viegas, Principal, presided over the programme. Ramya and her group invoked Almighty’s blessings through a song. Drishya and her team performed a welcome dance. Akshatha rendered the welcome address. Namritha introduced the chief guest. Shruthi proposed the vote of thanks. Geetha compered the programme. Mrs Delna Lobo, Vice-principal, organized the programme.
Report by : Jerome D’Souza-Faculty at St Aloysius B Ed
