DIAMOND JUBILEE

1878 — 1953
T H E C A L I C U T JESU IT MISSIO N
* THE
CALICUT JESUIT
MISSI ON

DIAMOND JUBILEE
II7I - t i l l

▼ •I 1 DECEMBER ItlS We 4
 CONTENTS
PAGE
Congratulatory messages 4
Forward hy Very Rev. F ath er Superior 14
I he Youngest s Toast 16
In Perfect Blend ( S o n n e t) 18|
Editorial lci j
St. Aloysius College, Mangalore 21
St. Joseph' s Interdiocesan Seminary, M.angalore 27
The Fatima Retreat House, Mangalore 32
Seventy-five Years of Jesuit W o r k in Mangalore 35
Bishop s House, Kozhikode 39 -
The Cathedral of the M other of G od , Kozhikode 40
Christ H all ( Jesuit Novitiate and funiorate ) 42
St. Michael s Anglo-Indian High School,, Cannanore 46
St. Joseph s H igh School, Kozhikode 48
St. V incent s Industrials, Kozhikode 50
The Pulaya Mission, North M alahar 54
A Veteran 58
St. Jude’s Shrine, Chundale, W y n a a d \
59
The Jesuits in Calicut. 61
St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore 66
O u r Absent Brethren 73
O u r Procurators Overseas 75
O u r Incomplete Burses 76

THE CALICUT JESUIT MISSION

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EDITED AND PUBLISHED B Y : Rev. L. P. C O LA C O , S. J „ Mission Procurator
CH RIST H ALL, Malaparamba, K O Z H IK O D E — 6 (S . INDIA)
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** ‘ T h e h arv e st in d e e d is g re a t, hut th e la b o u r e r s are fe w
W e m ust s t r a in e ve ry n e rv e to s e c u re as m any h o ly m i n is t e r s
of God as p o s s ib le . "

H. H. Pope Pius XII

l’ a Ce I I iree
C U RIA PRAEPOSITI GENERALIS R O M A E , 15 novembris 195:

SOCIETATIS IESU
Ro m a - Bor go S. Spi r i t o, 5

Acl Patres et Fratres M issionis C a licu tcn sis

Reverendi Patres I’ rutrcsque in X to C arissim i :

P. Xti 4

Adventante iam die quo L X X V ab

celebrabitis anniversariiim
inslaurata vestra Missione. quae M angalorensis olim vocabalur,
gaudio mihi-est mente et precibus vobis coniungi ut filiales graliarum
actiones a g a in ob peculiaria beneficia superioribus a n n is vestrae
M issioni impertita, utque nova vobis impetrem, quibus m aiorum
exempla aerm ifanfes ac vestigia prementes, novo a n im i ardore, ad
meliorem usque alum norum et clericorum institutionem contendatis et
ad intensiorem apostolatum exercendum turn erga fideles turn, prae-
sertirn, erga eos qui fidein catbolicam n o n d um receperunt.

N o n me latet difficultatum copia, at firmiter spero voS in

Ecclesiae et an im arum bonum vestras personas, vires, labores, preces
alacriter daturos, A M D G sim ul conspirantes, ratos difficultates
quantum vis graves superatum iri si, prout Christi Sodales et Societa-
tis fil ios decet, vitam interiorem custodiam us, filia li fid u c ia a d D eum
accurramus, vocationes a d vitam religiosam et sacerdotalem foveamus
et in M is sionis operibus promovendis fraterne cooperemus, laboribus
sen ministeriis “ personalibus ” posthabitis.

Benignissim um D eum libenter rogabo ut vobis om nibus, vestris

fidelibus et operibus, q ua solet liberalitate, benedicat utque huius
benedictionis pignus et signuin sit paterna benedictio, q uam singulis
ex corde impertior.

Com m endo me ss. S S . et 00.

O m n iu m vestrum
Servus in Xto
( Sd. ) John Baptist Janssens, S. J.
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 THE MOST REV. THOMAS POTHACAMURY
A R C H B I SH O P OF B A N G A L O R E
ARCHBISHOP’S HOUS
BANQAI. OR I
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October 24, 1953
The Very Rev. I. Fernandes, S. J.
Superior Regular

J\ly dear hatlier Fernandes.

I am glad to hear that the C a lic u t M ission w ill be com plet­

ing 75 years of its noble efforts for G o d and country on Decem ber
31, 1953. I have personal know ­
ledge of the splendid work of
the Society in the districts of
S o uth K anara and M alabar, in
the held ol education as well
as that of missionary endea­
vour. O n e ol the chiel objec­
tives ol the Society of Jesus has
all along been the sound train- .
ing ol youth based on the %
eternal principles of religion.

The C atholics of M anga­

lore, w ho are second to none
in intelligence and industry,
benefited by the opportunities
allorded them lor higher edu­
cation. If we have now in
those great centres of Catholic
life. M angalore and C alicu t, a
num erous and zealous bo dy of
priests, both diocesan and
rel igious, and an enlightened
laity equipped w’ith the know­
ledge of the faith and imbued
w ith C h ristian spirit, that is
largely due to the unstinted
labours of the Jesuit Fathers.

In 1878, there were only

The Most Rev. Thomas Pothacamury a dozen Jesuit priests
Archbishop of Bangalore living in a rented house in

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M angalore. To-day they num ber 217. I liave seen C h ris t H a ll
in C a licu t filled w ith novices and students as w ell ns St. A loysius
College and St. Joseph’s Sem inary, M angalore, staffed l>y the
Society of Jesus. There are also m any mission centres, besides
industrial schools, workshops, asylums, orphanoges and p rin tin g
pressses, in the conducting of w h ic h the Jesuits are assisting.
I know also from my ow n experience w ith w hat devotion,
interest and earnestness they are w orking in St. Jo s e p h s C ollege,
Bangalore, and the two h igh schools allied to it.

I wish to convey to you my blessings and warm est good

wishes on this memorable event and pray that your works of
religion and charity may still expand and achieve rich fruit for the
spiritual, educational and m aterial progress of the country an d the
people.
Yours devotedly,
* Thomas Pothacamury
Archbishop o f Bangalore

" M en crucified to the world, and to w hom the world itself is cruci­
fied. such w o u ld tke spirit o f our life have us to be : new men. 1 say, w ho

have put off their ow n affections to p ut on C h r is t i dead to themselves to

live to justice ; w ho w ith St. P aul ( 2 Cor. vi. ) in labours, in watchings, in

fastings, in chastity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in sweetness, in the

1 luly Ghost, in charity unfeigned, in the word of truth, show themselves

ministers of G o d , and by the armour of justice on the right hand and on
the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report, by good

success finally and ill success, press foward w ith great strides to their heavenly

country themselves, and by all means possible, and w ith all zeal urge on
others also, ever looking to G o d s greatest glory.

P a ge Seven
BISHOP’S HOUSE MANGA LORE

24th September 1953

V ery Rev. a n d dear Father Superior,

It makes me very linppy indeed to learn tlint the C a lic u t
Jesuit M ission w ill complete on the last day of this year, the
seventy-filth year since the Jesuit bathers lirst landed in M angalore.
My hearty congratulations to you an d to all the members of your
M isslon. M ay the G iv e r of all good gifts bless ab un d an tly the
C a lic u t M ission — is my fervent prayer now and always.

