Wishing all of you, a Very Happy Founder's Day !
May Blessed Edmund Rice bless each of you, and all you love and care for.
Just some points to help us understand today
May Blessed Edmund Rice bless each of you, and all you love and care for.
Just some points to help us understand today
- Who is the Founder ?
- Edmund Ignatius Rice was the person who started (founded) the Christian Brothers (not Goethals Memorial School !) in 1802 in Ireland
- So why should we, at Goethals, in 2013 celebrate this event ?
- We celebrate the life of the person who started the Congregation of Christian Brothers and thus caused the Brothers to come to India, to Kurseong to found Goethals and whose ideals still calls men to follow as Christian Brothers and thus Bro.Walsh, Bro,Edwin, Bro.Lurshai and myself are with you. Because of Edmund, you have known other Brothers to, whom I'm sure are grateful to have met : Bro.James, Bro.S D'Souza, Bro.Beddoe, to name a few.
- however, Edmund Rice has made a difference to many persons lives - the perspective of life of many of the staff members has changed because of their having met with Edmund Rice through the Christian Brothers
- hopefully, you too, have been uniquely blessed in ways only students who come to Christian Brothers schools are - that does not mean that others are not blessed - far from it - everyone is blessed in a special way through al the experiences in life - but we believe that God leads us through all events of life and has wished us to be blessed in the special way we have.
- How do we celebrate this day ?
- Generally, at Goethals we have
- a special assembly,
- a day of games especially for the day scholars, who otherwise do not have the same oppotunities to use the school fields
- we have some special snacks for everyone
- we all go out for a day of social work among needy people on the 30th August
- But this year, the agitation does not allow us all to gather in school, so we have to decide what to do
- You could tell the members of your family about Founder's Day and about Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers
- You could do something specially nice to someone who is not so fortunate as you might be - experience the joy of being generous !
- pray for the Brothers and pray that many generous men may also join the Christian Brothers and help youngsters especially those in the remotest and poorest places (that was why the Brothers came to Kurseong 107 years ago !).
- smile ! spread joy !
Respected Brother , Hope you are good with Goethals Team. Today i study about our founders day letter from you and wishing you a Happy founders day.
ReplyDeleteReally It is very Good Topic about our school and i told to my family how they celebrate that day in our school every year.
ok Brother , lets you please inform to us when we are coming to join our class and what is the situation is there.
Thanking you. God bless you...
satyam raj sahoo , class-4 B
Happy Founder's Day to all the GMS family. I take this opportunity to thank you for setting up this blog which I think is very helpful for the students especially of the higher classes. It truly shows the concern of the school for our children. Thank You.
ReplyDeleteThank you Mrs Rai,
ReplyDeleteYour appreciation of our efforts for your son is a great encouragement.
Bro.Miranda