MARIAN QUIZ – 2011
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HOLY CROSS CHURCH, NAVSARI
On 23rd of October 2011, 35 youngsters (Youth and Children) of the Holy Cross Church, Navsari gathered together for the Marian Quiz in honour of Our Lady. The month of October being dedicated to our Mother of the Rosary.
The evening began with a Solemn Eucharistic Celebration in English. The choir, with the youth leader Clarence Hood playing melodiously the guitar, sang beautiful hymns and made the Eucharist very meaningful. Fr. Lawrence Rodrigues was the main celebrant for the Eucharist. He gave a very interesting and inspiring sermon on the Gospel reading of the day. He spoke on ‘Love Changes Everything’. He asked the youngsters – how can we show our love for God and our Neighbour? Most of the children shared their way of loving God and Neighbour. It was a very participative and lively Eucharistic Celebration.
After the Eucharist the youngsters all gathered in their teams, namely Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, for the Marian Quiz. About 300 questions were already given to the children in the month of September for preparation. There were various rounds of questions and variety of other activities. The programme was as follows-
-Two rounds of questions on Scriptures and Mary
-Two rounds of questions on Scriptures and Mary
-Two rounds of questions on the Feast days of Mary
-Marian maze
-Two rounds of questions on Apparitions of Mary
-Two rounds of questions on Dogmas (Marian)
-Marian decoding
-One round of questions on Titles of Mary
-Marian teasers and Marian faces
-Two rounds of questions on the Holy Rosary
-News message forming
-Two rounds of questions on persons and Things
-Rapid Fire round with 12 questions
-Join the pieces of picture
-Unzumble the words
Every one was fully engrossed in the quiz so much so that before any one could realize it was already 7.00 p.m. A few games had to be skipped as it was already late and the children had to go back home.
It was beautiful to see the youth and children so much full of joy and togetherness. Luke team won the quiz with 125 points, just behind was Mark team with 108 points, followed by John team with 103 points and the last was Matthew team with 87 points.
The evening ended with an action song conducted by Federick and the youth leaders of our parish Clarence and Lijji. Everyone of us enjoyed the day. We learnt a lot of our Blessed Mother. The youngsters thanked Fr. Lawrence and the youth leaders Clarence and Lijji for the meaningful Eucharistic Celebration and the well conducted Marian Quiz.
Later wafers, cake, tikka shev and rasna were served for all. The youngsters enjoyed themselves and requested to conduct such activities every week.
A vote of thanks was given to Frs. Robert. Lawrence and the youth leaders Clarence hood and Lijji for organizing the event.
The presence of Sr. Christine and our Catechism teachers was very encouraging. They were put in-charge of each team to guide and encourage. Their valuable contribution was appreciated by all.
MARY OUR MOTHER, PRAY FOR US
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