The Most Rev. V. R. Fernandes, D. D.

Bishop of Mangalore

1 lie Diocese of M angalore w ill remain ever grateful to the Society

of Jesus for its able adm inistration of five decades of years. In
order to realise w hat the Jesuit Fathers have done for this Diocese,
we must recall to m in d the conditions prevailing in M angalore
w hen tliey took u p its adm inistration seventy-five yenrs ago. A ll
that existed then, were some C h urch es and a few elem entary
schools. Some of the flourishing Institutions like the St. A loysius
College, the St. Joseph's Sem inary, the St. Joseph's A sy lu m In d u s­
trials. the Father M u lle r ’s H ospital etc. owe their existence to the
Jesuit Fathers. D u e to their zeal, in itiative and encouragem ent, a
num ber of M issionary Stations came into being and brought th o u ­
sands into the true Fold. T he Diocese was so w ell organised by
them that it merited to be styled "R o m e of the Fast by one of
the Visitors A postolic. Flence the Diocese of M angalore owes a
deep debt of gratitude to the Jesuit Fathers.
Even after the Diocese was handed over to the D iocesan
Clergy, some Jesuit Fathers have continued their good w ork in our
midst, and all are aware of the excellent work they are doing at
present in the tw o premier Institutions of this Diocese viz. the
St. Aloysius C ollege and the St. Joseph s Sem inary. 1 heir zeal
for the greater glory of G o d does not perm it them to restrict their
activity to these tw o Institutions alone. Social welfare work, sp iri­
tual direction of Religious, giving retreats and missions, organising
C a th o lic A c tio n and C a th o lic Y outh M ovem ent, D ire ctio n of M a ria n
Sodalities and various other activities they undertake and carry on
successfully to the great advantage of the Diocese.

we have therefore good reason to rejoice w ith you on the

auspicious occasion of the D ia m o n d Ju b ile e and we join you in
th anking G o d for the very m any favours H e has bestowed up on the
Society of Jesus and through the Society up o n our Diocese, d urin g
these seventy-five years. I avail myself of this opportunity to thank
the Fathers of the Society for all that they are doing for the Diocese
of M angalore.
M ay the C a lic u t M ission flourish day alter day and may it
continue to be an inspiration and source of strength to the Dioceses
in w hich its members are working. M ay the Lord shower on the
C a lic u t M ission H is choicest graces and blessings.

Yours devotedly in O u r Lord,

V. R. Fernandes,
Bishop o f Mangalore

P age N in e
BISHOP’S HOUSE, c a lic u t-6
m a l a p a r a m b a 22 October 1953

Very Reverend and dear Father Superior,

Pax Xti,

Both as B ishop of this Diocese entrusted to the Society of

Jesus and as a member ol the C a lic u t M ission, I am very happ y to
join you all in celebrating
this D ia m o n d Ju b ile e .
W e linve every reason
to be very thankful to Clod
for all the {/ood done by
our M ission d u rin g the past
75 years and lor its progress.
I his has surely been lar
beyond the most sanguine
expectation ol the lirsl nine
w ho landed at M angalore on
the 31st of D ecem ber, 1878.
A m ong the members
ol the M ission w ho have
been called to their reward,
we have had m any dis­
tinguished F a th e rs and
Brothers ; b ut I recall p arti­
cularly the memory ol tl ie
lour Jesuit Bishops who
governed at first the D io ­
cese ol M angalore and then
this of C a lic u t. I heir
names w ill ever be held in
veneration : Pagani, Cava-
The Most Rev. A. M. Patroni, S. J., D. D. d in i, Perini and Proserpio.
Bishop of Calicut I look upon them not only
as my predecessors b ut as
my models — learned, pious and zealous Prelates.
Let me congratulate you. Reverend Father Superior, on the
idea ol duly celebrating this Ju b ile e and b ringing out a decent
souvenir w h ich w ill serve to stir up in us renew'ed zeal and energy
to work always for G o d s G reater Glory.
I take this opportunity to thank you for the immense help
w hich so many Fathers and Brothers give me in the work of this
Diocese. M a y I, in token of diis, bless every one of your subjects.
C a licu t, the feast of M ater D iv in a e G raliae,
Aldus M. Patroni, S. J.,
Dishop o f Calicut
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PROV. VENETO-MILANESE PADOVA,
d e lla C o m p a g n ia tli G e su Italy, 17— 10— 1953

M y (’try dear Fathers a n d Brothers,

W i t l i hearts filled w ith exultation you m ust he preparing to
celebrate the 75th anniversary of your M ission. In your joy asso-,^
ciates my ow n and that of all the Fathers an d Brothers of the
Veneto-Milanese Province, w h ich has ever looked upon the M ission —
of M an g alore first, n o w of
C a lic u t — as its ow n. its ow n
chosen field of apostolate.

To h ow m any of us,
especially d u rin g the early
days of our religious life that
beloved M ission has been the
L an d of our dreams an d of
our desires, the goal of our
relig ious life, w h ic h in the
days of trial, of difficulties
and sacrifice sustained us and
given strength to persevere.
Let me but allude to the
ardour w ith w h ich F ather
Friedl, that shining glory of
our Province, desired and
petitioned to be sent out to
that M ission.
Very Rev. P. Dalle Nogare, S. J.
Provincial There as a m atter of fact
Veneto-Milanese Province
m any of our Fathers and
Brothers have laboured w ith
u n tirin g zeal in the sweat of their brows, and spent their strength,
their life in b u ild in g up a nucleus of highly beneficent institutions.
It is the merit of the Italia n Fathers to have carried there the vigour
of their youthful energies and initiative and to continue to lavish
their disinterested la b o u r; it is the merit of the In d ia n Fathers to
have accepted the call of O u r Lord and develop out of the little
sappling an im posing tree w h ic h bids fair to extend its branches
ever further afield. C learly it is im possible for any one looking at

Pago E l even
the immense good achieved d u rin g these 75 years not to feel his
heart overflowing w ith gratitude.

Y ou. my dear Fathers and Brothers, kn ow it all better than I.

having continually before your eyes the various and im posing institu
tions of religious and secular instruction and education, of moral and
material im provement, of culture and civilization, founded by you and
through you now flourishing, brin g in g fruits in abundance.

N o r can 1 here forgo to m ention in particular the conversion

work carried out infer paganos w ith great zeal and in the m idst of
great hardships, by our missionaries. Every Father or Brother of our
Province w h o asked to be sent to the M ission, d id so almost in every
case in the hope of being applied to this work of direct evangelization,
even though afterwards H oly O b ed ien ce disposed otherwise. To those
few privileged ones, pioneers of the F aith , w ho w ith boundless
generosity and heroism are struggling to extend the boundaries of
C h ris t’s K ingdom , my greeting and my affectionate remembrance.

