“Be kings and queens of Christ” says Archbishop to the youth at Reach Out 2018(ICYM)
The annual inter parish cultural competitions for youth of Bangalore Archdiocese called ‘Reach-Out’ was held on 24th &25th of November. There were twenty parishes that participated and competed in various events, held at Paalana Bhavan. Reach out is a time for youth to showcase their abundant talents and team spirit. Parishes under the support and patronage of their respective parish priests were in full flow competing and collaborating. The various events such as pot painting, scavenger hunt, wealth out of waste, collage making, Bible quiz, bouquet arrangements were held on Saturday. The other events like singing, a minute to fame, walk the Bible, Biblical fashion show and Dance competitions were held on Sunday,
Archbishop Peter Machado visited the venue and witnessed some competitions. In His address to the youth Archbishop called on them to be “kings and queens of Christ” on the occasion of Christ the King feast. The prelate also added after watching the bible based enactments ‘there is Judas in us, and also Peter in us, we must incorporate the good biblical characters from the Bible and make it part of our own lives’.
The new youth Director Fr. Amarnath urged the youth saying that ‘you as youth have amazing talent and bundle of energy; it was a delight to watch your performances, use your talent for the glory of God. And also said that Reach out is not only a time to compete but also a time to reach out to other Christian friends from various parishes and build the Christian bonding and fellowship.
Reach-out competition carries over all championship with cash prize of ten thousand rupees to the winners and five thousand to the runners besides individual and group prizes. The youth contests were so close and competitive so much so the judges found it difficult to tell who is a clear winner; they had to declare joint winners for some events. After two days of hectic activities, St.John the Evangelist Church emerged as the overall and the runners were St Anthony’s Church of kavalbysandra.
Fr. Amarnath, who gave away the prizes along with youth joint secretary Fr Arul raj Sampath, thanked the Diocesan youth leaders Jerry, Dennis, Siby, Moses, Harry, Neil, Sharon, Manasa, Navya, Sr Ruffina youth lady animator, and Sujay for their hard work and commitment in organizing this event.
The below mentioned list are the winners of various events.
REACH OUT 2018 – RESULTS
POT PAINTING:
1st OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH
2nd ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
3rd ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
COLLAGE:
1st ASCENSION CHURCH
2nd ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
3rd OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH
ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
BOUQUET MAKING:
1st ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
2nd CHRISTA PRABHALAYA CHURCH
3rd DON BOSCO CHURCH
ASCENSION CHURCH
WEALTH OUT OF WASTE:
1st ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
2nd ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
3rd CHRISTA PRABHALAYA CHURCH
ASCENSION CHURCH
BIBLE QUIZ:
1st OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH
2nd SACRED HEART CHURCH
3rd ST.THOMAS THE APOSTLE CHURCH
SCAVENGER HUNT:
1st ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
2nd DON BOSCO CHURCH
3rd SACRED HEART’S CHURCH
PHOTOGRAPHY:
1st ST.THERESA’S CHURCH
2nd ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
3rd ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
GROUP SINGING:
1st OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH
2nd DON BOSCO CHURCH
3rd RESURRECTION CHURCH
A MINUTE TO FAME:
1st OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH
ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
2nd CHRISTA PRABHALAYA CHURCH
3rd SACRED HEART’S CHURCH
WALK THE BIBLE:
1st ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCG
2nd HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
3rd ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA
BIBLICAL ETHNIC PARADE:
1st ST.JOHN THE EVANGELIST CHURCH
2nd ASCENSION CHURCH
3rd INFANT JESUS CHURCH
GROUP DANCE:
1st ST. MARY’S BASILICA
2nd RESURRECTION CHURCH
3rd ST.ANTHONY’S CHURCH, KVLBRSA