Young Christian Students (YCS) of St. Jude’s Church Pakshikere under the guidance of Director Rev. Fr. Alban D’ Souza, Asst Director Rev. Fr. Anil D’ Souza, animators Mrs. Zeeta Cutinho and Mr. Stany D’ Costa elected the following office bearers for the year 2009-10.
• Avitash Sequerira - President
• Archana Mendonca - Secretary
• Prima D’ Souza - Treasurer
• Stacy Cutinho - Yuvatare Representative
• Elson Tauro
• Renish Cutinho - Cell leaders
• Romeo Cutinho - Cell leaders
YCS is comprised of PUC level students. We are sixteen in number. It is a formation period and we attend the classes every week in the church after the 8 o’clock Holy Mass in the morning. We also attend different formation courses that have been conducted for us all through the year. We do not conduct any programmes rather we are encouraged to participate in different programme conducted for us.
The list below shows the programmes we have participated.
1. The office bearers of our YCS had participated in the training programme conducted for the YCS office bearers of the different Parishes of Mangalore Diocese at Bajjodi on 12th of July.
2. One day yuva sammelana was held in our Parish by the ICYM on 19th July and all the members actively participated.
3. Seven of our members actively participated in the training programme organized by the Deanery Young Christian Student on 9th August.
4. A training programme was also been organized in our Parish on 4th October. All the members participated in it. The resource person was Mr. Norbert Misquit.
5. On the occasion of the St. Jude’s feast, we have contributed volunteer service in cleaning the church on October 11th.
6. A talk on carrier guidance was organized by the Catholic Sabha Pakshikere on 25th Oct. The resources person was Mr. Francis D’ Cunha. We have gained a lot by attending this programme.
7. On February 14th there was another programme on personality development organized in our parish and many of us attended the programme. Fr. James Quadros was the resources person.
8. Catechism examination was conducted on 21st Feb and fourteen of us appeared for this exam. Archana Mendonca scored high marks among all.
9. Y.C.S members presented a skit on Feb. 28th for the Catechism day.
We extend our sincere gratefulness to Rev. Fr. Alban D’ Souza, Fr. Anil D’ Souza and our animators Mrs. Zeeta Cutinho and Mr. Stany D’ Costa for their encouragement and support.
Report by: Archana Mendonca, secretary.