Media Release
Mangaluru, Dec 7: Youth Infomeet, a joint effort of Derebail parishes’ three main youth organizations Yuva Spandan Derebail (YSD – ICYM), Youth Christian Life Community (Y-CLC) and Young Catholic Students (YCS) coordinated by Mike D'Silva, Youth Liaison Officer of the parish was held on December 6 at 10 am in the parish meeting hall. An orientation of Civil Services: A Road Less Travelled, is the first in the series of career and personality development sessions to be held.
Parish Priest Fr Austin Peres, Fr Gerald Francis Pinto - residential priest; Sheila D’Souza vice-president, Gaulbert secretary, Parish Pastoral Council; YSD animator- Lizzy Fernandes, Ullas animator of YCLC, Delina D'Souza animator of YCS; Donald Lobo, director/coordinator of St Aloysius Institute of Civil Services, Vijay Moras president of Lions Club Mangaluru, Ladyhill and director of CAFL; Anthony S Mariyappa, IFS officer, the resource person of the event and 56 youths were present at the programme.
The programme began with a short prayer song led by the YCS members. Sheldon J Alvares, regional representative of ICYM Mangaluru diocese and member of YSD welcomed the guests of the day, Donald Lobo, Vijay Moras and the chief guest Anthony Mariyappa with flowers.
Fr Austin Peres in his message said that he wants the youth to dream big and get into the civil services and unleash their talent. He assured full support from the church in every youth's future endeavour and readily obliged to give the necessary guidance for those aiming for civil services.
The speaker of the day Anthony S Mariyappa started his session reminiscing how his journey from a software engineer at Infosys to an Indian forest service officer flourished. He reminded the youth to not give up on small failures and to inculcate the quality of perseverance and to strive hard if they want to make through the cut-throat competition in civil services. The session ended with a round of questions.
Prajwal R Sequeira, president of YSD and diocesan animator of YCS/YSM diocese of Mangaluru coordinated the entire programme. Rachel Moras compered the programme. The vote of thanks was rendered by Glain Figreda, secretary of YCLC.
The youth were served breakfast sponsored by Lions Club Mangaluru, Ladyhill. The entire session was aimed at kindling in the young minds the aspiration to become civil servants and thereby to serve the nation.