Thousands gather for diamond jubilee
Over a thousand past and present students of Marianville, an all-girls Catholic Secondary school, will converge in Bomana this coming weekend to commemorate its milestone 60th anniversary.
The School will celebrate 60 years of academic excellence, apart from imparting lifelong skills of respect, care, compassion and overall being a good citizen to the ladies who passed through.
The Anniversary celebrations will start on Friday 29th and end on Sunday 31st, themed “To Show God’s love” then, now and forever.
Marianville Alumnae Group Association President Rosemund Moi’he says it will be a jam packed 3 days of celebrations, the true Marianville style.
Ms Moi’he says a float will kick-start Friday, with all eras converging at the school in the evening, with Saturday as the main fete day and ending with mass on Sunday.
“There’s the float on Friday and ending with a vigil to lead onto the Dawn service for Saturday at the Bomana war cemetery.
Saturday is the main fete day, with entertainment, speeches, reflections, cultural dances, item presentations by various eras and a keynote address by NCD Governor Powes Parkop.
In the night, we have our most anticipated firehouse, before lights out.
On Sunday, we have our Jubilee mass, followed by the blessing and unveiling of the 60th Anniversary plaque,” Ms Moihe said.
It will be a massive reunion of 60 eras, including their teachers and nuns of the Daughters of Our lady of the Sacred heart who founded the school back in 1966.
The anniversary celebration has been a year in planning with a gala dinner last November, a walk with NCD Governor Powes Parkop early this month and behind the scenes tireless work by the Planning Committee and school.
Ms. Moi’he says security will be tight with police personnel and marshalls on site.
“We expect a full security force, as assured by NCD Metropolitan Superintendent.
They're on ground force for three days, yes. We've also got internal marshals that we've also engaged.
But we'll have certain areas closed off just for the safety of the school, the property itself,” she added.
Former teachers, nuns from Australia have started arriving in Port Moresby for this weekend-long celebrations.