To all — to the very dear and most zealous Father Superior ; to

the Fathers w ho w ith exemplary spirit of sacrifice are w orking in the
various Houses of Form ation, in the Sem inary, the Colleges, the
Schools, in the ministries, or are engaged in social w7ork, in the care of
the orphans and the sick; to the very-dear Scholastics, the fruit and
the hope of the M ission ; to our very beloved coadjutor Brothers,
such staunch co-operators of the Fathers, to w hom in no small
measure is due the prosperity of the M ission, — my hearty congra­
tulations on the good achieved, and my best wishes and prayers,
that this good may grow and be m ultip lie d in the days to come.
M ay Jesus and the M ost Blessed V irg in always be w ith you and
help you to deepen and to extend beyond all boundaries the good
done during the last 75 years of our M ission, so that those yet
outside the fold be converted in great num bers to the light and
grace of Christ, and the C hristians converted by your apostolate
live up to the great profession of life they have embraced.

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 My dear Fathers and Brothers, I can assure you that the
Province, although now under obligation by com m and of the
H oly Father and the V ery Rev. Father G e n e ra l to devote its
energies elsewhere, is most present and close to each one of you,
your works and initiatives, for we are children of the same M other,
and brothers all grown up in the same House. T he distance
w hich separates us w ill never d im in ish or extinguish the
affection that unites us in C h rist, in the know ledge and love of
W hom we are and always w ill remain one heart and one soul
A. M. D. G. ^
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Yours very least & affectionate
servant
( Sd ) P. Dalle Nogare, S . j.

‘‘ The calling of all of us, is that of the Sower,

and we perform our duty badly when we perm it
a soul to pass near us w ithou t im parting some
good th ough t or holy impression”

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 FROM VERY REV. FATHER SUPERIOR
O n the very last clny of this year of grace, 1953, our C a lic u t
Jesuit M ission w ill com plete the seventyhfth year since the Jesuit
Fathers first landed in M angalore. 1hat was in 1878.

T ill then the Vicariate-apostolic comprising the districts of

M a la b a r and S o u th K anara was under C arm elite bathers. I hese
Friars d id m uch good, but were
not able to raise and man
U niversity Colleges. So the
people petitioned the Holy See
for members of the Society of
Jesus to take over. Pope Leo
X I I I acceded an d Father G ene­
ral Becks assigned the Province
ol V enice to take up what
was then called the Mangalore
M ission. On 27th November
four Fathers and two Brothers
sailed from N aples. A d d in g to
their num b e r Father Pagani,
Pro V ic a r A postolic and Super­
ior of the M ission, and two
Very Rev. I. Fernandes, S. J. others w ho were till then work­
Superior Regular Calicut Mission ing in Bom bay, they arrived in
M angalore on D ecem ber 31st.

D u r in g their voyage out, a kn o w in g French merchant on

board the ship w arned the pioneers that their hardest task would
be to fulfil a ll that the people of M angalore expected of them. That,
a good b it of ‘ all t h a t ’ has since been achieved, particularly in
educating youths and clerics, no one can gainsay. G o d blessed their
work w ith such all-round progress that in 1922 Rom e decided that
the M angalore part of the M ission was ripe to be entrusted as a
diocese by itself to the secular clergy. Two institutions, however,
still remain in our charge — S t Aloysius College, affiliated to the

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M adras U niversity for the B. A ., B. Sc., an d B. C o m . degrees, and
St Joseph’s Interdiocesan Sem inary.

To M alabar, then the Jesuits of the now-called C a lic u t M ission

have to devote all their attention, energy and slender means. A lso
in the new ly erected C a lic u t Diocese, G o d blesses us w ith success.
M e anw hile, the Bangalore Diocese, now the Arch-Diocese, called
upon us to take u p its C ollege and two H ig h Schools. These and
various other institutions w h ich are cropping up, in c lu d in g especially
missiori-stations for conversion work ( particularly am ong the b ack­
w ard Pulaya people ) dem and a continually increasing num b e r of men.

From the very start, the Italian Fathers welcom ed recruits

from am ong the youth of M angalore and M a la b a r. V ocations have
run into hundreds, and the cry is : “ S till they come. Y et they
are not enough. M ore w o uld join if we were able to m a in tain them
d urin g the long 14 or 15 years of their formation.

In order to prepare properly our missionaries-to-be, just a score

of years ago — on the 3rd D ecem ber 1933, to be precise — we
openec 1 c i irist H all, our Jesuit N ovitiate and Juniorate. Its com ­
m unity now num bers sixtynine. Of late some kind benefactors
enabled us to effect some long-needed im provem ent of the house w ith
its appointm ents. Nevertheless, m uch of it still remains prim itive.

On the present happy occasion w hen we consider how the

in itia l nine, w ho started work w ith the lowest tw o of the H igh
School classes in a little rented bun galow in M angalore, have in ­
creased to 217, have spread their activity to three districts of S outh
In d ia and are conducting an Inter-diocesan Sem inary, a N ovitiate
and Juniorate for Jesuits, tw o U niversity Colleges w ith their hostels,
five H ig h Schools w ith boarding houses, tw o industrial establish-
menls, five orphanages, fifteen mission-stations, a prin tin g press and
recently a retreat house — not to m ention the usual numerous
spiritual ministries rendered everywhere by Fathers of this M ission
— our hearts overflow w ith gratefid thanks to G o d for the immense
bounty He has lavished on us.

P a ge F ifte e n
 W e therefore invite nil our friends and benefactors — to
whose u n fa ilin g generosity we owe, under G o d . all our success —
to unite w ith us in th ankfully praising the mercies of the Lord
and in hum hly beseeching H im to continue w ith increased liberality
to bless a work no less theirs than ours. but preeminently
I lis ow n.

CHRI ST HALL I. Fernandes, S. J.

Superior Regular Calicut Mission

THE YOUNGEST'S TOAST

As the youngest one of the OLDEST F O U R you see in
the photo on the next page, I have been called upon by our
hditor to propose — on paper— the toast of the Calicut Mission.
W e ll, Long Live the Mission, I say.

W e four were already in the land of the living when the

Mission first came into being. Then, may we not bless the
mercies of the Lord for having preserved us to celebrate the
D iam o nd Jubilee of the coming of the first Jesuits to Manga
lore i A n d i! today we can bear witness to the growth of the
mustard seed into a spreading tree, have we not to thank God
also for that ?

M y age and infirmity prevent me from saying more. But

let me just add that Father Noronha and I are enjoying the

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 Top — Rev. A . M a c r y , S . J. R e v . F r . S. N o r o n h a , S. J.
( 87 years ) ( 86 years )

Below— Rev. A. C a m i s a , S.J. R e v . F r . M. F. B a r b o z a , S. J.

( 86 years ) ( 82 years )

hospitality of Christ H all, where new young Jesuits are being

formed. In their midst we somehow feel young, and are
cheeredby the thought that they will one day take up the
work of the Mission so dear to us.
M . F. Barboza, S J.

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P age E ig h te e n
 IT the end of almost an era — of five and seventy
■ years, to be precise — even the most superficial
of mortals are apt to do a little reminiscing
and much musing about the future. W e ll for us
that on the eve of another era we halt for a brief
while to look back upon the years gone by and
view a beautiful storehouse of happy memories.

That “ Light is the main thing in a picture,”

has been proclaimed as a guiding principle for
artists. The picture of the progress made by the
during the last three quarters of a century should,
therefore.be looked at in the noon-day light shed by a brilliant sun.
Revealed will be in *11 its splendour and glory by a beauteous light
during this Christm astide, the seventy-five years’ story of our Mis­
sion. Light lends it w o rth and praise. The Light of the W o rld is born

and sheds Its lustre, contributing a great symbolic value and astriking
appeal on the picture otherwise drab. Viewed then, in the Light Of
G o d ’s Love, we cannot but marvel at the progress made by the
Calicut Mission during the past years.

