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Bliblical Shortfilms Award

Sunday, June 23, 2024    

 

Catechetical Shortfilm Competition concluded with awarding the prize winners on Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 4:00 PM. Twenty youth coming from Tirupattur and Chennai regions, attended the program, which is sponsored by Arulvakku, Trichy. The venue for the program was Deepagam Hall at The Citadel. The chief guests were Rev. Fr. John Christy, (Director-INM Youth Ministry) and Fr. Ernest Rosario (Director-DBICA). Deepagam – the Don Bosco Catechetical Center of Salesian Chennai Province (INM) had organized impromptu Biblical Short-film Festival at Kilpauk, Chennai on June 8, 2024. Four short-films from Tirupattur and Bagalore (Tirupattur region), Paruthipattu-Assumption Church and Basin Bridge (Chennai region) were selected for evaluation. Tirupattur (theme: “Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth”) bagged first prize, while Paruthipattu parish (theme: “Parable of Prodigal Son”) got second, and Basin Bridge (theme: “Ten Commandments”) received third prize. The movie catechetical program lasted an hour or so. Prizes and certificates of participation was distributed to the youth present for the day. Fr. Jesudoss, (Director-Deepagam) welcomed the guests and introduced the program; as catechetical effort, this initiative is movie catechesis in which, youth can take active part in serving the Gospel to both Christians and non-Christians.