Father Muller College and School of Nursing Jubilee Celebrations
Father Muller School and College of Nursing celebrated
triple jubilee of GNM program - 60 years(Diamond), B.Sc and P.B.B.Sc Nursing
program - 30 years(Pearl) and M.Sc Nursing program - 25 years (Silver) and the
Inauguration of National Conference on Critical Care Nursing organized by the Alumni
Association of Father Muller College of Nursing on 19th January 2018
at Father Muller Convention Center.
The celebration began with a Thanksgiving Mass in St
Joseph Chapel. Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore Diocese
was the main celebrant for the Eucharistic celebration.
The formal celebrations commenced with the
procession of guests, alumni, faculty and VIPs led by Band of Father Muller
College of Nursing. Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza, Bishop of Mangalore
Diocese & President of FMCI, Chief Guest Dr Ani Grace Kalaimathi,
Registrar, Tamilnadu Nurses & Midwives Council, Guest of Honour Rev. Sr
Edmund D’Souza, Former Principal, Father Muller School of Nursing, Rev. Fr Richard
Aloysius Coelho, Director, FMCI, Rev. Sr Jacintha D Souza, Principal, Father
Muller College of Nursing, Mrs Jasmine Sarita Vas, Principal, Father Muller
School of Nursing, Ms Darryl Aranha, President, Alumni Association were the dignitaries on the dais. The
Director FMCI welcomed the gathering.
Principal of College
of Nursing introduced the Chief Guest. Addressing the gathering the Chief Guest
said “Nurses need to be empowered, and influence people like Florence
nightingale and reach towards greater success. Nurses need to wake up and say “we
are the knowledgeable angels in giving holistic care to the patientsâ€. Knowledge is the power; we need to update our
knowledge by continuing education, getting trained through bridge courses, need
to know the technological advancement, online CNE modules. Nurses can run their own nurse led clinics at
community level and can be Nurse Entrepreneurs, Nurse Consultants and the Nurse
Practitionersâ€.
The jubilee souvenir was released by Dr Ani Grace
the Chief Guest along with the other dignitaries.
Most Rev. Dr Aloysius Paul D’Souza Bishop of
Mangalore Diocese & President of FMCI, felicitated & honored the former
and present Directors, Assistant Directors, Administrators, Assistant Administrators,
Chaplains, former and present Principals of School & College of Nursing and
nursing staff who served this institution for more than 15 years and still on service.
Mrs Merlyn Tauro the first batch student of M.Sc
Nursing presently working as Senior International Accreditation Specialist at
Ministry of Public Health, Qatar shared her experience and cherished the
memories of being in Father Muller Institution and was honored by the Bishop.
Rev. Sr
Edmund DSouza, Former Principal, Father Muller School of Nursing, expressed her
happiness to be a part of the celebration where she studied and served for 41
years in various capacities. She expressed her joy that her Alma Mater has
reached the state of maturity and has contributed remarkably to the society, to
the nation and to the world by forming good, trustworthy professionals.
In the presidential address His Lordship Most Rev. Dr
Aloysius Paul D’Souza Bishop of Mangalore, congratulated all the nurses and he
said that nurses who are trained in Father Muller Institutions are wanted all
over the world because of the standard of education and the values they receive
and the way they care for patients.
Mrs Jasmine Sarita Vas, Principal, Father Muller
School of Nursing proposed the vote of thanks, After the institutional anthem
cultural program was presented by students of School and College of Nursing and
College Anthem was sung by 60 alumni of the institutions.