Our supreme duty on this happy occasion of our Diam ond

Jubilee is not only to thank A lm ighty God most heartily for His
bountiful blessings, but also to renew our confidence in Him , by
banishing any misgivings in His all-pervading Providence. The gloom
of the world is but the shadow of His Hand. Behind it, w ith in our
reach is joy, the joy of a life spent in the service of G od. There is,

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therefore, a radiance, a glory hidden in the darkn e ss; we must lift
the veil to see it.

This special num ber of the CA LICU T JESUIT MISSION purports to

lift the veil and lead you through the corridors o f years to gaze on
a fabric woven of Love and W isdo m and Power o f God. Like circles
that widen round and full upon a claar blue lake, each recurring
year rolls into another, rendering it richer by its ow n fruitful harvest.
Thus in the light of the reflecting glory of the past seventy five
years, the several descriptive articles on our various works and
institutions of the present day, will be rendered more meaningful.
Truly, the happy success of today is the result o f the spadework
done, and of the many sacrifices borne, by the early members of our
Mission. Mid dearth and difficulties of every kind they struggled
bravely to lay the foundations. W ith equal zeal and zest, and with
no less sacrifice, all the members of today are continuing to labour
most successfully.

Inviting, therefore, our reader-friends and benefactors to rejoice

with us on this happy occasion, we tender anew our thanks to them
for their continued support. Though the pursuance of our work, and
especially the growing disquietitude and insecurity, consequent on
many adverse circumstances the world over, give cause for much
anxious thought, we fix trust in God and instil the same into the
hearts of others that they may not grow faint-hearted in extending
still their help for what is His own cause. The sacrifices you make
mean the further salvation of souls, and the credit of souls saved
to God is one that wili weigh heavily in your favour, the balance
of Heaven.
L. P. Colaco, S. J.

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 St Aloysius College
C ' IN C E it was the earliest achievement o f the first band o f Jesuits
U p who landed in M angalore in 1878, the D ia m o n d Jubilee o f the
Calicut Mission alm ost synchronises w ith the jubilee o f St Aloysius
College. The College was opened in 1880. A t the beginning, however,
classes were held in M rs. M . C o e lh o ’ s bungalow opposite the b ish o p ’s
house at K odialbail. M eanw hile funds were collected both in M a n g a ­
lore and abroad to raise a suitable building. Exactly five years after

ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE

the first inauguration, Fr W illy declared open the magnificent building

on Ediyah H ill on Jan. 12th, 1885. It was erected on a site donated
by M r L. L o b o Prabhu and designed by Fr M u tti som ewhat on the
model o f the oratory o f St Philip Neri in Rom e.

W a n t o f space obliged the Fathers to add a new block, “ the

red building,” in 1900. The prim ary section was housed in a sepa­
rate building in 1908 and soon Fr Perini (late r B is h o p ) started rais­
ing a new block for the College classes. The opening of new
courses obliged Fr Proserpio ( later B is h o p ) to seek the aid o f the

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ever-obliging and generous old boys and friends. Thus w hat is now
the science section o f the college cam e into existence. U nder his
regime the playgrounds also were considerably enlarged and levelled
out. In 1939, another block, the “ white ” build in g , was constructed
on the eastern side o f the m ain b u ild in g to accom m odate the fast
increasing numbers o f the H ig h S chool section.

The year 1945 saw the undertaking o f a vast venture. This

was the erection o f a m ighty block o f buildings on the site o f the
old Judge’s Bungalow to accom m odate the entire college section.
The growing num bers in the university classes m ade this undertaking
a necessity. Credit for this m ust go to the recently deceased Fr
Joseph Coelho whose vision and enterprise m ade the undertaking a
practical reality. O ld boys and well wishers contributed more than
two lakhs towards its cost. The structure, however, remains in co m ­
plete for paucity o f funds.

U n til 1923, St Aloysius College was the only First G rade

College on the West Coast, excepting the M a h a r a ja ’ s College in far
away T rivandrum . T his fact, coupled with the fame o f the college,
attracted students from M alabar, C oorg and other adjacent districts.
To provide accom m odation for these, a boarding (house and hostel
was opened in the precincts below the College buildings, in 1907.
Other spacious buildings have since been erected to meet increased
demands. The num ber o f hostelers has steadily grown and, though
more than three hundred students are now given lodgings in the
Hostels, the accom m odation is still fo und inadequate. Boarders of
the school section and the hostelers together num ber ab out 390,
separate accom m odation being provided for Catholics an d non-
Catholics.

W ith the introduction o f the new courses, need was felt to

equip the college with suitable laboratories. The college has two
Physical and two C hem ical laboratories. The natural science students
also have their ow n laboratory with a m useum attached to it. The
High School, in its turn, has a Physical and a N atural Science
laboratory. Recently the games shed and the ground floor o f the
“ red ” b uild ing have been transform ed into a w orkshop for the
trainees o f the engineering course o f the H igh School.
The College possesses two libraries — the Professors’ Library
and the University Students ’ Library, which together contain about

T w e n t y th r e e
28,000 volumes. Attached to the library is a reading room w hich is
regularly supplied with a variety o f dailies, reviews an d magazines o f
cultural and scientific interests. The H igh School also is provided
with a fairly well equipped library and a reading room .
St Aloysius College was first affiliated as a Second G rade
College o f the M adras University in 1882. In course o f tim e M ath e ­
matics, Physics, Chemistry, A ncient History and Logic, In d ia n
History, Botany and Z oology have been added to the subjects taught.
In 1887, the College was raised to the First G rade, and affiliated in
History and E c o n o m ic s ; in 1909, in M athem atics and Philosophy and
in 1926, in Physics and Chemistry. In 1944, two new courses were
inaugurated, viz. B. SC. (Physics and C h e m istry ) and B. C o m .
The strength o f the College section to date, has reached the impressive
figure o f 1198.
The H ig h School has always held the first place in the D istrict.
The D epartm ent has reorganized the course to include social studies
and citizenship. V ocational training is provided through the Secre­
tarial and Engineering courses, the latter o f w hich was m ade possible
through the kind benefactions o f an O . B. who prefers to rem ain
anonym ous. A batgh o f 24 students from each o f the higher classes
is adm itted to this m uch coveted course. The School departm ent
has 1406 students on its rolls.

W ith the ideal of fitting out students for life before them,
the College has always encouraged extra-curricular activities. The
College U n io n established in 1896 gives am ple opportunities to
students to train themselves in public speaking. The interests o f
national security are furthered through the N atio n al C adet Corps
whose 70 cadets are the envy o f all sprightly young men. A new
feature o f college activities is the Social Service League whose members
are provided theoretical and practical training in service to the more
unfortunate am ong their fellowmen. The special course o f lectures
provided prepares the members for a Social Service D ip lo m a . The
School departm ent also has its Social Service League while its Boy
Scout T roop tries to em ulate the example o f the N . C . C.
The C atholic Students o f the college are banded together under
the C atholic University Students Federation, which strives to prom ote
Catholic A ction and to form future leaders from am ong the students.
For the spiritual form ation o f the C atholic Students there are two

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sodalities o f the B. V. M ary and a sodality o f A ltar Servers. Besides
these the Students M issionary League does creditable work in foster­
in g zeal for souls and love for the missions am ong the youth. The
spiritual atm osphere o f the college has proved a congenial soil for
vocations. N o less than 100 o f its pupils have entered the Society
o f Jesus, 50 have entered other religious orders and about 450 are
either priests or preparing for priesthood.

