‘Childhood is the most beautiful of all life’s seasons’
Our lady of Miracles, Milagres church celebrated November 24, 2019 as Children’s Day for the catechism children of our Parish, which marks the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru with enthusiasm and zeal, keeping in mind his words, “I may not have time for adults, but I have enough time for children.”
The Milagres youth member’s along with the catechism teachers of classes 1 to 10 , took charge to make the day unforgettable for the children. The celebrations began at 8:15 am with the teachers conducting “quiz” for the children. Under the guidance of Mrs. Cynthia , along with the help of Mrs Shanthi & Ms. Slifha “Quiz” was successfully conducted to the children. After the quiz, Eucharistic celebration was held at 9:30 am in Milagres degree hall with the main eucharistic celebrant as Fr.Anil Francis Pinto ,asst. Parish pariest who prayed for the children , their parents and for the bright and blessed future of these little children. After the mass, refreshments were arranged for the children followed by the games.
As we all know that this is an era of social media and electronic gadgets , like a 3- year old little kid to teens are paying attention to the use of technology with much more intense, is affecting them. In fact, experts worry that the social media, watching TV for a long time and text messages that have become so integral to these are promoting anxiety and lowering self-esteem. So, Milagres youth with the strong coordination from catechism teachers conducted games and sports for the children to have an exposure carried out for remuneration and art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements. The games where well planned by the Milagres youth. The games like hula hoop, action games, balancing balloon with straw, aiming the wicket, frog race, chakulli game , sticking the bindhi, cardboard racing ,etc were conducted by the Milagres youth in Milagres school grounds and all the children actively participated and enjoyed the games. Children’s played games purely for their entertainment. Many games conducted helped the children to develop practical skills, serve as a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an educational, simulation, or psychological role.
We thank Fr. Micheal Santhumayor for his permission to let us use the grounds and degree hall. We also thank Fr. Kenneth, Fr. Maxim , all the catechism teachers , Ms. Samantha sequeira – Milagres youth president , Mr. Aldrin Sean – convenor, Mrs. Cecilia Faridha Goveas – the youth animator and Mr. Aeren and Mr. Ronald for their support and coordination. We sincerely thank Fr.Anil Francis Pinto, asst parish priest for his tireless support and making the event successful. The events came to an end by 12 noon. We thank parents of these little ones for their presence. The winners would be awarded in the forthcoming events. All the Milagres youths too had fun in conducting games and involved themselves actively.