SAC DARPAN: SEMINARY DAY CELEBRATION

Sunday 24 August 2014

SEMINARY DAY CELEBRATION

Albertine family celebrated the seminary day on Saturday 23rd August, 2014. The day began with the Solemn Eucharist presided over by Most Rev. Theodore Mascarenhas SFX, Auxiliary Bishop Elect of the Archdiocese of Ranchi. Breaking the word of God, he said, “As a Christian we should set our aim for the Kingdom of God and as ‘called people’ who sacrificed everything for the sake of the Kingdom of God will be fools in the sight of the world but have to be happy because we will be enriched in the sight of the Lord.”

After the Holy Eucharist, there was a traditional football match between theologians and philosophers in which the benjaminits lost for theology 0-1.

Evening was marked by electrifying cultural programme. The visually challenged children from Amar Jyothi Blind school displayed two spectacular programmes: Dance and a group song. They stole whole attention of the audience. Along with this, brothers displayed Munda Sendra dance, Oraon Karma dance, Bhangra Dance and “Jai Ho” dance depicting cultural diversity of the seminary.

The chief guest, Most Rev. Theodore Mascarenhas SFX in his address during the cultural programme said, “Colours have deep meaning. Different colours in harmony give life and this is the beauty of our seminary formation.”

Further he said that “different tribes live in harmony giving beauty to our society. This is prominent in our community. Every priest is an unifying factor of the community... Energy and grace make a dance. Energy is important for a priest. This energy is to be used for the Lord… Just as every dance has an intrinsic or extrinsic leader, so too, a priest is called to be a leader in various capacities in different places.” Religious people from in around Ranchi were the esteemed invitees for the programme. The seminary day concluded with a sumptuous agape.