N o account o f St Aloysius College w ould be complete without

m entioning the college chapel dedicated to St Aloysius. The
frescoes with which the Italian artist Br M oscheni adorned its walls
have turned it into a pictorial Bible History. The ceiling over the nave
is m ade up of tableaux depicting the principal episodes in the
life o f St Aloysius. The rendering o f the chapel into a single blaze
o f colour and gold, was finished in 1900 and, since then, it has been
a centre o f attraction for all tourists both Christian and non-Christian.
It has rightly been considered by competent visitors as the most
artistic church in In d ia .
A. Lobo, S. J.

U r c a s u r c U ro v c

Lord Christ, let me but hold Thy hand

- J 4

And all the rest may go.

For nothing is, but only seems,
And life is full of idle dreams,
Until Thyself we know.

The whole wide world is nought beside

The wonder of Thy love.
And though my state be mean and strait,
G iv e me but heart to work and wait,
And I have Treasure-Trove.
— John Oxenham

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 St J o s e p h ’s I n t e r d i o c e s a n
Seminary
MANGALORE

T O trace the origin and developm ent o f this institution w hich has
been playing so im p ortan t a role in the steady progress o f the
Church in this country and even outside, we have to go back to alm ost

THE SEMINARY CHURCH

the m iddle o f the 18th century. The then rapid decline o f the P ortu­
guese power in the East resulted in a dearth o f priests. It was at this
juncture that Fr Joachim M irand a, a G o a n , set up at M onte M arian o
8 miles east o f M angalore, a kind o f seminary with 12 young men. This
was between 1763 when K anara came under H aid a r and 1778 when
Fr M iran d a made it over to the Propaganda.

Fr M iran d a, enjoying the patronage and protection o f H aidar,

hoisted the royal banner over the seminary which continued to exist

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under its shadow in peace and security. W hen in 1782 the cruel and
bigoted T ipp u Sultan ascended the throne, it became evident that the
Christians w ould not be left long in peace and that the clergy would be
the first victims. Hence it was deemed prudent to send all the
seminarians to Verapoly from where some proceeded to G o a , while others
joine d the A ugustinian order.

For the next 60 years we have a perfect blank in the history of

the seminary. It had ceased to exist owing to the captivity o f the
Christians o f South K anara in 1784. After their return, one Fr Pius
N oron ha, again reestablished the seminary at M onte M ariano. Desiring
to have only a Regular Clergy in his diocese, Bishop Michael turned this
seminary into a Carm elite novitiate about 1865. Some years before he
had acquired a plot at Jeppu, where he erected a chapel and a
large building. The seminarians or now novices, soon moved to Jeppu,
where ever since the Seminary has remained. These buildings are
now the Catechumenate and the Convent o f the Sisters o f Charity.
In 1870, M gr M ary Ephrem , the Pro-Vicar A postolic, declared the
novitiate null and void and consequently, the novice? and those with
vows, reverted to the status o f secular clergy.

N o sooner did the Jesuits take up the Mission in 1878 than

two Fathers were assigned to the Seminary, who on their arrival found
only three students. One o f the first task o f these two Fathers was to
recall the rest o f the students imm ediately and reopen the seminary
in January 1879 under the patronage o f St Aloysius, with just 10
students on the rolls.

Bishop Pagani took up residence at Jeppu and thus the seminary

cam e under his personal supervision. His first effort was to frame a set
o f rules for the students. O n 11th January, 1879, he assembled the
seminarians in the chapel, read out the rules and delivered a stirring
exhortation to them. This was followed by the significant ceremony of
the consecration o f the seminary to the Sacred Heart o f Jesus. But
w hat was yet more significant was the fact that the first solemn accep­
tance o f the rules and the yoke o f the clerical state should have synchro­
nized with the consecration o f the seminary to the loving Heart o f Him
W h o said, “ M y yoke is sweet and M y burden light.” It was thus under
the special protection o f the Sacred Heart o f Jesus that the seminary
inaugurated a new epoch o f steady progress. This act o f Consecration
is annually renewed on the last day o f June when fresh recruits in
Christ’s army are adm itted.

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SEMINARY STAFF
 A few m onths later, Bishop Pagani transferred his residence to
K odialbail, but his watchful care over the seminary was not withdrawn.
Regular courses in L atin, Philosophy and the sacred sciences were
organized. The staff now consisted o f 4 Fathers and two Brothers. In
June 1879, the seminarians had their first retreat under the Jesuit Fathers.
The follow ing year, the secular priests in the M ission, 14 in all, met here
for the Spiritual Exercises. This was the beginning o f the present
arrangement by which the priests o f this diocese assemble every year for
their retreat in three batches. 'J a ’

In 1883 the Jesuit N ovitiate was opened side by side with the
seminary. Three seminarians joined the newly set up novitiate. In 1889
the novitiate was closed and the novices were transferred to Shembaga-
nur. Two years later, 2 o f the novices, having m ade their Vows, began
their studies in the seminary which thus served as a house o f studies for
the Jesuit Scholastics till 1896.

In 1885, M gr A gliardi ( later C a r d in a l), the Delegate Apostolic,

who had come to consecrate the new Bishop, was m uch impressed with
the work at the seminary and promised to give a favourable report of it
to the Holy See. O n the feast o f the N ativity o f O u r Lady, 1887, the
foundation stone was laid for a new b uild ing with a church at its centre.
In M arch o f the same year, by a decree o f Bishop Pagani, St Joseph was
declared Patron o f the seminary and St Aloysius henceforth became
the secondary Patron.

The exquisite church o f St Joseph with its massive yet elegant

towers rising aloft into the sky, and the m agnificent building flanking it
on either side and m atching it perfectly in beauty and style, cannot fail to
arrest the attention o f any visitor to Jeppu. Assuredly it had to be in
keeping with the grandiose object o f training those young men who are
destined to be C hrist’s chosen ministers to labour in His Vineyard.

Hitherto this seminary served exclusively fo r the diocese of

M angalore. But now it began to exert its influence to other parts of
In dia as well. M gr A ju ti, the Delegate Apostolic, requested the Rector
to provide separate accom m odation for some T. O . C. D . students from
M ann an am , in the diocese o f K ottayam . Six o f them came that year
and were housed in a building adjacent to the seminary. From then on
there has been a regular flow o f Carmelite students till 1950.

M gr Zaleski, who was later Delegate Apostolic, wrote in a

circular letter issued from K an dy : “ . . . As r egards the form ation of

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the secular clergy, the diocese o f M angalore has fulfilled all the desires
o f the H oly See.” H e further wrote to our Bishop to say that b ut for
lack o f proper transport facilities ( no railway ) he w ould have enlarged
this seminary and m ade it a co m m o n one for the w hole o f In d ia.

