Arlene Mathiah
MUMBAI, OCTOBER 22, 2009: Come October and Parishioners of St.John Bosco Parish, Borivli await the Annual Mission Fête. With lots of pre- preparation meetings held, a core committee formed that consists of a member from the PPC, the youth group, etc that pool in their thoughts, ideas and opinions to make the feth fun filled and enjoyable for the parishioners.
Mission fête has been a time, when the prior Sunday announcement reads apart from the regular announcements a day to be spent at the church premises, having fun, playing games and a break for the housewives from the usual Sunday cooking and enjoying the afternoon lunch with the near and dear fellow parishioners by patronizing the stalls that serve a variety of items on the chart.
The Mission of the parish fête was organized on the October 18, 2009 at the church quadrangle. The fête like always started after the first Sunday morning mass at 8.00am with tea, breakfast, a lot of games and activities. A day of exchanging pleasantries, meeting people from other zones, and realizing that the little contribution that is made at the feth is all for a cause. It’s the little generosity that helps go a long way and support the works in the Mission areas.
This day helps get parishioners get-together to help serve the best to their other fellow folks. Like zones of the parishes contribute in the Hospitality and cooking a variety of mouth watering food items. Apart from the communities, the Youth group of the parish contributed to the gaming zone helping each one to have fun and enjoy.
From children to youth and adults to the elderly, Mission fête saw a mixed variety of crowd gather, cheer, and enjoy sharing a feeling of belonginess to the parish and make the most of this day.
St. John Bosco parish looks into the feedback received and works to add on something to make the fête a little different from the yester years. Thus the special events of the fête 2009 included a band performance by the youngsters of the parish who played some good refreshing and foot tapping songs adding some more taste to the fête.
Mission Sunday was a well organized and time spent in a beautiful way. Thanks to the core committee of the feth that spent their valuable time coming up with the best. The feth was a parish family affair and thus each and every zone played their roles to the mark and made sure the others had a great time.