1156 CSM: 10th anniversary of PNG's first ever Girl's Technical College
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CSM: 10th anniversary of PNG's first ever Girl's Technical College

PORT MORESBY: 7th June 2005 -- The Feast of the Sacred Heart is the patronal feast for the Caritas Sisters of Miyazaki.  Located in East Boroko, adjacent to the Don Bosco Technical College, Caritas Secondary Girls' Technical College has the privilege of being Papua New Guinea's first ever techncial school for girls.  And the Salesian Family is proud of the fact!
    On the Solemnity of the Feast of the Sacred Heart this year, the tenth anniversary of CSGTC was celebrated, in the first instance with a Eucharistic liturgy presided over by the Apostolic Nuncio to PNG/SI, Archbishop Yllana Adolfo Tito, accompanied by Fr Alex Garces SDB.
    The student population of 700 plus girls, from grades 7-12 (the full secondary range of classes in the PNG system) were in attendance and played their part in the various liturgical movements of the celebration, including a local dance as an accompaniment to the Offertory.  The Nuncio focused in his homily on the meaning of 'caritas' and the role the school has played in evangelisation in the PNG context.
    Sr. Stella Ahn, now CSM General Councillor for the Missions, and first principal of the school, spoke inspirationally at the academy which followed.  This was attended by the neighbouring SDB community.  There was also a memorial exhibition of the students' work.  The day included a sports carnival and other events.
    On the following day, the 4th, Parents and Past Students celebrated the anniversary, holding an Oratory (as in speech!) competition and a Miss Caritas event, well attended and watched on either side of the fence which, recall, marks out the the neighbouring SDB College territory!
    One of those who had 'crossed the fence' in all the right ways was Miss Majuna, a foundation student in Year 7 in 1995.  After her Year 12 graduation in 2000 she went on to the DB College which is co-educational, for further studies and graduated in 2004 in Computer Science.  She is now at Caritas, teaching her younger sisters!
VOCABULARY
CSM Sisters: Co-founded by Frs. Anthony Cavoli and Vincent Cimatti in 1937
PNG/SI: The Episcopal Conference of this region includes Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
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