The Bethany Educational Society ® Mangalore (BES), organized a meeting on 6thSeptember 2022 at Bethany Convent, Mangalore to plan for the opening ceremony of its Platinum Jubilee. Sr Rose Celine the Superior General of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Little Flower of Bethany and the President of BES in her opening address appreciated all the stakeholders of BES and invited the members of the planning committee to count the blessings of the Lord and to plan creatively the programmes ahead.
Fr Cedric Prakash SJ the resource person of the day enumerated 7 ‘C’s and 5 subthemes (75) related to the ministry of education. He focussed on being compassionate, courageous, creative, critical, conscientious, committed and constitutionally rooted. He called on the members to capture the vision and the goal of BES and to be relevant and contextual while imparting education. Sr Sandhya the Secretary of BES organized the day’s meeting.
Servant of God Raymond FC Mascarenhas founded the Bethany Congregation on 16 July 1921 and registered the BES on 04 September 1948 with Mother Petra as its President, Sr Francis, the Vice-President, Sr Violette, the Secretary, Sr Bertha the Treasurer, Sr Joseph, Sr Bernard, Sr Raphael as its members. They formed the first Council of Management. The farsighted vision of the Servant of God is at the threshold of its Platinum Jubilee.
