Media Release
Mangaluru, Aug 14: St Sebastian Church, Permannur, celebrating its centenary jubilee programme, held Mega Bible Quiz - 2017 at St Sebastian PU hall on Sunday, August 13.
St Sebastian 1st ward, Nityadhar 1st ward and St Paul 1st ward bagged the first, second and third place respectively.
The quiz competition was held in two rounds. The first round was held on August 6 for all the parish families. There were 100 questions from the Old Testament. As many as 501 participants were present for this quiz. From 38 wards one ended up as the high scoring family.
The second round was held on August 13 saw 104 participants from 26 wards. There were two levels. Ten groups were selected for the final round. Fr Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro was the quiz master.
Fr Dr J B Saldanha, parish priest, presided over the programme.
Fr Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro , campus director, St Philomena College Puttur; Fr Praveen Joy Saldanha, Fr Paul Crasta, Fr Stany Pinto and Fr Lizel D’Souza, assistant parish priest; Sr Carmine Misquith B S, superior, Bethel Convent; Melwin C D’Souza, vice-president and Ronald Fernandes, secretary of parish pastoral council; Demetrius D’Souza and Joslin D’Souza, Centenary Jubilee Committee were present.
Fr Dr Antony Monteiro addressing the gathering called the youth to use media for the better use of Word of God and also appreciated the organizers of the Mega Bible Quiz. Demetrius D’Souza thanked the parishioners for the opportunity. Fr Dr J B Saldanha thanked all the organizers and called the parishioners to be more involved in Biblical knowledge.
Melwyn D’Souza announced the prizes and Praveen D’Souza compered the programme.Arun D’Souza welcomed the gathering and Ruben D’Souza delivered the vote of thanks.