Date:18/10/2022
Time: 9:00 am -1:00 pm
Venue: St. Teresa’s Institute of Education
Name of Co-Ordinators: Sr. Tanuja Waghmare and Prof. Joan Lopes
Total number of students and faculty present: 52

Objective:
In our daily lives we give utmost importance to our physical and mental health, but often neglect Spirituality which is an equally important aspect. Since the exam season is soon at bay, the Principal and the Professors found it necessary to organize a session on spirituality here at St. Teresa’s Institute of Education.

The Resource person for the day was Fr. Allwyn Misquitta a Salation Priest from Karjat. Fr. Allwyn was introduced by our Sr. Principal, by a verse taken from the book of Sirach from the Holy Bible. The session began by invoking the presence of the Almighty by reciting prayers in 3 different languages.

After the prayers session there was a video on self-motivation titled [I feel alive]. Father told us that we should spare a few moments of our day Thanking God for the 5 A’s which are for us to be Alive, Awake, Alert, Active and Awake. Our prayer should also include the line “God aspire me to inspire someone before I expire.” Father bought in a tinge of positivity every time he told us about his line to invoke positivity that is “All is well, the best is yet to come.”

Father made us aware of the 5 survival instincts which include Respiration, Perspiration, Digestion, Urination and Defecation. Along with these instincts a person with a sound conscience, a sound mind, clear thoughts, words and actions.

The session encapsulated all the values that an effective teachers must possess and father explained the various points pertaining to it in a very innovative manner by applying the principles of real life experiences to it. The session made us ponder about the various choices an individual makes in life and the impact those choices has on our everyday life.