Loyola Alumni Association & Loyola School Jamshedpur kick started the Platinum Jubilee celebrations with the inauguration of Free Dental Clinic in our Saturday Clinic which has been serving the underprivileged for more than 35 years uninterrupted.
This was followed by Press Meet to officially launch the celebrations. The Registration link for Platinum Celebrations was also officially launched
Social media campaign #loyola75 was also launched
APX (Association of Past Xavierites, St Xavier's High School Loyola Hall Ahmedabad) members were present for the all important and sacred investiture ceremony, for the primary earlier and today morning the higher secondary. The guests were Ms Lavina Sinha IPS and also alumni, and today it was the country's youngest fire safety officer Mr Kaizad Dastoor who has played on the ground but not alumni , both were highly inspirational - Team APX
The annual APX (Association of Past Xavierites) blood donation drive (with Red Cross as the Blood Bank partner) was held at the St Xavier's High School Loyola Hall Ahmedabad on Saturday 9th July 2022.
A large number of people came by for this noble cause. This is a must do in the APX calendar. Incidentally we were partners in 8 vaccine drives in the past year. We are committed for such causes - Team APX
With Covid receding into the background and the pandemic in the rear view mirror, the APX Table Tennis Carnival was held on June 26, 2022 at the St. Xavier's Loyola TT Academy.
The tournament was a fulfilling one with many members participating and cheering along with refreshments making it an energetic & inspiring atmosphere.
Appreciation and gratitude for the tournament organisers & conductors who made the flow easy.
The game was the ultimate WINNER. Many Congratulations to the Medal Winners and all participants.
Fr Francis our APX chairman was present to inspire the participants and proceedings - Team APX
Today Being International Yoga day, Team TEXAS celebrated it with our school children and TEXAS member
We thank Yoga Guru Anupaben Amin and Honey Nandvaniji for conducting today's Yoga day celebration.
Thanks to our School Parivar for giving us this oppurnutinty every year as a tradition.
The 16th JAAI - South Zone Jesuit Alumni Congress was held at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in Karnataka from 27-28 May 2022.The theme ‘Accompanying Youth in the Creation of a Hope Filled Future'. Organisers, speakers and delegates from five provinces came together in exploring different aspects to echo the Motto of the Jesuit Alumni Association of India (JAAI), that is ‘To give and not to count the cost’.
The inauguration ceremony was highlighted by release of the book on 'St Ignatius of Loyola cannon Balled to Sainthood' marking the Ignatian Year authored by Prof. Edmund Frank.
The registration counters opened at Gelge Hall by 1.30 PM on 27th of May 2022. There was an overwhelming response from five
provinces – Karnataka, Kerala, Madurai, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Twenty five Jesuit Priests among 168 delegates participated in this event.
The following Alumni were unanimously elected to the Executive Committee of Jesuit Alumni/ae Associations of Kerala (JAAK), for the period 2022 - 2023, during the Annual General Body Meeting "SAGARA" held at St. Xavier's College, Thumba, Trivandrum, on 22nd May 2022:
President -
P N Sreekumar, Loyola College, Trivandrum
Secretary -
Jacob Mathan, Loyola School, Trivandrum
Vice President -
St. Pius ITC, Edathua
Jt Secretary - Shimmy Jose, St. Xavier's College, Thumba
Treasurer -
Gurukumar - St. Xavier's College, Thumba
The 6th APX meeting for the year 2021-22 was held on Friday, May 20th, 2022. We had a good attendance and especially after a tough past two years was like a family reunion.
The new manager/superior Fr Francis Mcwan SJ was welcomed. The local that is APX , province that is JAAG , zonal that is JAAI West Zone, JAAI & WUJA activities and upcoming programs were discussed and suggestions taken and addressed. The activities of the past few months were discussed and appreciated.
President - Francisco Guarner
Vice President - Naresh Gupta
Secretary - Andres Ballerino
Treasurer - Dave Clifford
North America – Mary Gresens, Frank Brady
Africa - Jean Baptiste Ndundu, (one seat vacant)
Europe – Sebastian Schindler, Stephen Gatt, Eve Borg Bonnello, Francois Lombard,
Oceania – Andrew Horsley
South Asia - Devendra Singh, Pradip Madhavan
East Asia – Elman Sunarlio
On Saturday the 26th of March 2020, the Batch of 1983 came forward to donate a Blood Collection Recliner & 5 Wheelchairs to the Guru Nanak Medical Foundation.
This is not the first time that the 1983 batch has done something of this nature but time and again they have catered to the Gurudwara during Covid times and various other projects related to their Alma Mater and beyond.
Mr. Mohinder Kandhari, Batch of 1975 (Old SSC), rightly puts it, what our school has given us is what we are trying to practice and in doing so, Mohinder Kandhari, Secretary of Gurudwara Guru Nanak Darbar (GGND) is instrumental in doing yeoman service with the facilities provided at the Gurudwara, having their own hospital with state of the art infrastructure, with the charges to its bare minimum, they also run a full fledge School & College as well as feeding the poor on a daily basis. (Langar)
