Arlene Mathiah BORIVLI, MARCH 24, 2009: The Lenten mission at St. John Bosco Parish, Borivli, was organized from March 19 to 22, 2009, and was entitled ‘Festival of Discipleship’. It was conducted by Br. Aneel Aranaha from Dubai. He began the missions with a beautiful testimony about himself. He said that he was a person who did not believe in God, lived an atheistic life for about 25 years, was in prison for sometime, till he experienced the mighty presence of God and thus began his vocation of preaching and bringing people closer to God. He is now a changed man, a God fearing person who believes in the passion of our Lord and is committed entirely to his vocation of ministering the Word of God. The missions began daily at 6.00 pm with Praise and Worship that was led by our Prayer Cell, followed Rosary, Eucharistic celebration, preaching and the adoration service. There was an evening dedicated to the children on March 21, and a half day session for the Youth on the following day. During this session, Bro Aneel dealt with the theme of Sin and Temptation, opening our eyes to the evil in the world. The session was an interactive session and kept all the youth glued to his preaching. The Music Ministry group chosen for this day was a special band called G-SUS from IC colony. They made this service powerful and divine with their melodious singing and joyful music. This half day session saw many youth from other parishes join us. It was a wonderful sight to see not only people of our parish participate in this Mission, but even parishioners from other parishes and people of other faiths join in this Lenten service. The entire Mission was indeed a beautiful experience.