Icym Shirva organised a football tournament INDEPENDENCE CUP – 2018 on 12^th August 2018 at St.Marys ground , Shirva. Mr.Vinay Kumar Sorake, Former Member of Parliament of kaup was the chief guest. He inaugurated the event and addressed the gathering on the importance of sports and encouraged them to take part in such tournaments . Rev. Fr. Mahesh D’Souza , Mr. Wilson D’Souza (Vice President of Parish Council), Mrs. Leena Machado (Secretary of Shirva Parish Council),   Mr. Melwyn Aranha (18 Commission Coordinator) , Mr. Jerome Mathias (President of lions club shirva), Mr. Arwin D’souza , Mr. Melwyn D’souza, Mr. Sudheer Shetty (President of congress, Shirva) and Mr. Wilson Rodrigues (Member of Zilla Panchayat) were present on the dias. 20 teams took part in the tournament . Quick Bites won the tournament with Rs. 10000 cash prize , and Runners Up was backed by ‘N.G.F.C’ with Rs.7000 cash prize.

Our traditional cultural expressions organised by Attinge Ward of Shirva Parish.

   

Alter Servers Day was celebrated on 12th August, 2018 during 2nd Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Health Church, Shirva which was followed by oath taking ceremony. V. Rev. Fr. Denis D’Sa was the main celebrant. Further the celebration was continued in Audio Visual Hall of Don Bosco English Medium School with action songs by Miss Viola, biblical quiz by Miss Vanissa, Entertainment programme by Mr. Shaun and Miss Susan, biblical names were narrated in the form of story by Miss Joylin. Outdoor games were conducted by Fr. Ashwin. Altogether 61 alter servers participated in this event.

Report by Prathiksha Reshma

An Aptitude Test was conducted on Sunday August 5th, 2018 at DonBosco English Medium School for 10th Standard Students. 63 students from 6 parishes had participated in this test. It started at 9:30 AM and went till 12:30 PM. This test was supervised by Mr. Ronald Moras, Mr. Julian Rodrigues, Sr. Hilda and Ms. Jane Mendonca.

 

Catholic Sabha Shirva on the occassion of the fest of their patron St. Christhopher, organized blessings of vehicles to the parishioners of Shirva on Sunday, 06-08-2018 after morning mass. Rev. Fr. Ashwin Aranha performed the blessing ceremony along with V. Rev. Fr. Denis D’Sa and Rev. Fr. Mahesh D’Souza. Sweets were distributed by the members of the Catholic Sabha after mass and lucky draw was organized, where many parishioners won free fuel.

Report by Grynal Shirva

Photos by Prathiksha Reshma