St.Joseph - Pray
For Us
-Ms. Sunita D’Souza
St. Joseph’s High School,
Wadala
19th March 2014
On
19th March, Wednesday, the entire family (students, teachers, past-pupils,
parents and well-wishers) of St. Joseph's assembled in the Church of Our Lady
of Dolours, Wadala for the Thanksgiving Mass at 9 a.m. Fr. Bernard Fernandes
(Principal) was the main celebrant while Fr. Godfrey D’Sa (Rector)
concelebrated at the Eucharistic celebration. It was indeed a precious moment
for the Josephites as they gathered together to give thanks to the Patron of
the school - St. Joseph.
Leading
to the Feast of St. Joseph, there was a well-organised Earth- saving Novena
which projected nine ways (for each day of the novena) of taking care of Mother
Earth. The theme for the day was displayed on the special board exhibited in
the church. The Masses on the days of the novena were well animated by the
students and teachers of the school. Themes such as 'Save Electricity', 'Grow
Vegetables - Urban Farming', 'Buy in Bulk', 'Don't Waste Food' etc. were
highlighted wonderfully. Fr. Bernard thanked all the students and staff members
for the prayerful and engaging animation during the novenas and urged everyone
to continue practising the Earth Saving steps suggested during these days. He
elicited the qualities of St. Joseph as J-just, O- obedient, S- simple, E –
efficient, P - patient, and H- humble. He invoked the blessings of St. Joseph and
stated that we in turn must imbibe his qualities. Fr. Rector talked of St. Joseph
as a powerful saint and that we need to seek His intercession always and pray
that he may guide and bless us.
After
Mass, there was a staff get-together in the school hall. Fr. Bernard warmly
welcomed the staff members – past and present, PTA members and well-wishers for
the family celebration on the occasion of the feast of our patron. Fr. Godfrey then addressed the gathering and
he focused on the qualities of obedience, hard work and the sense of duty and
dedication which St. Joseph lived by, and urged everyone to follow in his
footsteps. The self-introduction round
gave the staff members, both present and retired, a fantastic opportunity to
get to know each other better and express their sentiments of gratitude on this
auspicious occasion. Before the snacks and refreshments were served, Fr. Vivian
led everyone in prayer offering our work in the hands of God, seeking the
blessings of St. Joseph to be our protector and guide in all the work entrusted
to us, so that we reflect his vision and mission wholeheartedly. It was an
awesome fellowship gathering in which everyone could feel the true spirit of
St. Joseph - a man who placed his trust in the Lord completely.
St.Joseph
- pray for us and bless us always!
'We
Are Born For Greater Things!' is the motto of St. Joseph's High School, Wadala.
Like St. Joseph, may we the Josephites constantly and consistently live up to
this motto!
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