OUR LADY OF NAZARETH HIGH SCHOOL – BHYANDAR
October 17, 2012: After a
long break, AVEC once again began their animation of schools. Today, AVEC
organized Two Value Orientation Programs for over Three Hundred and Eighty five
Students of Std IX from Our Lady Of Nazareth High School, Bhyandar. Thanks to the Principal, Mrs. Castell who
took the time to get the program organized for her students. The Theme for the
Value Orientation Program was “Live Your Live by a Value Compass”.
Mr. Rochwyn
Fernandes, AVEC Project Coordinator began the session with a Prayer Song, ‘Sarveshaam Swastir Bhavatu’ – imploring
God’s blessing of abundance, health, peace and life on one and all. This was
followed by a ‘fantasy meditation’ that invited the students to focus on their
breath of life and to calm down. The students really involved themselves fully
into this session. One could see a deep sense of seriousness and participation
in the meditation. Mr. Fernandes then introduced Fr. Glenford Lowe sdb to the
students.
Fr. Glenford
Lowe began by challenging the students to honestly look at their ‘Value
Compass’ of life.
“What gives you a meaning and sense of direction in your life?” he kept asking the students. “Without a ‘Value Compass’ one can barely survive another day. Values give us the direction in life to live beyond mere survival”. Through a number of personal examples and testimonies, interactive discussions, insightful PowerPoint Presentations coupled with heart rendering video clips, the students were challenged to look at their life honestly and to ‘reconstruct their Value Compass’. “No matter how broken your past life was or how battered, torn or abused... you can start afresh. Today is an opportunity to begin anew. Let you choice be for Values”, he insisted.
“What gives you a meaning and sense of direction in your life?” he kept asking the students. “Without a ‘Value Compass’ one can barely survive another day. Values give us the direction in life to live beyond mere survival”. Through a number of personal examples and testimonies, interactive discussions, insightful PowerPoint Presentations coupled with heart rendering video clips, the students were challenged to look at their life honestly and to ‘reconstruct their Value Compass’. “No matter how broken your past life was or how battered, torn or abused... you can start afresh. Today is an opportunity to begin anew. Let you choice be for Values”, he insisted.
Fr. Lowe
proposed TWELVE DIAMOND VALUES as a means to live life more meaningfully and
abundantly. He spoke on important Life Skill Values that are necessary and
important to get oneself MAD – Make A Difference! He focused on: the Need of
developing a ‘Winner’s Attitude’, to believe in the strength of Team,
Communicating Effectively our ‘Happy and Sad’ stories of life, Exuding
Confidence, Celebrating Creativity, Learning to Grow from Criticisms,
Motivating Self and Leading Others, Multitasking and Prioritizing One’s Time,
Being Truthful about Money, Seeing the Big Picture, Living a Balanced Life and
finally Living a Life of Abundance. The students responded with rapt attention
and interest.
The session
ended with a song ‘The Climb’ and a vote of thanks by two student representatives
Simren Gomes and Shrey Shoundik and a final word of appreciation by the
Principal herself. We owe a special word of thanks to Fr. Anslem, Manager of
the School for his kind hospitality and keen interest in the AVEC Program.
After the
session, a number of students came forward to write their words of appreciation
in the AVEC Log book:
“It was one of
the most beautiful sessions I ever attended in my life. I assure you that I
will Make a Difference” - Simren Gomes IX
“We enjoyed the
session; It has given us good values for our life. God bless you and continue
the good work you are doing” – Rachel
Faria IX
“Very inspiring
and heart touching session” – Galvin
Mendonca IX
“It was pretty
fascinating and inspiring. Felt awesome and grateful to be taught some good
values about how to live our lives by a Value Compass. Thank you very much”- Raj Kotadia IX
“I enjoyed it
very much and liked the concept of M.A.D Make A Difference! And the Twelve
Values which reconstructs my Value Compass in life. I will do my best to follow
this concept. Thank you” - Rishabh Bansal
IX
“I feel very
happy and enjoyed it. The session inspired me a lot. From this session I have
learnt a lot of values. I will never forget this session. Thank you.” – Akash Bajaj IX
“I enjoyed this
session and I like the concept of MAD too. Make A Difference. I will remember
the twelve Value Diamonds forever. Thank you Father very much” – Trisha Irani IX
“Nice examples,
powerful videos and songs too” – Alroy IX
“It was a great
session, by attending it I really felt good about it” – Rochelle IX
“Thanks a lot
father Glenn for giving us time and giving some good values. By attending this
session, I felt that there are many things in me that have to be changed” – Senjuriya IX
“It was a
wonderful session. It really brings a change in the life of the students” - Gauri
Kurle IX
“Thanks a lot.
This session totally refreshed our soul
and mind too” - Katoiishka IX
“It was a great
session. We thank Fatehr Glenn and Mr. Fernandes for giving us their precious
time for us. We will surely Make a Difference in our lives” – Merle, Nicole, Nimisha IX
“It was a
wonderful session. It will surely give direction and a compass to see the
difference between right and wrong” – AparnaWagle
IX
“I take this
opportunity to Thanks Mr. Rochwyn and Fr. Glenn for giving us their valuable
time and enlightening us on importance of values in our life with a very
resourceful audio visual presentations. We will imbibe these values in our
lives and and become responsible and resourceful citizens of India” - Shrey
Shoundik (Head Boy)
“Fr. Glenn and
Mr. Rochwyn, you both are a blessing wherever you go. Doing a great job of imbibing beautiful
values into our students. Thanking you to the fullest” – Ms. Trincia Fonseca (Asst. Teacher)
