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DOHA:UNITY IN DIVERSITY AT THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS OF THE CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF ROSARY

Christmas bells were ringing at the Church of Our Lady of Rosary Qatar since the morning on Friday the 14th December 2018.  It’s was a celebration in which all the communities of the church took an active part by engaging themselves in different activities organized to mark of the festival.

The Day started with the celebrations for the bachelors of the parish hosted by the Poor of Saint Antony (POSA).  Committee members of POSA entertained the huge number of bachelors gathered with fun games, songs, and dances gifts followed by lunch.
Evening took off with the Christmas tree lighting followed by carol singing by the Lawang Buhay choir, Marian choir, Christ the king choir, Arabic choir, Augustine choir Spanish community and Urdu Pakistani community –

The icing on the cake was the performance which followed after the carol singing from the various Catechism groups of the parish. Dances were performed by the Friday junior group, Tamil group, Philipino group.  Carols were sung by the French group, Friday group, Saturday group and the Pilipino group.  It was a feast to the audience to watch the children of various catechism groups of the church perform on stage and convey the beautiful message on Christmas.

Evening was hosted by Peroz and Nancy Jane along with Joseph to ease and élan by keeping the audience gathered on their toes with quiz, games, creative claps and line dances led by the youth.

Parish Priest Rev.Fr. Rally Gonzaga gave a beautiful Christmas message to the audience, and Vivian D Souza proposed the vote of thanks.

Church compound was shining and glowing with Christmas tree, lights and trimmings in colors of red, gold and silver, this gave a festive look and enfolded the ones gathered with a feeling of the season.  Food stalls were set up in the compound with homemade delicacies from the parishioners of all communities.

Vivian D’Souza Bondel outgoing President of the Konkani speaking community and active Parish Council Member, popularly known as the ‘Gurkaram’, was the overall in charge of the food stalls and the cultural program.