Celebration of Constitution day at Loyola Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mundgod

National Constitution Day -2022 was celebrated with much fervour at Loyola Kendriya Vidyalaya, Mundgod. On this occasion, as an important part of the celebration, the Preamble of the Indian Constitution was recited by all the students at 11.00 am. A total of 502 students, 22 teaching faculty and 11 non-teaching faculty participated in honouring this great event in the history of Independent India. 

Fr. Harry Terry SJ, an advocate and a keynote speaker on the occasion addressed the students of LKV highlighting the importance of the constitution and the meaning of the preamble. He explained in detail the key concepts of the preamble and its objective and need in the present context. He emphasized that we need good citizens to uphold the high ideals enshrined in the constitution and stated that constitution is a sacred book as it is governed by the rule of law and not by the rule of an individual. 

As a concluding remark, he also encouraged the students to pursue studies in the field of law so as to understand the breadth and weight of the constitution in a deeper manner. Earlier, the teaching faculty conducted a meaningful prayer service highlighting the importance of the constitutional values. 

The students of class VII brought out the key features of the constitution through a role play and a skit. A short biography of Fr. Jerome D’Souza SJ was read out and the contribution of the Jesuit in the drafting of the constitution was highlighted. Some of the students presented the interesting facts about the constitution and mesmerized the audience with the declamation. 

The Principal, Rev. Fr. Melvin Lobo encouraged the students to live by the ideals of the constitution and asked them to make constitution a way of life. Ms Vaishnavi of class 7 welcomed the gathering and Ms Kelvina of class 7 proposed the vote of thanks. Ms Sakshi Kashi of class 5 compered. The entire event was meticulously organized by Mr. Alwyn (social studies teacher). 

Indian Constitution Day Celebration in St Joseph's school CBSE

Bengaluru, November 26, 2022: Indian Constitution Day also known as Samvidhan Divas is celebrated on 26 November every year to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution. 

St Joseph's School celebrated this day by organizing a special assembly for the students. 

The program began with a prayer for the prosperity and well-being of every citizen of this great nation. 

Principal Fr Rohan D' Almeida, Chief Guest Ms Sangeeta Ravindranath and Co-ordinators paid a floral homage to the portrait of Dr B R Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Significance of the day was shared with the students followed by a recitation of the Preamble by everyone present at the event. The Principal, Fr Rohan D'Almeida addressed the gathering by appreciating and acknowledging the hard work of the framers of the Indian Constitution. 

A mesmerizing song of unity was sung by the school choir and a fabulous dance was performed by the students of classes 6 & 7 to depict the unity in diversity in India.

The program concluded by a vote of thanks and the National Anthem.

Loyola School Sindagi organises 'Loyola Kite Festival'

In order to inspire students and to allow them to be rejuvenated apart from academics, Kite Festival was organised on October 18, 2022 at school grounds, Sindagi.

Dr Vinaya Aravind Hugar, MBBS, KAS, who Obtained 9th Rank in KAS exam 2021was the chief guest. Sr Mary Rita, Headmistress of JMJ school, Devarippargi was the guest of honour. Fr Alwyn D Souza presided over the event. 

Several competitions were organised for students in this mega festival which included colouring the kite, kite making, theme kite, creative Kite and Kite flying. Winners were awarded with attractive prizes. Students were thrilled to participate in the event.

- Fr Lancy Fernandes, SJ

Principal, Loyola CBSE School, Sindagi

19 October 2022

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Dear Readers, 

The Society of Jesus, a Christian Religious Order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, has been active in the field of education throughout the world since its origin. In the world, the Jesuits are responsible for 3,897 Educational Institutions in 96 countries. These Jesuit Educational Institutions engage the efforts of approximately 1,34,303 teachers, educating approximately 29,28,806 students. In India The Society of Jesus has founded 118 Primary & Middle Schools, 149 High Schools,58 University Colleges, 22 Technical Institutes and 16 Business Administrations Institutes with 11,525 teachers, educating 3,34,538 students, belonging to every social class, community and linguistic group. These Institutions are part of the Catholic Church's effort to share in the country's educational undertaking. The Jesuit Schools and Colleges aims at the integral, personal formation of youth, to accomplish this, special efforts are made:

To help the students to become mature, spiritually-oriented men and women of character;

• To encourage them continuously to strive after excellence in every fields;

• To value and judiciously use their freedom;

• To be clear and firm on principles and courageous in action;

• To be unselfish in the service of their fellowmen; and

• To become agents of needed social change in their country.

