DYC: Diocese Youth Conference, Ranipura
This is a Conference held for young and energetic Catholic youths. The motto is to unite youths for a better society. The location was Ranipura. Ranipura is about 70 km from Puttur.
It was 3 Nights and 4 Days Camp. It was from 2nd October to 5th October. These dates were chosen as the holidays piled up and the participation from students as well as employees will be more.
Youth from different parish attended this Camp.
I could not attend the first day which had formal inauguration function followed by the rules and regulation for the rest of the camp.
I joined in for the second day, Oct 3rd.
The day started with Mass followed by a healthy breakfast. We were divided into teams. There was a total of 10 teams , where the participants were from different parish.
In-order to cheer up, to make us more active in discussion or any activity, we had been allocated some time for action songs. It made us feel like the old school children days where we dance freely with some melody songs. It was fun, first there was a negative response, but soon all were dancing will joy and excitement.
We had also had a Panel Discussion where we discussed about the Society, our contribution to society, Personal career growth, opportunities in Government sectors and a lot of important discussion that the youth should give importance to.
After the discussion, we had a group activity. It is always good to make new friends. First, only couple of folks used to take up the charge of the group for the activities, but going on all popped up and build the team-strength to see their respective team on the table topper position.
Lunch was prepared by some volunteers along with some folks from the caterer, Non veg was common here as most of them prefer non-veg over veg here. Food was delicious after all the jumping and team activities.
Afternoon again the sequence followed action songs, youth cafe (discussions) and then by outdoor games for Team.
As a part of Outdoor event, we had Tug of War. We were 22 in one team. It was fun as both team would fight till the end to get the rope marker on their side.
After a gap of half an hour for freshening, we had Taize worship followed by dinner.
We had a cultural program by each team, and this was the best part of the day. The interaction between the team members increased and the strive for the table toppers encourage each team to give their best effort.
Day off Officially.
The night was fun too. Boys and Girls had separate accommodation and we(Boys) had some other plans :P. We were talking/discussing until 4 am by then completing drinks. Finally, we slept around 4:30 am after all the laughs and crazy discussions.
October 4th Saturday:
The program was arranged in the same sequence so that there will no delay in getting used to the new timeline.
The day started by Mass thanking God for the wonderful day ad safe night, Breakfast, Action songs and the Panel discussions.
As a part of Team activity we had Antakshari which was fun, wait for the other team to answer, once there are able to do, sing with them :).
After lunch we had Quiz and Debate. Both of these were of utmost important and lots of new things were learnt.
In Debate session, we debated on Increasing rates on Suicide and Rape in India and Karnataka.
After the Team activity we had a new event called as "Pilgramage", where we learnt about 3 saints.
Also, we had created the Banners for the society to create awareness. We (As Team) created theme on Go Green for which we got 1st price :).
Sometimes, I wonder how these small things bring the huge happiness in life, I am glad that I came to this Camp taking back a lot of new friends and learning.
After these activities, we had Rosary followed by Dinner.
Then came to the most awaiting moment of the camp, CAMP FIRE :).
Camp fire is definitely fun, but with friends and a lot of crazy dance makes it even better.
This is what happened, with lots of Baila and Pop music - we were alternately in ground and air.
Also,we had cracker busting which was beautiful up in the sky.
Day ended with high node as we danced for almost an hour, yes this was again official.
The night continued as before, this time I can remember I slept at 5:30 am :-D .
Final Day, Oct 5th :
I had to leave early so I left around 8:30am. Even though I was here for 2 days and 2 nights, I knew I was about to miss a lot of fun of the final day in DYC. Btw, the sequence for day was same -
Prayer, Breakfast, Action songs, Session and then Valedictory function.
It was an Awesome experience. As I mentioned before, I am glad that I had made my mind to come to DYC-14,Ranipura - I am taking a lot of memories, new friends and lots of learning.
Special thanks to Organizers, Committee members and all the volunteers who helped to make this DYC Camp a huge success. I know they had a huge task ahead and the way they managed to run this event smoothly is really appreciated. Hats off to you guys :).
Photo Courtesy: Roshan Suraj and Nellu Permannur (Via Facebook)
-Prashanth M
This is a Conference held for young and energetic Catholic youths. The motto is to unite youths for a better society. The location was Ranipura. Ranipura is about 70 km from Puttur.
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| DYC Youth Camp :) |
It was 3 Nights and 4 Days Camp. It was from 2nd October to 5th October. These dates were chosen as the holidays piled up and the participation from students as well as employees will be more.
Youth from different parish attended this Camp.
I could not attend the first day which had formal inauguration function followed by the rules and regulation for the rest of the camp.
I joined in for the second day, Oct 3rd.
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| Wonderful day, Thank you God! |
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| Dance Floor, Action turned Pop songs:P |
We had also had a Panel Discussion where we discussed about the Society, our contribution to society, Personal career growth, opportunities in Government sectors and a lot of important discussion that the youth should give importance to.
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| Group ♥ |
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| Yummy :) |
Afternoon again the sequence followed action songs, youth cafe (discussions) and then by outdoor games for Team.
As a part of Outdoor event, we had Tug of War. We were 22 in one team. It was fun as both team would fight till the end to get the rope marker on their side.
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| Vailpule Mare :-D |
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| Outdoor Game :) #FUN |
After a gap of half an hour for freshening, we had Taize worship followed by dinner.
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| Taize Prayer Hall |
Day off Officially.
The night was fun too. Boys and Girls had separate accommodation and we(Boys) had some other plans :P. We were talking/discussing until 4 am by then completing drinks. Finally, we slept around 4:30 am after all the laughs and crazy discussions.
October 4th Saturday:
The program was arranged in the same sequence so that there will no delay in getting used to the new timeline.
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| Prayer Time ! |
As a part of Team activity we had Antakshari which was fun, wait for the other team to answer, once there are able to do, sing with them :).
After lunch we had Quiz and Debate. Both of these were of utmost important and lots of new things were learnt.
In Debate session, we debated on Increasing rates on Suicide and Rape in India and Karnataka.
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| Our Crazy Team :-D :-X |
Also, we had created the Banners for the society to create awareness. We (As Team) created theme on Go Green for which we got 1st price :).
Sometimes, I wonder how these small things bring the huge happiness in life, I am glad that I came to this Camp taking back a lot of new friends and learning.
After these activities, we had Rosary followed by Dinner.
Then came to the most awaiting moment of the camp, CAMP FIRE :).
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| Camp Fire♥ |
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| Dance Dance! |
Camp fire is definitely fun, but with friends and a lot of crazy dance makes it even better.
This is what happened, with lots of Baila and Pop music - we were alternately in ground and air.
Also,we had cracker busting which was beautiful up in the sky.
Day ended with high node as we danced for almost an hour, yes this was again official.
The night continued as before, this time I can remember I slept at 5:30 am :-D .
Final Day, Oct 5th :
I had to leave early so I left around 8:30am. Even though I was here for 2 days and 2 nights, I knew I was about to miss a lot of fun of the final day in DYC. Btw, the sequence for day was same -
Prayer, Breakfast, Action songs, Session and then Valedictory function.
It was an Awesome experience. As I mentioned before, I am glad that I had made my mind to come to DYC-14,Ranipura - I am taking a lot of memories, new friends and lots of learning.
Special thanks to Organizers, Committee members and all the volunteers who helped to make this DYC Camp a huge success. I know they had a huge task ahead and the way they managed to run this event smoothly is really appreciated. Hats off to you guys :).
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| Committee Members! :) |
Photo Courtesy: Roshan Suraj and Nellu Permannur (Via Facebook)
