Bongaigaon Diocese Holds Youth Festival-VII, 2010

BONGAIGAON, Feb. 23, 2010, 11.30 Hrs (Ronesh Narzary MSFS / CBCI News):

The 7th Diocesan Youth Festival of Bongaigaon Diocese, Assam was held at St. Aloysius Seminary under Cathedral Parish. More than 800 youths from the diocese and a few from the diocese of Tezpur took part in the meet. The theme for the festival was “YOUTH FOR A NEW SOCIETY”. The Bishop of Bongaigaon Thomas Pulloppillil, who was the chief guest for the festival expressed his joy and satisfaction at the tremendous response of the youth who attended the festival.

The participants had diverse activities such as talks on youth related topics by different resource persons, group discussions, reporting and planning of activities at the parish level, spending time with God in prayer, Taize prayer, etc. There were cultural evenings. The whole aim of this festival was to bring youth together to teach them to love Christ, the Church, others and to commit their life to promote the values of the Gospel

A new executive body for Bongaigaon Diocessan Youth Commission was elected with Mr. Denjil Basumatary as President, Miss Pobhita Ekka Vice President and Mr. Justin Borgoary, Secretary. For many of the youth to be part of the fest was in itself a unique experience. All the participants resolved that they would strive to become a role model for a new society.