Dutch field hockey legend Floris Jan Bovelander visited Loyola High School, Pune on 20th June 2024 and interacted with the students, signed autographs and gave them some insights on what it is to be a top international athlete.
Floris Jan Bovelander represented the Netherlands at the
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Nitin Joshi
JAAI West Zone Council
St Xavier's,Shrirampur inaugurated the school building and the Samuel Kennedy Chemistry Lab on 18th May 2024.
The Lab is dedicated to the memory of Samuel Kennedy, our1982 batchmate of Loyola High School , Pashan, Pune.
The Provincial of the Pune Jesuit Province Fr Agnelo Mascarenhas SJ graced the inauguration.
Batchmates Ramakant Shirke, Nitin Joshi,Sunil Jalihal & Kenny's sister,Stella alongwith Provincial Fr Agnelo, Fr Gaikwad & Fr Prakash Bhalerao were also present at the inauguration.
Nitin Joshi
JAAI West Zone Council Member
Not even a month has passed since it was brought to the notice of Vincentians (past students of St.Vincents High School Pune), that the brother of an past Teacher of St.Vincents, required to undergo urgent surgery to save his life.
As always, checks (investigation) were done and contact made with the teacher, a past student who knows the teacher, her brother & his medical history was confirmed.
After confirming the shortfall of funds for his treatment, it was decided to connect with our Vincentian Family to step in.
Richard Fernandes (batch of 1978) spear-headed the fund raising effort and we reached the targetted Rs.2.5 Lakh.So we announce a HARD STOP to the fund collection effort.
Surgery was successfully conducted and Keith is recovering.
We thank all the contributors and we also thank those praying for Keith. We request for continued prayers for his complete recovery post surgery.
God bless you all.
Students receive valuable inputs in school which mold their intelligence, character, discipline . . These inputs make great foundation to make them successful in life & their chosen career. Many are moved to give back something to their Alma Mater in gratitude.
One such story is of the two Kothari brothers - Rajendra (batch of 1973) & Ashok (batch of 1975), who coordinated with the Principal & decided to sponsor the project of refurbishing the Secondary Computer Lab. So they also helped supervise vendors to make new furniture, wood panelling, concealed wiring and providing of 60 latest LENOVO computers for the Lab.
They dedicated this to their late father - Mr.Khupchand Kothari who was also a Vincentian.
Meeting with Fr. John Ravi, SJ today, at office of Principal Fr Anish SJ of Loyola High School Pune along with ELAN Committee members and WZC Council member, Mr.Nitin Joshi.
9Fr. John Ravi, SJ is Secretary, Jesuit Education Association, JEA - South Asia , Member, International Commission on the Apostolate of Jesuit Education (ICAJE) and National Alumni Advisor of JAAI
We are very happy to inform that we have reached our target of Rs 10lakhs towards funding the Samuel Kennedy Chemistry Lab at St Xavier's Shrirampur in memory of our late batchmate. We have around 68 plus contributors to the project.A truly combined effort.
In Memory of our classmate Samuel Kennedy who passed away on 3rd April 2023 our batch of 1982 contributed Rs 10lacs to Xavier's Shrirampur for the Chemistry lab to be named as "Samuel Kennedy Chemistry Lab"
Update So here's the story-
Our batch of 1982 was stunned with the untimely passing away of Kenny on 3rd April 2023. Kenny was a truly spirited person,keen to do something for society,infact the day he passed away,that very morning,Kenny in his role as President of his Rotary Chapter, had just dedicated a science Lab to a underprivileged school named Kilbil high school, in Vadarvadi,a slum almost in the heart of Pune
Greetings One & All,
This is to take you through one of the most important and meaningful projects.
The Ignatian Year Housing Project was initiated by Fr. Agnelo Mascarenhas SJ, Provincial of Pune Jesuit Province and the Task being given to Fr. Francis Patekar SJ, Principal, St. Vincent’s High School & Junior College, Ex-Officio VOBA & PCA-Pune Province, to reach out to the Vincentians through its Alumni, to generate funds, for building homes for 10 Poor, needy & deserving families in two hamlets (Bhosarmal & Malwadi) of Parner Taluka, Ahmednagar District, at a cost of Rs. 2 lakhs per home, totaling Rupees 20 Lakhs.
