Report on Archdiocesan Spoken English Course -2022
(17th
April to 10th May 2022)
Every year the
Archdiocese of Gandhinagar organizes Archdiocesan Spoken English Course at
pethapur for the students who have completed their 10th and 12th
standard. This year too, we had an English camp from 17th April to
10th May 2022. There were 71 students, who took part in it among
whom there were 39 boys and 32 girls from different parishes of the
Archdiocese. The course was inaugurated with the Solemn Eucharistic Celebration
by His Grace Archbishop Thomas Macwan. Rev. Fr. Xavier James, the
coordinator and the youth director of the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar, Fr.
Victor, Fr. Sushil, Fr. Roydan, and Fr. Deepak were the con-celebrants who
prayed for the students to do their English Course well. There was an entrance
test to find out the level and ability of the students based on which the
students were divided into three groups. The three groups were named St. Benedict,
St. John Paul II, and St. Francis of Assisi.
Under the leadership
of Rev. Fr. Xavier James, Fr. Deepak, Fr. Roydan, Br. Donald Remi, Br.
Pakiyaraj, and Br. Sugesh were the teaching staff. Br. Ankur Patel and Br. Rakesh
Kumar were the non-teaching staff. Each class was taken care by two members,
who rendered their selfless services to the students and helped them to gain
English knowledge through various activities in English. There were five
classes held each day for learning basic English Grammar. Every day there was a
Eucharistic celebration for the students and all the students actively
participated in the liturgical activities. They began their day with the
Morning Prayer followed by the Holy Eucharist to nourish their spiritual hunger.
After the breakfast students rendered their service to keep JVK clean and tidy.
Having finished their cleaning, they got ready for their classes.
In the afternoon,
there were faith formation classes for all the students, in which various
topics on the Holy Bible, Sacraments, Holy Eucharist, etc. were taught, which
helped students to deepen their faith in Jesus. Students also showed a keen
interest in learning the Bible. Rev. Fr. Xavier James, Fr. Deepak, Fr. Valerian
Pereira, Miss. Gauravi Xavier and Br. Donald took the faith formation classes.
Fathers and Brothers sowed the seeds among the children by sharing about their
vocation, and their call to follow Christ, which inspired the students.
To build the self-confidence
of students, every alternative day, we had creative cultural programmes. It
helped the students to identify their hidden talents and to get rid of their
stage fear by performing creative skits and action songs. Once in five days, an
English test was conducted to check their progress. To keep them mentally
and physically fit sports were given importance. They had outings on 24th
April and 1st May, where they relaxed and enjoyed togetherness with
each other. The atmosphere was made very favorable to speak only in English.
The medium of language for communication and prayers was only English. To be well-grounded
in the English language, special attention was given to the weaker students.
They worked hard and made a lot of effort to speak in English. The course came
to an end with the Eucharistic celebration before which there was a colorful
cultural programme on the previous evening which was witnessed by His Grace
Archbishop Thomas Macwan, Fathers, sister, brothers, and the students
themselves. We also thank all the fathers and sisters from various parishes in
the Archdiocese of Gandhinagar for sending the children for this Archdiocesan Spoken
English Course. (Br. Donald Remi)
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