Then was the time to give a listening ear to our dignitaries. Maria Goretti Gonsalves, the incumbent Sector Director of sector A-4, who also is the first native member while sharing her own personal vocational story on a personal note expressed her gratitude to God and fondly remembered the sacrifice, fortitude and love of the first members who came to this land like Mary Careaga, Nenita Tenefrancia etc and all the members who subsequently gave many valuable years of their life to the rooting of the charism in the country. Goretti also recalled the support of many persons very specially that of Bishop William D’mello, the previous Bishop of Karwar Diocese who was instrumental in welcoming the T.A to Honnavar. On a joyful note she welcomed all the members and guests from far and near and also made present the memory of those gone before us and those who could not make it for the celebration. Fr Valerian Sequiera, the first Parish Priest of St Pedro Poveda Church while congratulating the members of the Teresian Association expressed his admiration for the vision of St Pedro Poveda and mission of the Teresian Association through which culture and education are evangelized. Fr Valerian further added that his close association with the Teresian Association strengthened his own priestly vocation and also appreciated the zeal for the mission of the local vocations of Honavar. namely: Nancy, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Paskin, Sylvia and especially those from the St Pedro Poveda Parish namely: Flavia and Roopa. On a nostalgic note, Fr Valerian remembered the moments of the construction of the St Pedro Poveda church during which he received a lot of collaboration from the T.A members from far and near even for the fund-raising of the project. In his address at the gathering Bishop Derek stressed on the nature and identity of the Teresian Association as an International lay association of pontifical rite and underlined the vocation of being in the world but not of the world by being called to be the salt of the earth of the Gospel. Mr.Benedict Gonsalves, President of ACIT Honnavar in his address expressed his happiness and gratitude to all. The words of wisdom from the dignitaries on stage was followed by the release of the book of the history of the Teresian Association in India authored by Ana Maria Madrigal a Spanish T.A member who spent many years of her life in India, and co-authored by Verenne Viegas an Indian member. Pilar Ferrer, the Previous Sector Director, along with Verenne Viegas released the book and copies of the same were distributed to the dignitaries. This was followed by the release of a song on the life of St Pedro Poveda in Kannada made by Clinton Miranda, a Parishionor and group on the occasion of the Parish feast and Jubilee celebration . The song was released by Bishop Derek Fernandes. The audience was then treated to a rich cultural programme put up by various groups and projects of theTeresian Association such as dances by: SARPI balwadi students, Anand ACIT group, St Pedro Poveda Special school students, ACIT Honnavar group and also presentation of a song by the Pune group which was specially composed for the occasion: the lyrics written by Goretti Gonsalves and music by Elia Fleta, a Spanish member who had lived for several years in India earlier. A video message of Nenita Tenefrancia one of the first three members to arrive in India in 1973 was screened. The grand celebration came to an end with a family song by all the members together and a sumptuous meal for all. The finale of the programme was the solemn vote of thanks by Roopa Dsouza. All departed with a very deep sense of gratitude and joy. The celebrative mood continued as the T.A family gathered to share their profound feelings and listen together to the messages sent from far and near.