A thanksgiving service was organized on Saturday, 07 January 2012 to mark the College's 175th year. Rev.Robert Willis, Dean of the Canterbury Cathedral, took part in the Service. As part of the service, the Principal gave the Welcome and Introduction, excerpts from which are given below:
The Very Rev.Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, UK; the Very Rev.Canon Ivor Smith-Cameron, Former Chaplain to the Queen of England and an alumnus of our College; Dr.Besant Raj, Chairman, MCC Association, Board of Directors, Bursar, President of the Alumni Association, former Principals and Bursars, Deans, Heads of Departments, Teaching, Administrative and Support Staff, former staff, alumni, student-friends, invitees, press, Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the MCC family, it is my great privilege and pleasure to welcome you all to the Thanksgiving Service organised by the Madras Christian College for having rendered 175 years of dedicated service to humanity.
The year 2012 is not only a milestone in the illustrious journey of MCC as it completes 175 years of impeccable and rewarding service to humanity, but also a significant moment in the very history of Indian Higher Education. The growth of MCC from a small school, started by the Rev.John Anderson, to a globally renowned institution of higher learning has paralleled the growth of higher education in modern India and of the world. Today, the College stands as a monument of higher education on 365 acres of salubrious greenery in Tambaram, a suburb of Chennai. This year also marks the 75th year of MCC's migration to Tambaram, in 1937, after a century of service in George Town.
While generations of good men and women have toiled and sacrificed for the growth and well-being of this institution, scores of men and women have passed through the portals of MCC, imbibing its values such as academic excellence, spiritual vitality and social relevance.
Ladies and gentlemen, we have now come here to thank God for: our founders, Scottish missionaries, successive Principals and Bursars, the present management, teaching and administrative staff and the multitude of students who benefitted through this temple of learning, and who are now placed in adorable positions in almost all walks of life. As we celebrate the history of MCC, we are called to rededicate ourselves for the mission of this great institution, that being to serve humanity.
In Hoc Signo!
ReplyDeleteDear Mccians! I wish to bring to your kind attention the announcement of MCC Global Alumni Re-union Meet scheduled for 27th & 28th July 2013 in the MCC Campus.
Please submit your contact details ( Contact number and email ID) as well as the contact details of all MCCians that you know anywhere in the world, using the form (link given below) so its easier for the organizers to reach you all to invite for the MCC Alumni Re-union meet scheduled for 27th & 28th July 2013 in the MCC Campus.
Invitation would be sent from the college with the help of executive committee of Alumni Association - Madras Christian College!
To update your contact details or the contact details of other MCCians that you know, simply complete a short online form using the following link:
http://goo.gl/qjpTz
You could also just share the above link with your MCC friends to fill in their contact details! Please do the needful as soon as possible!