PORT MORESBY 21 August
2012 -- The Salesian Youth Movement Camp 2012
at Don Bosco
Technological Institute in Port Moresby, Papua New
Guinea
saw the students taking part in many varied youthful
activities like
fun games and having fellowship with fellow Bosconians.
The camp took place on the 3rd and 4th of August 2012 with the
theme: Bosco Kala Trupla
Pasin (pidgin for Bosco
ways are true
ways). It became the ice-breaker opportunity for many
of the
freshmen students who made use of the event outside school
hours to get
to know their seniors and make new friends. The highlight of
the camp
was the Eucharistic celebration in the evening in the school’s
basketball court with coloured variations like the
cultural
dances from different cultures in the country organized by the
students
themselves. The SYM Camp 2012 was a means to know more about
Don Bosco
through games, Trivia, and formation sessions. The ten teams
of 380
student participants were given their names according to the
places of
Don Bosco like Chieri, Valdocco, Rome, Turin, etc.
It was a fun-filled weekend with one of the highlights being
the
celebration of the Rector, Fr. Louie Catañeda’s
56th birthday
celebration. He was given cultural ornaments from the
different
provinces of PNG and was dressed up as a paramount Chief for
the
evening, a concrete gesture of the DBTI student leaders
for their
gratitude to him as father to the boarding and day students
and leader
of the institution.
On the Saturday, a former instructor and registrar, Mr. Ramon
Garay
gave a talk on Salesian Youth Spirituality. Some of the topics
he
covered were story and milestones of his life as a Bosconian
himself and the ways and values that will make any
Bosconian
survive in the workplace while keeping the Bosconian
Identity.
The aim of the camp was to form the young people to find
meaning in
their lives and to promote Bosconian ideals while at school
and when
they are employed and to have fellowship and fun in
group-building activities and deepen the students’ knowledge
about the
life of Don Bosco.
The camp ended with the awarding of the best group, the ROME
Team
which garnered the highest number of points in all the
competitions and games. The best male and best female
SYM campers
were chosen by the judges for their quality of participation
and
discipline during the entire camp: Ms. Donna Giang and
Salesian
aspirant Mr. Pio Ehava, both second year students of 2nd
Yr. Electronics Technology class.
