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)
Greetings from TEXAS! We had a second round of #back_to_school drive where we welcomed new members with a eventful musical evening at our School, Members Re-lived their school memories and shared their emotional bonds.
The event was followed by light refreshment and a lot of new memories were made!
APX member Vikram Shah participated in the Gujarat Open Pickleball tournament & won the Gold in Mens doubles in 35 + category and Silver in Mens Singles 35 + category . Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sport across the world and in India too. Congratulations to him for this achievement.
He also played for & led our school and Gujarat cricket teams & has always coordinated with the bikers whenever they have graced our programs on their intimidating machines. - Team APX
