Nov 06, 2017: City Deanery Altar Servers Camp was held on 6th November at Cordel Hall. Around 350 Altar Servers took part from 11 parishes of the Deanery. City Deanery Dean Rev. Fr. Victor Machado inaugurated the Camp at 9 a.m. Fr. Ivan D’souza & Fr. Vinod Lobo were the Camp coordinators. The inaugural Prayer service was followed by a formal inaugural.
Altar servers were divided into two groups 4th to 6th and 7th to 10th. A talk on Family Values, Holy Eucharist, Bible quiz, Magic, games and action songs were the highlights of the Meet. Fr. Ronald Serrao and Fr. Rupesh Madtha were the resource persons for the meet. Fr. Rupesh Madtha spoke on the dos’ and don’ts for the altar servers. Fr. Ronald Serrao spoke on the importance of Eucharist and the things that we use during the Mass. Fr. Paul D’souza performed the Magic Show. The quiz was organized by Fr. Ivan D’souza. Children were enthralled during a quiz on various subjects including identifying biblical characters from pictures and things involved in altar service.
The Camp was organized to recognize the services of the Altar servers in the parishes, to sow the seed of vocation in Altar Servers, to promote unity among them, a healthy competition and to provide good entertainment. At the end the prizes were distributed to the Children. The programe ended at 3.30 p.m. with a Altar Servers Anthem.
