Media Release
Mangaluru, Jun 17: The oath taking ceremony of newly elected cabinet members of Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM), Cordel unit for the year 2019-20 was held on June 16 at Holy Cross Church, Kulshekar.
The ceremony began with the Holy Eucharist Mass at 7 am celebrated by Fr Victor Machado, vicar of Cordel. The newly elected members took oath to work selflessly and faithfully serve for the betterment of the association.
After the Mass, the post distribution Cceremony was held at Frad Saib Hall at 8.30 AM. The programme began with prayer service conducted by the youths of ICYM. Vineeth Dsouza, newly-elected vice president, welcomed the gathering. Ashel Dsilva, secretary of ICYM Cordel 2018-19 presented the annual report. Rhea Sequeira appreciated the services of old cabinet members and wished them good luck for their future endeavours. Vernon Crasta shared his experience in ICYM and motivated the newly joined youths to participate and involve themselves in the activities to be conducted for the next whole year.
The director of ICYM Cordel, Fr Victor Machado spoke at this occasion, thanked and appreciated the services given by the old cabinet members. He further said, “ICYM provides an opportunity to become leaders for society. All must use such opportunity and work for the church as well as for the society.” Rahul Sequeira, newly elected president for year 2019-20, shared his views and thanked all the gathering.
Fr Victor Machado, director of ICYM Cordel, Fr Lawrence Cutinha, assistant director of ICYM Cordel, and Loy Noronha and Sathurnine Monteiro, vice president and secretary of Parish Pastrol Council respectively were present for the programme. Anisha D’Souza anchored the programme. The programme ended with the ICYM theme song.
The list of old and new cabinet members are as follows:
Later in the evening, 70 youths from Moodubelle parish visited Holy Cross Church. The youth attended Mass at 4.30 pm and spent the time thereafter in Cordel Premises. Fr Jithesh Castelino, assistant parish priest and the animators of ICYM Moodubelle parish were present.