In 1903, F r Frachetti, Superior o f the M ission, brought from

Europe the entire remains o f a R o m a n M artyr. This is the great treasure
the seminary possesses and it is placed under the mensa o f the high altar
where it m ay receive the public veneration o f the faithful and at the same
time prove to be an inspiring m odel to our young Levites. The year
1953 marks the G olden Jubilee o f the arrival o f these holy relics and the
solemn celebrations have been fixed for February 1954, when the first
Cardinal o f In d ia , an illustrious ex-alumnus o f this seminary, will
enhance the solemnity by his presence.

In January, 1915, a handsom e two-storied wing was opened

and it afforded better accom m odation and complete separation
for the two sections. A nother parallel w ing was added in 1928, m aking
it possible to separate the three sections o f students. Later on a central
wing was constructed for the library and Academ y H a ll. In the
present Rector, Rev. Fr J. S. D ’Souza, S. J., the seminary has its
own alum nus at its head. The long felt need o f a separate chapel for
the seminarians has now been finally satisfied by converting the Academ y
H all into a simple but devotion-inspiring chapel where the students
meet for all their spiritual duties.

Besides preparing three bishops for the M angalore Diocese itself,

this seminary has had six other alum ni raised to episcopal dignity — one
o f them being the first In d ia n C ardinal. It has trained an d sent forth
nearly 600 Priests o f G o d to labour in the L o rd ’s Vineyard. Just at
present our students, 137 in all, represent L6 dilferent dioceses o f In d ia,
Pakistan and Ceylon, and two o f our students are being trained for
M ission work in distant Jam aica. F rom its hum ble beginnings at M onte
M arian o , this our seminary, has been gradually raised by the ever-
w atchful H an d o f G o d so as to become a more and more useful instru­
ment in the service o f His H oly C hurch in this land and elsewhere till it
stands in the front rank am ong the seminaries o f In d ia. A n d there is
before it a bright and glorious future, for the same D ivine H an d that
has guided its destinies hitherto, w ill surely guide it in the years to come *
to do more and yet more for the greater glory o f G o d and the salvation
o f souls.
F. M. Viegas, S. J.

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 The Fatima Retreat House
M ID S T the m any C atholic institutions that for about a mile
A flank either side o f the K an k an ad y Jeppu R o a d , there’s now a
new arrival — the F atim a Retreat House. It lies under the shade
o f St Joseph’s Seminary, a stone’s throw across the road. The
Superior o f the M ission has laid on it the m antle o f his protection.
In spite o f varied difficulties, he has succeeded in m aking it an
accomplished reality. H e has marked o u t for it an ambitious
program m e as a m ajor work o f the Society o f Je s u s; and it is
hoped when the Jesuit M ission will com plete its centenary, the

FATI MA RETREAT H O U S E , M A N G A L O R E

Fatim a Retreat House w ill have m ade signal contribution to the

C atholic life o f M angalore. Its vicinity to St Joseph’s Seminary
is not w ithout significance — the Sem inary trains the clergy; the
Retreat House hopes to train the laity. B oth are to play their
role in the Catholic Church.

O p in io n is not uniform about the utility o f a Retreat House

in M angalore — every school and convent being a hothouse for
retreats and every decent C atholic, young and old, taking a retreat
# as 3 norm al and necessary item in the C atholic calendar. As
such a RetreatHouse m ight look superfluous or a mere waste.
U is principally because a retreat is held in such high esteem in
Mangalore that a house entirely set apart for retreats and for
kindred purposes has become necessary.

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 W hile not underestim ating the value o f retreats conducted
hitherto, it m ust be adm itted that in add itio n to these there m ust
be a place where there is the atm osphere an d convenience for an
entirely closed retreat. A retreat is no real retreat unless it is a
closed one, given to a sm all hom ogenous group belonging to a
single trade or calling. There are several such groups w ho in the
present circumstances have to m ake a retreat in a very mixed
congregation and usually it is an open one where the participants
attend the Spiritual Exercises b ut stay at hom e. There are also
several w ho are prevented from m akin g a retreat, however m uch
they w ould like to, because the appointed time does not suit them —
they surely should be given opportunities to m ake a retreat at any
time o f the year.

It m ust also be adm itted th at in spite o f the traditional

fervour o f the people, there is side by side an alarm ing cancerous
growth o f slackness, which forebodes m uch danger to the C atho lic
Church in M angalore. The class o f wage-earners, in particular, is
in great danger o f being eventually swept away from the F aith.
L abour organizations, o f whatever religious persuasion, are all
members o f labour unions, w hich are controlled by C om m unists.
T hroughout the year they hear only Re d Sermons. O u r revered
Bishop has realized this danger and it is his wish that the w orking
class should be brought back to a life o f deep faith and fervour.
Experience in Europe has shown that the best way o f resisting
C o m m un ism is a return to intense C atholic life, and the ap p li­
cation o f Christian principles by the w orkm en themselves to every
problem in all its aspects. The Retreat House hopes to specialize
in this branch o f C atholic A ction by giving week-end retreats and
missions to groups o f workers and m aking it the centre for their
gatherings, religious as well as recreational.

The Retreat House was given a local habitation and a name

* by Fr Le Tellier. Characteristically, just five years ago, unannounced
he swooped dow n up on M angalore and started the work. H e took
the town by storm as he knocked and ham m ered at the d oor o f
each prospective benefactor. His effort brought in a collection o f
Rs. 35,000/-. The com pact four acre plot is M r. James B ritto’s
gift to the Society o f Jesus. He hopes to do m uch more, if
circumstances turn favourable. Besides the donations collected, a
loan o f Rs. 25,000/- has been raised to com plete h a lf o f the

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building originally planned. The com pleted portion has been so
adapted as to m ake it self-sufficient for the tim e being. There is a
little c h a p e l; there are sixteen well ventilated and well lighted com­
fortable little r o o m s ; there is a big hall to accom m odate the
overflow ; a refectory; a kitchen etc. There are also excellent up-
to-date sanitary arrangements.

The upper grounds levelled by a bull-dozer and lined by

sprouting shade trees, with a natural p latform at one end, are well
suited for large scale public fu n c tio n s — like the N ovena to the
Im m aculate Conception just announced to begin the M arian Year;
meetings o f w o rk e rs; Sunday entertainments for the poor, whose
evening leisure is o f late being exploited by C o m m unistic and anti-
C atholic agents. The rest o f the co m p o un d has been utilized for
the planting o f coconut and m ango trees, while a perennial well
with an electric p um p and overhead tank will serve both the com­
pound and the House with plentiful water.
The stage is set for work to commence. It remains for
G o d to bless us for His greater glory and the good o f souls.
M ay we prayerfully hope that the kind and generous people of
M angalore will soon enable us to liquidate the loan we have raised
to complete a work which w ould never have been started but for
their great good will and generosity.

