Mathew Ka
tara sdb JHABUA, MARCH 19, 2009: The Balak Yesu Sangh Convention was held at Bishop’s House, Meghnagar, from March 15 to 17, 2009. 225 children from the various parishes of the Jhabua Diocese participated in this three days Convention which had as its theme: “To be like Jesus”. The resource persons for the Convention were Fr. Mahipal Bhuria, Fr. Raju Mathew, Fr. Mathew Katara, Sr. Sunita, all the animators of Balak Yesus Sangh and the members of Jesus Youth, Shushil, Benjamin and Rajani. The programme on the 
first day began with the inauguration followed by icebreakers. The children were divided into 11 groups and all the activities were conducted in their respective groups. The main topics that were dealt with on the first day were, introduction to the local culture, the bible, the sacraments, discovery of talents, motivation and the altar servers train
ing. On the second day our Bishop celebrated the mass and enlightened the children on the topic of “A prophet is not accepted in his own home town”. The day was filled with a variety of activities in which all the children participated enthusiastically. On the last day Fr. Mathew Katara celebrated the concluding mass and in his homily gave the children tips on how they could put all the different ideas learnt during the Convention into practice. The children returned to their parishes after the Convention filled with much fervor and plenty of good cheer.