Little Way Association
The Aim of Little Way Association is to follow Therese of the child Jesus’ principles
of love, care, sympathy, truth, simplicity, etc. and to input all these principles
into the children’s mind and to follow them properly and live in a love and peaceful
life.
Little Way Association’s activities are to follow the annual plan in the meeting
which is conducted every week. The first week is celebrated “illamthalir week”.
The second week is celebrated ‘awareness week’. The third week is celebrated ‘art
week’. The fourth week is celebrated ‘environmental week’. During the festival time
of St Antony celebrates a day along with youth movement and YCS. Every year the
Children’s day is celebrated by the association to organize them together. A happy
picnic is conducted every year in the month of May.
Youth Movement
The objective of Youth Movement is to unite all the youths to findout their hidden
talents in orde to work for the kingdom of god. Each youth meeting they are given
oppertunities to lead the group and find out their talents buried in them. Thus
they utilize their talents, Time, Efforts to the underprivileged they also serve
as catisa teachers Quire members. They teach the children and handling freee tuitions.
Durinn the time of Christmas they do their best they celebrate Christmas a meaningful
day.This Movement is to serve the poor children to continue their studies. They
teach the poor children. They take free tuitions. Our services are to improve social
environment, donate blood, encourage the people to save money, help the poor, visit
the sick and visit the Handicapped home and contribute their shares.
St Vincent de Paul Society
The aim of Vincent de Paul Society is Jesus Christ’s principle of ‘if you do any
help to one of the least of my brotheren to do it to me’.
The Vincent de Paul Society was started by the mason’s associations on April 28,
1996. Vincent de Paul Society’s Services are helping the most deserving families
namely widows, Destitutes, marginalized they to select seven poor families and support
them until they stand their own legs. They visit these families’. They periodically
visit government hospitals and help the patients and distribute food items. They
also encourage people to attain Sunday mass and to prayfamily rosary.
Legion of Mary
The objective of the Legion is to glorify god through the purification of the members.
The two ways to realize this objective are prayer and service. This service is co-operating
with our lady and the church, in the mission of spreading The Kingdom of Jesus Christ
under the guidance and supervision of the church leaders. They service in to shrine
is remarkable. Every year they visit mentally retarded homes. Every week they visit
families, sick people and pray for them. They have a good habit of attending the
important functions of the families of the members.
Catechism
The objective of Catechism is to follow Jesus Christ’s principle of love, justice,
unity, trust, sympathy, faith, forgiveness, etc., input all these principles into
children’s heart and bring the children under the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. There
are 22 teachers teach Catechism without any remuneration. More than 200 childrens
are attending sunday Catechism .
Activities: To prepare an annual plan and the basis of annual plan we conduct our
classes. Last week of every month we conduct teacher’s meeting. In those meeting,
we discuss the present month activities and the future month activities. Every year
we celebrate Christmas. The third day feast of our church is celebrated by our children
and teachers. The Vocational Bible Class is conducted every year in the month of
May.
We conduct trainings and improve the knowledge of our teachers. We also participate
all the training conducted in the diocese. We encourage the children to read the
Holy Bible and help the poor and also we encourage them to pray daily.
Basic Christian Community
The very heart of Vettuvenni St.Antony’s Shrine has been classified into 7 ANBIAMS
(Basic Christian Community), on the basic of which people gather, pray and work
together. As the result of the special care and importance shown to strengthen and
to encourage them by visiting the B.C.C., a progressive mark of interest and involvement
is seen among the people furthermore, the co-ordinating forum of the B.C.C is well
organised once in a month, and the responsible persons are initiated to direct their
own B.C.C property
Young Catholic Students (YCS)
The Y.C.S at Vettuvenni does the activities along with the youth movement. Their
activities are more are similar to youth movement. There is one difference that
is youth movement as an animator guide to help them to conduct meetings. The animator
also help the Y.C.S. at work the members towards building of kingdom