W. F. Sequeira, S. J.

I lie la t e P o p e P iu s X I , in liis e n c y c lic a l “ JVIens N o s t r a , o n th e

p r o m o t io n o f th e w id e r u s e o f th e S p i r i t u a l E x e r c is e s , p r o c la im s t h a t

i n th e m w ill he fo u n d th e s p i r i t u a l p o w e r- h o u s e t h a t d is t r ib u t e s th e

l i g h t a n d e n e rg y o f a m o re p e r fe c t C h r i s t i a n lif e a n d a m o re generous

a n d d a r in g C a t h o l i c A c t io n a m o n g th e l a i t y . “ E n c lo s e d r e tre a ts , he

says, are th e fo rc e th a t can do m ost t o w a r d s s o w in g th e seeds o f

C a t h o l i c A c t io n . . . In th e ex ercises o f th e r e tr e a t is f o u n d e s t a h lis h e d

a u n i q u e s a fe g u a r d o f e te r n a l l i f e . ”

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 Seventy-five Years
of Jesuit Work in Mangalore
( A L a y m a n ’s Impression )

31st December, 1878, the first batch o f Jesuit missionaries landed

in M angalore. By the 31st December 1953, Jesuits will have
completed 75 years o f work in our m idst. It is only natural, that one
should attem pt to look back into the past an d collect one’s impressions
about what has been achieved in three quarters o f a century.

The most outstanding m onum ent o f Jesuit work in M angalore is,

o f course, the St Aloysius College. Seated on the central-most hill o f
this city o f hills, it has been a veritable beacon o f light, intellectual and
moral, to the thousands up o n thousands o f pupils that have passed
through its portals. The College has existed not for C atholics only.
Thousands o f young m en, o f all classes and creeds have gone out
from it well equipped with knowledge and strength to fight the battle
o f life, and have built for themselves a safe and sure harbourage in
a struggling world. I f we can im agine for one m om ent M angalore
w ithout the St Aloysius College, we m ay realize the vacuity into
which this city w ould im m ediately sink.

A nother m ost im p ortant feature o f the College has been that

it has served as a fruitful field for recruiting candidates for the
priesthood. For over fifty years the H ig h School attached to the
College, has been the sole recruiting ground in South K an ara for
admissions to the Seminary. Pupils o f the College H ig h School
have also been drafted to various Seminaries in In d ia outside M angalore.
In this way the St Aloysius College has rendered conspicuous service
to the growth o f the C hurch both in M angalore and all over In d ia.

W hen on the subject o f the St Aloysius College, we cannot

forget what may be called the extension w ork o f the College, which
has added so m uch more grandeur and distinction to the already
existing m onum ental edifices, the M e n ’s Sodality o f C o d ialb a il w hich
does so m uch to cultivate and m aintain the C atholic spirit am ongst
the intelligentsia o f the tow n, and the annual M e n ’s Retreat conducted
at the St Aloysius College for the benefit mostly o f the O ld Boys
o f the College.

P a ge T hirty ftv e
 Next to the College, comes the Interdiocesan Seminary, where
are trained young men to work in the L o rd ’s Vineyard. These Levites
are recruited not only from M angalore, but from various dioceses in
In d ia and go back to their native dioceses, carrying with them the
stam p o f their form ation in the Sem inary o f Mangalore. Every­
where in India, be it M adras or Bom bay or A jm er or M alabar or
Tiruchirapally, are to be found faithful servants o f Christ, living their
lives on the lines' laid dow n for them by their alm a m ater at Jeppoo.

ST J O S E P H S A S Y L U M WITH ORPHANAGE & WORKSHOPS

Close to the Seminary at Jeppoo are the St Joseph’s Asylum

w ith Orphanage and W orkshops. The great deal o f good that has
been done by these institutions is kriown only to the Recording Angel.
The waifs and strays, who w ould otherwise have swollen the idle
class and become a danger to society, ’have been turned into useful
and respectable citizens. M any a snip-wrecked soul on life’s stormy
sea has found peace and rest in the Asylum , and a quiet passage
to a better world.
Y et another institution o f which the Jesuits may pardonably
boast is Father M ulle r’s H ospital, K ankanady. Though o f late
the hospital has witnessed striking developments, yet Fr Augustus

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Muller S J . ( it was that sowed the first seeds by fo u n d in g an O utpatients'
Dispensary, a general hospital for men an d another for w om en, and
a Leper Asylum for the m ost abandoned section o f society. U nder
the influence o f Father M ulle r, the late D r L. P. Fernandes enrolled
himself as a doctor at K a n k an ad y and was a tower o f strength to the
Institution for over fifty years.

W hen we speak o f the w ork o f the Jesuits in M angalore, we have

to remember that the whole Diocese was under the control and m anage­
ment o f Jesuit Bishops for a period o f over fifty years. Bishops Pagani,
Cavadini and Perini form a trio o f w hom any diocese m ay legitimately
be proud. They were a ll men o f G o d , men o f vision and understanding,
born leaders, ready to sacrifice themselves to the full in the cause o f
Christ. The num ber o f new parishes they opened, the missionary
stations they founded, the establishm ents for the spiritual an d tem poral
benefit o f their flock are too m any to be recounted here. Suffice it
to mention only the M . R . C . P. F und , the C o d ia lb a il Press and
the Catholic Association o f South K an ara.

N o greater testimony can be given to the excellence o f the

work o f the Jesuits in M angalore than that w ithin fifty years, the H o ly
See found it possible to transfer the adm in istration in to the hands
o f a competent diocesan clergy. This indeed is the crown o f their
achievement in M angalore. They came here w ith a definite mission.
That mission they fulfilled in am ple measure. The transfer o f
ecclesiastical authority to the diocesan clergy o f M angalore has been
followed with happy effect all over In d ia , and if today we can be
proud o f a greatly Indianized Hierarchy, to no sm all extent does the
credit go to the w ork o f the Jesuits in M angalore.

Indeed these 75 years have been a period o f full and fruitfu l

work for the salvation o f souls and the greater glory o f G o d . W e
have to be grateful to D ivin e Providence. W e have to be grateful,
also, to the Venetian Province o f the Society o f Jesus w hich has
spared nothing either in men or in materials to m ake this three-quarter
century one o f the m ost productive periods in the history o f the
Diocese o f South K anara.
V. Kannappa, M . A., L. T.
Retd. District Educational Officer
President, S. K. Catholic Association

P»(f Tllttjrinm
 O little tow n of Bethlehem ,
How still we see tliee lie !
A bove lliy deep and dreamless sleep
T he silent stars go by.
'i et in tliy dark streets shineth
T he everlasting L ig h t ;
T he h opes and fears of all the years
A re met in thee tonight.

O m orning stars, together

Proclaim the holy birth.
A nd praises sing to G od the K ing,
And peace to men on Earth ;
For C h rist is born of M a ry ;
And, gathered all above.
W h ile mortals sleep, die angels keep
T heir w atch of w ondering love.

O holy C h ild of Bethlehem,

Descend to us, we pray ;
C ast out our sin, and enter in,
Be born in us today
W e hear the Christm as A ngels
The great glad tidings tell :
O come to us, abide w ith us.
Our Lord Em m anuel.
— Phillip Brooks

T h ir t y e ig f it
BI SHOP’ S HOUSE, KOZHIKODE

Mos t Rev. Bishop A. M. P AT R O N I , S. J.

Left to right: Rt Rev. Mgr J. Edamaram, S. J . t Vicar General. Rev. C. Studerus, S. J .
Rev. Br. P. Lobo, S. J . Rev. P. LentbaparambiK S. J.