The Jesuit Schools and Colleges thus aims at making its own contribution towards a transformation of the present-day social condition so that principles of social justice, equality of opportunity, genuine freedom, and respect for religious and moral values, enshrined in the constitution of India, may prevail, and the possibility of living a fully human existence may be available to all.

This blog tries to highlight the Educational endeavours undertaken by the Karnataka Jesuit Secondary Education Sector under the able leadership of Fr Jerome Stanislaus D’Souza. We have 43 institutions (Primary, High schools and PU colleges) & 28,205 students studying in Secondary Education sector. We have 1400 staff collaborating with us in imparting knowledge to the students. 

This blog has the information about our schools and PU Colleges of Karnataka Jesuit Education Sector it also has the rich resource of Jesuit Education.  It also have the YouTube videos of Characteristics of Jesuit Education for the present context.

I am grateful to our Provincial/President of our Institutions for all his support and encouragement. I am very much grateful to Fr Olvin Veigas for giving me the idea to have this blogspot. He has designed this blogspot. I thank him whole heartedly for all his help and ideas. We also thank Sch Rejoy of Kerala province for all his help in making the videos for this blog. 

Fr Rohan D’ Almeida SJ

Karnataka Province Coordinator for Secondary Education

Holy Angel's School, Pandithahalli

Holy Angels’ School, Pandithahalli is a new venture of the Karnataka Jesuit Educational Society. It focuses on the education of the less privileged and marginalised groups. The school is reaching out to the educational needs of more than fifty villages in and around Malavalli Taluka of Mandya District.

Malavalli Taluk in Mandya District is a backward area of the district. The taluk headquarter is 100 kms away from Bangalore. It is dry and depends upon rain for its agriculture activities. The taulk consists of mostly Dalit communities like, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The villages are educationally backward and have poor sanitary and health services. 

Holy Angels’s School aims to provide integral formation of every student i.e. to form professionally competent, morally upright, culturally enriched, spiritually alive and socially conscious persons. Students enrolled here are expected to develop right attitudes towards life with appropriate skills and high competence. 

Jesuit Schools: A living traditions A living tradition in the 21st century
An on going exercise of discernment

St. Aloysius Pre-University College, Harihar

St. Aloysius Pre-University College, Harihar is a religious minority Institution run by the Mangalore Jesuit Educational Society primarily for the education of the Catholic youth which is also at the service of others without any distinction of caste, creed or culture. The college is named after St. Aloysius Gonzaga, the Patron Saint of the college, who harboured a burning desire to serve God and people.

Located in the picturesque suburbs of Harihar, a shrine of Our Lady of Health and home to the historic Harihareshwara temple, St. Aloysius Pre-University College, is indeed a sacred temple of learning. Within a short span of ten years, the college has carved a niche for itself in the field of education. St. Aloysius College strives to form men and women of Competence, Compassion, Conscience and Commitment.  

St Joseph's Boys School, Bangalore

We are a Jesuit school, following the principles of education laid down by Jesuit fathers and reflected in the school motto of ‘Fide et Labore’ (faith and toil). The school is set in a large eight acre campus right in the heart of central Bangalore. In the last decade, the old blue and grey stone buildings have given way to a taller structure to house the growing number of levels offered in the school - from Kindergarten to Std 12. The school strength is a little over 3,500 students and they are supported and cared for by the 185 qualified and experienced teachers and other support staff, many of whom have been with the school for most of their career. We hold regular training workshops and seminars for our teachers to better equip them in their role.

In keeping with the growing needs of society, we have on board, four qualified counsellors who meet with children through the day as well as a resource room for children with specific learning difficulties and an infirmary with a trained nurse.

We are affiliated to the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). We offer at the Std 10 level, the ICSE (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education) and at the Std 12 level, the ISC (Indian School Certificate), both the Science and Commerce streams of study.

St Aloysius High School, Mangalore

St Aloysius Primary School, Bangalore

St Aloysius College Higher Primary School run by the Society of Jesus, has legacy of a hundred and thirty six years of service to the cause of education. Thousands of students have passed through her portals and now are serving the country in different capacities. The school welcomes you too, who have joined this large family to be educated here. It offers various facilities and you are invited to make use of them so that in turn you can make proper use of the many talents God has given you and thus prepare yourself as a full fledged person to serve God and mankind.

St Aloysius College Higher Primary School is a minority-run institution intended primarily for Catholic students. However the school also accepts others without making any distinction. In our admission policy we preferentially opt for the poor.

Ignatian Insights 2020