DOMINIC AND SYBIL AZAVEDO
Kolkata: St. Xavier’s College Ground is the venue for the National Hindi SCC Convention which will be held from October 25th to 27th, 2019. This very happy news was announced by Fr. Dominic Gomes, Vicar General, who, in the absence of Archbishop Thomas D’Souza who is attending the CBCI Meeting in Bangalore, expressed his thanks and appreciation to Fr. Dominic Savio, Rector and Principal of St. Xavier’s College for his generosity and understanding.
To shift to St. Xavier’s was finalised at the Preparatory Meeting for the Convention held in Archbishop’s House on 11th August, 2019. There were 12 members present from the National SCC Team including Bishop Ignatius Mascarenhas of Simla/Chandigarh, Chairman of the National SCC, Bishop Gerald Mathias, Bishop of Lucknow, Fr. Vijay Thomas, SCC Asian Secretary, immediate past SCC National Secretary and the National Coordinator of the Convention, Fr. George, (the new) National SCC Secretary, other NST members, Fr. Cassian Pradhan, Sr Christin Joseph, Sr Grace Mary, Fr. Faustin J. Pinto, Mr. Emmanuel John, Mr. Mathew Roy, Mr. Sameer Francis and local Heads of the various Committees.
The venue has been shifted as St. Xavier’s is more spacious and there will be enough space for cars and buses to be parked, as well as, space to put stalls for refreshment, a help desk, Media, Press, etc. There will also be one big shamiana on the St. Xavier’s grounds.Fr. Dominic Gomes, the local Coordinator, said that although he with his team has been spent a lot of time and energy from June 2019, requesting Parish Priests to help in providing accommodation, still there is a need to accommodate more than 1000 outstation delegates from 51 Dioceses.
The programme will start at 9 a.m. and go on till 6 p.m. On 26th October, the guests will spend the full day with the Parishioners in many of our City Parishes from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., having a solemn Bible procession and veneration, solemn Mass, a cultural programme, witnessing an exhibition of the origin and growth of the SCC in the Parishes, Gospel Sharing, lunch, tea, dinner, etc. There will be at least one Bishop in each of our Parishes. (The detailed programme has already been sent to the Parishes to prepare for 26th October to welcome the outstation guests in the Parishes).
The Media Committee has already started posting Convention news and photos on a Facebook page (fb.me/calcuttaarchdiocese) and is already active with 600/700 participants. In September – posters will be sent to city parishes and Advertisements put in The Herald. A Press Release to Secular Media, Flexes and Banners are also being prepared.
Kolkata: St. Xavier’s College Ground is the venue for the National Hindi SCC Convention which will be held from October 25th to 27th, 2019. This very happy news was announced by Fr. Dominic Gomes, Vicar General, who, in the absence of Archbishop Thomas D’Souza who is attending the CBCI Meeting in Bangalore, expressed his thanks and appreciation to Fr. Dominic Savio, Rector and Principal of St. Xavier’s College for his generosity and understanding.
To shift to St. Xavier’s was finalised at the Preparatory Meeting for the Convention held in Archbishop’s House on 11th August, 2019. There were 12 members present from the National SCC Team including Bishop Ignatius Mascarenhas of Simla/Chandigarh, Chairman of the National SCC, Bishop Gerald Mathias, Bishop of Lucknow, Fr. Vijay Thomas, SCC Asian Secretary, immediate past SCC National Secretary and the National Coordinator of the Convention, Fr. George, (the new) National SCC Secretary, other NST members, Fr. Cassian Pradhan, Sr Christin Joseph, Sr Grace Mary, Fr. Faustin J. Pinto, Mr. Emmanuel John, Mr. Mathew Roy, Mr. Sameer Francis and local Heads of the various Committees.
The venue has been shifted as St. Xavier’s is more spacious and there will be enough space for cars and buses to be parked, as well as, space to put stalls for refreshment, a help desk, Media, Press, etc. There will also be one big shamiana on the St. Xavier’s grounds.Fr. Dominic Gomes, the local Coordinator, said that although he with his team has been spent a lot of time and energy from June 2019, requesting Parish Priests to help in providing accommodation, still there is a need to accommodate more than 1000 outstation delegates from 51 Dioceses.
The programme will start at 9 a.m. and go on till 6 p.m. On 26th October, the guests will spend the full day with the Parishioners in many of our City Parishes from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., having a solemn Bible procession and veneration, solemn Mass, a cultural programme, witnessing an exhibition of the origin and growth of the SCC in the Parishes, Gospel Sharing, lunch, tea, dinner, etc. There will be at least one Bishop in each of our Parishes. (The detailed programme has already been sent to the Parishes to prepare for 26th October to welcome the outstation guests in the Parishes).
The Media Committee has already started posting Convention news and photos on a Facebook page (fb.me/calcuttaarchdiocese) and is already active with 600/700 participants. In September – posters will be sent to city parishes and Advertisements put in The Herald. A Press Release to Secular Media, Flexes and Banners are also being prepared.
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