Xavier Institute of Social Service hosted the Feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola on Wednesday on its premises. The theme of this year for the programme was ‘Transforming the World Together ‘in the memory of the Spanish Basque Catholic Priest and theologian on the occasion of Ignatius’s death anniversary.
The mass commenced with welcome song to greet Reverend Father Alexius Ekka SJ, Director of XISS, Reverend Father Pradeep Kerketta SJ, Assistant Director, XISS, Father Superior Xavier Soreng SJ, Father Francis David Kullu SJ and Father Ashok Ohol SJ, Assistant Professor, XISS. The programme was followed by the Daya Yachana, Mahima Hymn and Bible Procession.
While addressing the event Reverend Father Francis David Kullu SJ officered the prayers to The Lord. First reading of The Bible was presented by Ashima Swarnalata Barla of Human Resource management (HRM) and the second reading by Anup Kindo of HRM 1.
All the dignitaries and the students paid their tributes and honored to St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of Jesuit Society.
The audience culminated with the Eucharist. After a sumptuous breakfast, everyone reassembled in the auditorium for the cultural program performed by the students of 1st year. The judges for the cultural program were Fr. Francis David Kullu SJ, Prof. Dr. Amardip Singh and alumna Mrs. Devender Kaur. And the 1st runner up of the cultural program was the Department of Human Resource Management and Department of Marketing and the second runners up was the department of Management Programme.
Overall, the function was a huge success, which was clearly visible in the happiness of the students, the Institution Coordinator and its members.