A Red Letter Day for Nav Sadhana was the day of celebration of the Bible Festival on 6th November 2011.The previous day 5th November was a busy day for all our staff and students of Kala Kendra as the competitions were held on this day. The Directors and participant students from six Dioceses had arrived on 4th evening. They represented Agra, Allahabad, Bijnor, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, and Varanasi.
All were excited. The theme of Bible Festival 2011 was Compassion of the Lord Jesus Christ for Humanity St.Mark’s Gospel. The Compitions were catecorized as Solo & group in dance, Group Song, Speech, Skit/mime, Drawing,Model making and Quiz. Every participant did her /his best. The winners were awarded on 6th evening.
The chief guest of the function on 6th was Rt.Rev.Bishop Frederick D’Souza,the Bishop of Jhansi. Bishop Raphy Manjali the President of Nav Sadhana was present. The guests of honour were Bishop Isidore who arrived at the last moment due to traffic jam, Fr.Subhash IMS, Mr.Abhay Thakur the commissioner and his wife. All were welcomed by Fr.Sebastian, vote of thanks was from Mr.Ram Sudhar Singh. M.C. of the programme was Fr.Anand Lakra. The championship was bagged by Allahabad Diocese who got the highest Marks.
The items on the stage were performed by those groups who stood first. The Kala Kendra students of music performed Bhajan and prayer song and the dance drama on Samaritan woman was performed by our Bharat Natyam students. The climax of the day was releasing of new Video DVD by Bishop Raphy Majali, the Bishop of Varanasi. This C.D. named Cultural Fusion Vol. II by Fr.S.Joseph and co. of Nav Sadhana communication centre. Everyone appreciated this great event-Regional Bible Festival. Everyone present was invited to participate the evening meal.
