Mangalore: A friendly Christmas celebration has been organized on 18 December 2022 at Mother Theresa Peace Park, Mangalore by St Mother Theresa committee, Mangalore with a friendly collaboration with Catholic Sabha, Mangalore Unit and St Aloysius, Mangalore.
The park was decorated as it was showcased with the stars prepared by the participants as star making competition was being conducted. The programme began with the arrival of the following chief guests:- Rt. Rev. Bishop Dr Lawrence Muccujee, Yennapoya Abdul Kuyi, Brahma kumari Vishweahwari, Maulana U K Abdul Aziz Dareme, Dr Usha Prabha N Nayak, Rev. Fr Melwyn Joseph Pinto SJ, Roy Castelino, Sunil Kumar Bajil and Kishor Fernandez and were been welcomed by the host of the program.
The first and first perspective of the program was Peace and Unity.
The guests communicated a very strong message which eventually had the same message that is Peace and Unity and avoidance of Violence.
The messages which were stated by the guests are:-
1) Bishop Dr Lawrence had quoted the saying of Mahatma Gandhi " Nature has everything for an individuals need and not for greed"
2) Abdul Kuyi had conveyed his wishes regarding the coming new year and to let us all try to avoid violence and maintain peace and unity with all religions.
3) Bramhakumari Vishweshvari had stated her message in a very different way by taking us on a tour on spiritual meditation where we all had calmed down our minds from all distractions and also explained how Almighty is the only one and only God for all religions but in various forms and also spoke about how God is a light to this world.
4) Maulana U K Abdul Aziz Dareme had also conveyed his message but in a very different way by relating us to the mighty ocean and sand, as about how we will have to be the person in front of us.
