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Be with us Mary!
KOKOPO, EAST NEW BRITAIN: 22 May 2011 -- Vunabosco Agro-Technical School in Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea celebrated the Solemnity of Mary Help of Christians in advance last 20th of May 2011. The theme of the whole celebration was “Be with us Mary”.
Students and staff participated well. It started with a Marian Rally organised by the Marian Group of the school specifically, Blue House. Everyone gathered at the soccer field for the first station of the Luminous Mysteries. Some students from different classes acted like a picture frame for each Luminous Mystery. A Gospel reading depicting that mystery was read by Fr. Roger Miranda, SDB, the Rector, and a short reflection was also read by one of the students in that class. During the procession, everyone recited the rosary which was led by a sponsoring class matched with Marian songs till the next station. Since the students were divided by the house colours: Blue, Red, Yellow and Green, the day became really very colourful. The Marian rally ended at the gymnasium after the blessing of Mary Help of Christians imparted by the Rector.
This activity was followed by the Inter-house Sports Carnival held at the soccer field of the school. Students competed with the different activities organized by Mr Henry Baining, the Sports Coordinator. All four colours presented an item each in marching, fancy drill and yell/cheering competitions, followed by the track and field events in the different categories: 100m., 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. The statue of Mary Help of Christians was also placed in a prominent place as if watching the boys in their competition. After the 800m competition, it started drizzling. Fr Rector whispered a little request to Mary and after a short while, the rain stopped! Pelting rain came when everyone had finished eating their lunch and all the competitions were over. Yes, Mary was really with us during that day!
Red House was the over-all champion for the track and field events. Yellow House got second place.
On 22 May, Sunday, the school also celebrated Parents/Guardians Day. Everyone gathered at the school gymnasium for the celebration of the Eucharist in honour of Mary Help of Christians. Fr Rector was the main celebrant and together with him was Fr Clifford Morais, the Principal. A short program organised by the students followed after Mass. Two parents gave their responses after the program and they were very grateful for what Don Bosco was doing for their children. They were very appreciative of the formation these Bosconians receive from the Salesians and their educators. Everyone then gathered into their respective classrooms and enjoyed the agape together.
It was a wonderful moment for everybody to celebrate Mary's feast day. All throughout these days, Mary’s presence was really felt. Yes, Mary our Mother, be with us and guide us always along the right path!
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Be with us Mary!
KOKOPO, EAST NEW BRITAIN: 22 May 2011 -- Vunabosco Agro-Technical School in Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea celebrated the Solemnity of Mary Help of Christians in advance last 20th of May 2011. The theme of the whole celebration was “Be with us Mary”.
Students and staff participated well. It started with a Marian Rally organised by the Marian Group of the school specifically, Blue House. Everyone gathered at the soccer field for the first station of the Luminous Mysteries. Some students from different classes acted like a picture frame for each Luminous Mystery. A Gospel reading depicting that mystery was read by Fr. Roger Miranda, SDB, the Rector, and a short reflection was also read by one of the students in that class. During the procession, everyone recited the rosary which was led by a sponsoring class matched with Marian songs till the next station. Since the students were divided by the house colours: Blue, Red, Yellow and Green, the day became really very colourful. The Marian rally ended at the gymnasium after the blessing of Mary Help of Christians imparted by the Rector.
This activity was followed by the Inter-house Sports Carnival held at the soccer field of the school. Students competed with the different activities organized by Mr Henry Baining, the Sports Coordinator. All four colours presented an item each in marching, fancy drill and yell/cheering competitions, followed by the track and field events in the different categories: 100m., 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. The statue of Mary Help of Christians was also placed in a prominent place as if watching the boys in their competition. After the 800m competition, it started drizzling. Fr Rector whispered a little request to Mary and after a short while, the rain stopped! Pelting rain came when everyone had finished eating their lunch and all the competitions were over. Yes, Mary was really with us during that day!
Red House was the over-all champion for the track and field events. Yellow House got second place.
On 22 May, Sunday, the school also celebrated Parents/Guardians Day. Everyone gathered at the school gymnasium for the celebration of the Eucharist in honour of Mary Help of Christians. Fr Rector was the main celebrant and together with him was Fr Clifford Morais, the Principal. A short program organised by the students followed after Mass. Two parents gave their responses after the program and they were very grateful for what Don Bosco was doing for their children. They were very appreciative of the formation these Bosconians receive from the Salesians and their educators. Everyone then gathered into their respective classrooms and enjoyed the agape together.
It was a wonderful moment for everybody to celebrate Mary's feast day. All throughout these days, Mary’s presence was really felt. Yes, Mary our Mother, be with us and guide us always along the right path!
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AustraLasia is an email service for the Salesian Family of Asia Pacific. It also functions as an agency for ANS based in Rome. For queries please contact admin@bosconet.aust.com . RSS feeds - just go to Bosconet, click on austraLasia 2011 in the sidebar. You will see the RSS orange icon in your browser address bar - add it from there. Or be interactive with the EAO blog Cetera Tolle. Avail yourself of the Salesian Digital Library at http://sdl.sdb.org
