Bento D’Souza sdb JYOTI, FEBRUARY 18, 2009: Valentine’s Day had a special hue at Jyoti parish this year with 26 youth gathering together for a celebration in the evening. The programme began with a ‘Fancy Dance Parade’. The group was then divided into four teams, after which the evening got going with a series of fun games that included the hi-fly magic rope skip, the gambling dice horse race, the bowling tourney and the balloon jazz. The teams cheered their members excitedly as they vied with one another to win the games. Addressing the youngsters, Fr. Gregory D’Cunha, Parish Priest, described the evening programme as a token of appreciation for all the hard work put in by the youth during the Christmas week. All through the Christmas week the youth had organized different programmes for the parishioners. Fr Edwin Colaco, congratulated the youth for the rapid progress made by the Parish Youth Group during the past six months. He challenged them to strive for greater heights of excellence and teamwork, and never be satisfied with mediocrity. The beautiful evening ended with dinner.