Retreat! SAC Students Go into Spiritual Mode

Keeping the students on pins and needles! Ms Sevrin with her books

Serious in Meditation

               Beating a Retreat! SAC Students Go into Spiritual Mode

 29 June. Education is not  only about listening lectures, doing homeworks, reading a few books, and sitting a few exams! There is more to education than meets the eye. If any doubt, have a look at St Aloysius College, Mangalore.

concentrating in the class – for a spiritual experience 

Two days – 29 & 30 June are reserved for spiritual renewal of our degree college students. Two days of retreat, prayer, reflection,

Meaningful discussions and sharing a part of the retreat for General Group students 

and understanding of oneself, the other and the divine.

Over 3,500 students  are undergoing the retreat for these two days to experience

Another way of being in touch with themselves 

the divine. Fr Francis Almeida SJ who is organising this spiritual

The Catholic congregation of students in the PUC Loyola Hall – deeply immersed in the spiritual exercise 

experience for the students has done a lot of home work to contact many a resource person to guide the youngsters. A few College lecturers from St Aloysius, along with some more jesuits and other priests are leading the students through this pilgrimage.

Fr Ronnie Prabhu SJ guiding the youngsters in Meditation

While Catholic students have one type of retreat -typically Christian-, others have personality development and prayer excercises, so that  all the students are cared for.

Catholic students of I & II yrs in PUC Loyola Hall

In the Loyola Hall, St Aloysius P.U. CollegeMadam with her students!Sorting things out just them!Fr Frankling from Shimoga, and an effective preacher in many languages!

Elections 2009 – 2010

The Elections for the Student’s council for this academic year was held on 27 June 2009. The event began with the Election Commissioner Dr. Norbert Lobo addressing the gathering. The candidates spoke of their intentions and aspirations if voted to power. The candidates for the post of President were Darryl Gerald D’Souza and Prewan Savio Mascarenhas. The five contenders for the post of secretary were Heeral Blen D’Cunha, Jeeth Stallon Lobo, Lynel Jason Lobo, Nichola Nancy Pereira and Roydon D’Souza. Daphny D’Souza and Pruthvi D’Souza contested for the post of Joint – Secretary. The counting of the votes was held in the second floor classrooms of the Administrative Block. After five rounds of counting Daphny D’Souza, Jeeth Stallon Lobo and Darryl Gerald D’Souza were declared the winners for the posts of Joint – Secretary, Secretary and president respectively.

Students awaiting the results

The Candidates

Dr.Norbert Lobo, the Election Commissioner

St Aloysius College Students’ Council Elections 2009 – 2010

 

 

 

When will our turn come? The restless boys... restless to vote

Joint Secretary Ms Daphny – who won with a huge margin

And a rare glimpse of those nine who kept one another on pins and needles till the results were declared… all the contestants to the Students’ Council administration

Elections 2009 – 2010

 

Jeet Lobo bagged the secretary's post

 

 

 

The Elections for the Student’s council for this academic year was held on 27 June 2009.

A shot of the banners in the College campus - the one here shows the presidential candidate Darryl D'Souza of final BBM, who ultimately ended on the winning side! Congratulations!

The event began with the Election Commissioner Dr. Norbert Lobo addressing the gathering of students. The College building’s lofty floors served as the natural podium for all the election related announcements.

Let's begin with the one who one who has the charge to change things! Chief Election Commissionere Dr Norbert Lobo addressing the massive gathering of students before they cast their votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Following the voting instructions... a student casts his precious vote

 

 

 

 

 

exercising her franchise... another B.A. student

 

 

 

Those eager to vote ... waiting their turn

Each of the candidates then spoke of their intentions,  aspirations, and promises (manifesto)  if voted to power. The candidates for the

post of President were Darryl Gerald D’Souza and Prewan  Savio Mascarenhas. The five contenders for the post of secretary were Heeral Blen D’Cunha, Jeeth Stallion Lobo, Lynel Jason Lobo, Nichola Nancy Pereira and Roydon D’Souza. Ms Daphny D’Souza and Ms Pruthvi D’Souza contested for the post of Joint – Secretary.

All the Shakin Stevens... swinging to the beat ... and enjoying it all...All umbrellas are out.. this time not because of rain... it's due to severe sun in rainy season!

Sun or rain... it's all a part of their student life... if this one is not used to the hilt, GOK when they would get a second chance!Concentration ... and all the due respect to this practice and process of democracy

SARANG 107.8 FM – Radio Workshop Concludes

  27 June 2009.  It was a week worth spent – training our students in Community Radio program production and RJ-ing. All three resource persons did a good job. Krishna Pradeep, my former student did well to give a good account to his Alma Mater in content production – two days of sweat and labour for him for his Mass Communication Department & for his College! In the meantime, the College also succesfully launched Mangalore’s one and the only Community Radio SARANG 107.8FM. For the next few weeks the Radio SARANG will be on trial run.

The workshop ended up producing some good programmes for the Radio. Acquiring some wonderful skills, too.

