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Co-curricular and Cultural Activities refer to all the activities that enhance the life skills of the students. These activities comprise of academic and scholastic activities. They can be performed individually or in groups, inside or outside the classroom, depending on the nature of the activities. These are recommended to help the children with all-around development. They enhance the confidence level of the students thereby allowing them to perform better. These activities develop the personality of the students and assist them in shaping a good future career
St. Bernadette:
Bernadette Soubirous, a 14 years old, was the first child of an extremely poor miller in the town of Lourdes in southern France. On February 11, 1858, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette in a cave above the banks of the Gave River near Lourdes. Bernadette was known as a virtuous girl though a dull student. In poor health, she had suffered from asthma from an early age. There were 18 appearances in all, the final one occurring on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, July 16. Lourdes became one of the most popular Marian shrines in the world, attracting millions of visitors to this day.
St. Maria Goretti:
Venerated as a saint of purity and mercy, St. Maria Goretti died at age 11 when her next door neighbor, Alessandro Serenelli, stabbed her 14 times after trying to rape her. She forgave her killer on her death bed, and is also considered the patron saint of youth and young people. Saint Maria is called a martyr because she fought against Alessandro’s attempts at sexual sin; however, the most important aspects of her story are how she forgave her attacker – her concern for her enemy extending even beyond death – and the miracle her forgiveness produced in his life.
St. Alphonsa:
Saint Alphonsa, was an Indian Catholic nun and educator. She was the first woman of Indian origin to be canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She had a difficult childhood and experienced loss and suffering early on in life. Anna’s mother died when she was young, so her maternal aunt raised her. Her early life was a life of suffering at the hands of her stern foster mother and the teasing of schoolchildren. Anna was educated by her great-uncle, Joseph Muttathupadathu. In 1923, Anna’s feet were burnt when she fell into a pit of burning chaff; this was a self-inflicted injury in order to avoid her foster mother’s attempt to arrange a marriage for her and thereby to fulfill her desire for becoming a religious sister instead.
St. Faustina:
St. Faustina was a Polish Roman Catholic nun and mystic. Her apparitions of Jesus Christ inspired the Roman Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy and earned her the title of “Secretary of Divine Mercy”. Sister Faustina was a young, uneducated nun in a convent of the Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy in Poland during the 1930s. She came from a poor family that struggled during the years of World War I. She had only three years of simple education, so hers were the humblest tasks in the convent. St. John Paul II canonized Sr. Faustina in 2000 making her the “first saint of the new millennium.”
