FOTO CONTEST - YOUCAT INDIA

Here is a letter from the Coordinator for the Indian Version of the YOU CAT (Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church)...
They are announcing a Photo Contest...
Why not you try your luck and skill?

Dear Catholic Youth of India,

            Presently, Youcat is the  best seller in the Catholic World after the Holy Bible. It is an ideal catechism for the youth. However, we are yet to have an Indian edition of this Youcat with Indian photos. The publishers of Youcat have permitted to incorporate Indian photos in the presentYoucat. So, you can now be part of the Youcat. If you wish to be part of the Indian Youcat, you can send us the photos needed for this new edition. The creators of selected photos will be acknowledged in the new edition and will be amply rewarded. The conditions are given below. May your contribution help the youth grow in their faith.

Youthfully Yours,

Fr. Gilbert Choondal, sdb

Coordinator for the Indian Youcat Faith Photo-Contest

Dated: 16 August 2013

Conditions for the Indian Youcat Faith Photo-Contest

1. Eligible participants of the contest:  Catholic Youth (laity aged 16- 35) from India

2. Resolution & Format:  Minimum Resolution - 800x600 Pixels, (print size 5x7); Maximum 3MP, Format: JPEG

3. The last date for sending the photos: 30 September 2013. Email id: gilbertsdb@gmail.com, faithministry.in@gmail.com

4. A contestant can send any number of photos. The photos should be original. The internet/already published photos are not accepted.

5. The photos will be judged from its composition, layout, artistic nature, creativity and theme

6. The photos should contain Indian face especially youth face unless they are meant for a specific theme.

7. Please consult the Youcat for specific themes, page numbers and detailed nature of photos.

8. Contestants need to send their full mailing address, contact number, and brief description of each photo (with a reference to the Youcat page)

9. Specific natures of photos needed are given below.

10. Winners will be invited for a public function in Bangalore on 27 October 2013. They will be awarded with the new Indian Youcat and a Youcat T-Shirt.

Prologue
1. A Photo of a youngster with the Youcat/ a youth with the Youcat with the pope, a cardinal, the nuncio, or a bishop. A youth reading theYoucat.

Part 1 What we believe

General Themes: Creed, faith, Creation, Jesus, Mary, Catholic Church

Specific Themes for the Photos

1. Image of Faith, believing, creed

2. Image of the Church

3. Image of youngsters reflecting, meditating

4. Scriptures

5. Happy person

6. Creation

7. Beauties of creation

8. Man the crown of creation

9. Sunrise, sunset

10. Boy and girl in conversation

11. Mother and child

12. Washing the feet

13. Passion play

14. Praying at the crucifix

15. Church, community of people

16. Church as people of God

17. Hinduism

18. Religions with their religious expressions

19. Church building

20. Religious life

21. Last Judgement

Part II How we celebrate the Christian Mysteries

(major themes: sacraments, liturgy, rites)

1. Mystery of sacraments

2. Liturgical procession

3. Eucharist Latin

4. Eucharist Syro Malabar

5. Eucharist Syro Malankara

6. Different parts of the mass

7. Liturgical calendar (Syro malankara)

8. Liturgical Calendar (Syro Malabar)

9. Image of Sanctuary

10. Baptism

11. Confirmation

12. Youngsters in reconciliation

13. Ordination (latin )

14. Ordination (Syro Malabar)

15. Marriage ceremony (3 photos)

16. Love and relationship

17. Relics

18. Indian icons of Jesus and Mary

Part III How we are to have life in Christ

(major themes: respect for life. Nature, disabilities, sickness, pollution, society)

1. Cheerful youngster

2. Helping a disabled person

3. Life as fun and frolic

4. Happy youth group

5. Youth games and activities

6. Happiness in relationships

7. Images of unity in diversity. mixture of colours and races and languages

8. Holiness

9. Belief in God

10. Superstition, atheism occultism

11. Happy family

12. Child and parents

13. Family and God

14. Birth

15. Drugs, alcoholism

16. Peace

17. War and peace

18. Anger

19. Emotional maturity

20. Love and chastity

21. Love and sex

22. Environmental pollution

23. Global warming

24. Climate change

25. Globalisation

26. Poverty

27. Unemployment

23. Communication media

24. Greed

25. Justice

Part IV How we should pray

(Major themes, Prayer, different types of prayer)

1. Praying in a church

2. Candle lit prayer

3. Prayer of adoration

4. Thanksgiving prayer

5. Prayer (Old Testament, New Testament)

6. Prayer at home

7. Praying the rosary

8. Prayer in a lonely place

9. Prayer to the creator

10. Prayer of child to the Father

11. Happy family meal

12. Images of prayer Our Father

13. Prayer of prise

14. Joy in Prayer

WORD 2day

27^th August, 2013 – Remembering St. Monica

Not to please humans but God, invites St. Paul today in the first reading. Our spirituality can reach its dreary bottom if we are constantly moved by our intention to please those around and live up to their praises and affirmation. An externally illustrious life, with a painful emptiness within, cannot endure in its glitter for long. On the contrary, a life that might look apparently uninteresting could inspire and change people and history for ever, if it is build on a spiritual depth. St. Monica, a simple mother with her perseverance in prayer and firmness in her hope, believed that her son will one day turn to the inner richness that God alone could give and she saw her belief come true! Maybe, the saint of today inspires us to thank God for our mothers who are our first catechists!