One heart-warming aspect: two of our high school boys participated actively in this. Their enthusiasm was contagious! The boys -Vaibhav Fernandes and Suhas of VIII std. at St Aloysius College High School, did a wonderful job. Future is bright. Community Radio is here to stay!

The College Student Council Election took place on 27th June.  Darryl D’Souza (BBM), Jeeth Lobo (B.Com), and Daphney (B.Com) were elected Student Council President, Secretary, and Joint Secreatry respectivley. Good wishes to the winners, and good spirit, all participants! News with photographs will be posted tomorrow!

Trial Transmission of Radio Sarang 107.8 FM Begins

You see Hemant of Nomad from Mumbai

Trial Transmission of Radio Sarang 107.8 FM Begins

 Mangalore, June24: Trial transmission of radio programmes for Sarang 107.8 FM, St. , commenced on Wednesday.

Hemant & Dinesh Rao's men on atop the building to calibrate antenna

Aloysius Community Radio,  Mangalore

The soft launch involved a variety of programmes in single slot of four-hours duration  from 6pm to 10pm. which included music and jingles. SARANG 107.8FM will have daily broadcast of two hours each in the evenings from 6 to 8 O’Clock.

The great risk involved in a community radio - all types of risks!

 

The  current two hour broadcast will be increased with the formal launch, once the two month trial period is over.  Currently, SARANG 107.8 FM is testing signals in Mangalore and around.

 The programme content will include health, hygiene, education, culture, entertainment, agriculture, and information on other essential commodities and aspects of life. The programmes will broadcast in five different languages Kannada, English, Konkani, Tulu and Beary, besides also catering to the outstation students’ needs.

 Radio Sarang 107.8 FM is not a commercial radio. The main objective of the programmes is service to the society and to partner the Government in development. Since it is an extended programme by the government, the promoters of the community radio SARANG 107.8 are involving the neighbouring communities  like agricultural, education, cultural, and various service sectors, for the benefit of the local community. The College has already got some of the local institutions and NGOs interested in community development to partner them. SARANG requests all the public, including farmers and wage-earners to participate in the programmes production, thus making the community voices be heard.                                                                            

Contact: Fr Dr. Richard Rego

 Director, SARANG 107.8FM

{sorry for the picture quality – it was between 12pm – 4pm! Bright sun and heavy rain-thunder, too!}

Beginning of a New Yeat at St Aloysius – 2009-10

Rector of St Aloysius College institutions, Fr Joseph Rodrigues SJ addressing the gathering of the staff members of St Aloysius College.

A still from the Final Profession of Yours Truly, as he replies to the toast on Suday 14 June 2009.

On the regular side of the table

15 June

 

 

The day dawned when all the students -new and old- poured into the College.

 

 

 

St Aloysius College, in its completely autonomous avatar reopened for the year 2009-10.

Everything here begins with prayer. Fr Almeida leading the staff group in prayer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sitting on the dais are Prof. Ronald Pinto (vice principal), Fr Walter Andrade (Finance Officer), Narahari (Registrar), Fr Joseph Rodrigues (rector), Fr Swebert (Principal), Fr Denzil (vice principal), Fr Francis Almeida (campus minister)

After the initial tete-e-tete with the youngsters, election of class representatives, and formalities, the staff members met together to greet new rector Fr Joseph Rodrigues. Besides, it was also an occasion for the Principal to greet the staff on the successful completion of two years of autonomy, to congratulate them on the succesful completion of examinations, good results, and all the small little works done by the staff members during the holidays.

Fr Principal also outlined the road ahead for the College – most important being NAAC reacreditation.

And then the new rector addressed the staff.

College Reopens – MCMS Results First to be Declared

12 June. It was the first day, first show for the newcomers of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. The first year (FY) students of various under graduate courses thronged St Aloysius College, to familiarise themselves and, of course, to spend at least three meaningful & fruitful years of learning. 

And to make things still more interesting, Master of Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) became the first Post Graduate (PG) department of St Aloysius College Mangalore to declare the even semester (for 2008-09) results. And what a way – 100% results have been achieved in the even (II) semester too!

It’s a double whammy!

Change of Theme

12 June. The theme (design) of the blog has been changed once again. This was unavoidable. Since no other  design could contin the Post Graduate results table completly, the best suiting theme had to be pressed into service.

We will be back soon on the cool Ocean Mist theme.

Rector Addresses the Junior Staff

As Rector addesses the staff, the latter are all ears.

 

 

11 June. On the penultimate day of the training session (10 June) for the new and junior staff, Fr Joseph Rodrigues SJ, the Rector, addressed them. He spent nearly an hour and a half on jesuit education and dealing with yougsters.

Fr Rector conducting a training session - old and new - all in one (white board and power oint presentation)

UG Results 2009 on June 10

9 June. Results of the even semester examinations held in April 2009 will be declared on 10 June on the St Aloysius College website. 

The undergraduate examination were held in April for all the autonomous scheme students. The results have been prepared meticulously. They will be posted on the College website on 10 June for the benefit of the students. 

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