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Mr Sunil Denis of Karnataka Region Elected as the National Treasurer at the ICYM National Election

15th January, 2018 : Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) of The Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI) had the 1st National Council Meet & held its historic election for the first ever National Executive Committee (NEXCO) to lead 4 lac plus Latin Catholic Youth of India on 15th January 2018, at NBCLC, Banaglore.

The gathering of 35 delegates from 12 regions across India was chaired by Most. Rev. Dr. Franco Mulakkal, the Chairman of CCBI Youth Commission along with Rev. Fr. Chetan Machado, the commission secretary.

The election procedure began on 15th January 2018 with a quorum of 25 members, following which Mr. Sunil Dennis the male representative of Karnataka Region was elected as the Treasurer, where as Mr. Percival Holt, from Delhi emerged out as the 1st National President of ICYM-CCBI. Mr. Paul Jose from Kerala was elected the general secretary, , Mr. SagarGabbeta from Warangal as Vice president, Mr. Cledwyn Mathias from Mumbai as Vice President II, Ms. ShilpaEkka from Odisha as Spokesperson, Mr. Sherwin Fernandez from Ajmer as Programme coordinator, Ms. PriyalToppo from Jabalpur as Liturgy Head, Ms. Arohi Beck Raipur as Joint Secretary, Mr. John Praveen from Tamil Nadu as Joint Treasurer.

This historic moment marks the beginning of a new era of leadership in the Catholic Church of India. The newly elected President Mr. Percival summarised his task as, “we have the responsibility of raising an entire new generation in this current fast growing world where most of the youngsters are facing tremendous identity and existence crisis, to bring a revolution in their lives and to build a better nation, deep rooted in Godliness”

Bishop Franco exhorted the youth leaders to be dynamic leaders who make a difference in the lives of thousands of youth in India. He charged the team with new enthusiasm and exuberance through his inspiring life examples of faith and courage. FrChethan Machado, the National Youth Director expressed his sentiments of gratitude to all the Regional Youth Directors and the youth leaders who made it possible to start this new beginning and assured his support for the youth movement in making it rise and shine.

The National election of ICYM was preceded by an orientation programme for the all the regional leaders contesting for the election. Various motivational sessions and group dynamics were held on 14th January 2018. The two day programme brought together the regional ICYM leaders and under one roof to create a vision and mission of the catholic youth of India in particular and all the youth of nation in general.