Fr. Provincial gives his
message at the Class Assembly IX C – Who will you make peace with?
-
Mrs. Ashwini Gupte
Don Bosco High School,
Matunga, Mumbai,
16th September 2015
A
red-letter day at Don Bosco High School saw the Provincial, Rev. Fr. Godfrey D’Souza,
with his cheerful smile at the class assembly, on his annual visitation to the
school. The Principal, Rev. Fr. Bernard Fernandes conveyed the day’s
outstanding news, that of the Hindustan Times having ranked Don Bosco, Matunga
among the top 10 schools in the Mumbai East Zone.
Rev.
Fr. Bernard introduced the Provincial as a kind-hearted yet firm erudite
gentleman, tech-savvy yet one who enjoyed the simple pleasures of life such as
music and song.
The
International Day of peace being around the corner, on Sept. 21, the class
depicted the real-life story of Sadako Sasaki and the thousand paper cranes,
that of a young Japanese girl who survived the bombing of Hiroshima
and though cancer-afflicted as a result, became a symbol ofpeace and forgiveness.
The backdrop displayed the image of the imposing statue in the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Park, with the plaque that reads:"This is our cry. This is our
prayer. Peace in the world."
Rev.
Fr. Godfrey addressed the students with the message that peace begins with each
of us. Through the story of Abraham Lincoln, Fr. Godfrey illustrated how we can
‘destroy’ our enemy by winning him over with love.
Immediately
after the assembly, Fr. Godfrey proceeded to the Primary section to witness an
outstanding cultural day program by the students of Std. III C with the help of
their class teachers and music master.
Fr. Provincial concluded the visitation of the school, meeting the non-clerical
school staff, and then the entire staff later in the afternoon.