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 The Cathedral of the Mother of God
KOZHIKODE

(Q A T 1 N G b a c k to
1— more than four
centuries, the C atholic
church in C alicut did
not rise as a Cathedral
but as a chapel for the
Portuguese traders who
under Vasco-de-Gama
had established a foot­
ing in this town o f the
Z a m o rin . As such, the
church can be called a
stone and m ortar record
o f the vicissitudes en­
countered by the Portu­
guese in Calicut. W hen t h e c a t h e d r a l , k o z h ik o d e

they were at peace with

the Z am o rin , the Church grew and stood glorious ; when war broke
out — an event rather fre q u e n t— the church was the first to go,
demolished or burned dow n by the Nayars o f the Zam orin. Hence we
find churches being erected, presumably always on the same spot, at
various times and generally as a visible token o f the peace between the
Portuguese and the Z am orin . W ith the final decline o f the Portuguese
power and the disappearance o f the Z am orin from the political scene
and with the com ing o f the British, the material church enjoyed more
stability. But the Catholics were not very numerous. Conversions have
never been prom inent in this town and the reasons for this are best
know n to the D istributor o f D ivine Grace.

In 1923 when Calicut was erected into a Diocese, the old church
was dism antled, partly to m ake room from one worthy o f the name of
Cathedral and am ple enough for the increase of Catholic population
expected. The new sanctuary and the two wings were completed in
1925. The m ain body o f the church rose seven years later when money
was available. For some years it remained the only church in town.
D id the population attending the church grow as expected ? Perhaps

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not fast enough to satisfy the earnest desire o f the Pastors. But soon
enough, partly by im m ig ratio n an d partly by conversions, especially
through the activities o f St V incent’s Industrials C haritable Institutions
the numbers did increase sufficiently to justify a division o f the area into
several parishes. N o w o ut o f a single parish church that stood in
Calicut for centuries, there arose the parishes o f St Joseph in G a n d h i
R o a d , o f St Patrick in Francis
R o a d , o f St M ichael at West H ill
and the M ission station o f St Justus
at M alap ara m b a.
A t present the Cathedral parish
num bers about 3000 souls — Anglo-
Indians, Malayalees, Konkanees
and a few T am ilians. There are
am ple provisions for the education
of the parish c h ild r e n : a H igh
School for boys, an A nglo-Indian
H igh School for girls, a Higher
Elem entary School for boys and
girls and another Higher Elementary
School with an orphanage for girls.
Orphans and destitute children are
taken care o f by St V incent’s In sti­
tutions.
Va r y Rev. Fr F. X. Rocca. S. J. To add to its efficiency, the parish
has m any organizations, some d at­
ing back to a c e n tu ry : Sodalities o f men, w om en, boys and girls;
St Vincent de Paul Society for the p o o r ; C atholic Cooperative Credit
U nion ; Confraternities o f St Sebastian and o f the M other o f G o d ; the
Society o f the Altar-Ladies who take great care o f the church, its vest­
ments and decorations ; the Altar-Boys Sodality and the U n io n C lub .
The territory o f the parish being small and confined to a thickly p o p u ­
lated part o f the town, there does not seem to be m uch opportunity for
increase o f Catholic population, unless it be by conversion o f the
thousands o f H indoos and M uslim s who surround us. W hen will that be ?

A t present there are two Fathers attached to the church — the

Parish Priest and his Assistant. But the parochial house harbours also
the Office an d the personnel o f the Diocesan vernacular paper
Sandhesham . * F. X. R., S. J.

P age Fortyone
 N O V IT IA T E & J U N IO R A T E

<-i[ I W H E T H E R driving in a car or riding on a bus you are almost

J| I. sure to miss an im p ortan t landm ark — supernaturaljy speak­
ing the Calicut-W vnaad road. N o t even a board to warn
“ H idden Drive ” . O f a drive there m ay not be m uch. Only a
steepish clim b o f fifty feet length. But hidden it certainly i s : not
only the drive, but everything w ithin. “ The beauty o f the K ing’s
daughter lies all w ith in .”

n o v i c e s ’ a n d j u n i o r s ’ q u a r t e r s

Y o u alight at a portico. Its austere look conceals no m ona­

stic severity, but only ascetic simplicity. O n top o f it a terracotta
Christ K ing mounts guard. Beneath Him is blazoned in bold relief
C H R IS T H A L L . A strong door with only an inner-side key-hole
bars further progress. Y o u tug at the doorbell, and at the resulting
stentorian stroke, a “ Postulant ” porter looks out o f one o f the

P a g e F o r ty tw o
I
CHRIST-HALL CO M M U N ITY
 judases on either side. I f he learns that authentic business, or a
social call on any one o f the inm ates, and all the more joyously
if a divine call to stay w ithin for good, has brought you thither
he throws open the portal. A ll this is de rigueur to safeguard
what, unknow n perhaps to m any, is“ a house o f G o d and the
gate o f heaven.” Therein dwell now 10 Priests, 21 Juniors, 20
Novices and .15 Brothers.
Essentially the place is for the two-year form ation o f fresh
recruits into the Ignatian arm y. Here are trained the novices, that
is the beginners in Jesuit life. A Father General o f the Society
called it Pupilla M issionis — the very apple o f the eye in a mission.
N o one is born a Je s u it: he has to be m ade. It takes long fifteen
years to produce a full-fledged C o m p a n io n o f Jesus. But the rudi­
ments are im parted during the tim e o f N ovitiate. The foundation
o f Spiritual life has to be laid deep and strong, and this holy task
is entrusted to a capable Master o f Novices.

In every organized institution intended to last, the first concern

and care should be to start and m aintain a nursery. How comes
it then, one m ight ask, that Christ H all is just twenty years old
when the M ission is celebrating its D ia m o n d Jubilee? For an
answer we have to turn to history. In fact, a Novitiate was started
at Jeppoo, M angalore, on E piphany day, 1883 — the first to be
opened in In d ia since the Suppression o f the Society in 1773. But
a few years later, for no other reason than that the new Novitiate
in Shem baganur was to serve for all In d ia , ours was closed.
O u t o f its ashes, Phoenix-like arose some forty years later
our own new one. This had become a necessity, notwithstanding
hard-boiled op inion to the contrary. Both M angalore and Malabar
would yield more vocations if the earliest years o f religious life
could be spent on the spot or in a place within easy reach. Besides
our freshmen could be brought up according to the particular
customs o f our people and with a view to meeting the specific
needs o f the Calicut Mission. So in 1933, that stalwart of far-
seeing policy and unbounded trust in obedience, Rev. Fr Aloysius
A m bruzzi, Superior o f the M ission, undertook the enterprise.
Father E. Beretta ( R . I. P . ) secured the site o f the present
Christ H all. Rem iniscing on bygone days, Father Ambruzzi wrote
recently ( 6 N o v .) from P a d o v a : “ Two are continually praying
tor Christ H a l l : one in heaven, Fr Beretta, and the other on

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earth, Fr M o d o tti, now a com plete recluse in C a m a ld o li.” To Fr
Beretta in particular, “ the Father o f the golden heart ” , the C alicut
Diocese and the M ission owe nearly all that is good and w o rth ­
while in them.

It was on 4th December, 1933, ( that year the Feast of

St Francis X a v ie r ) that this house was opened w ith ju st ten
novices — two sent from Italy to serve as leaven, so also a novice­
priest and two others from Shem baganur and five raw-recruits from
M angalore. Father Aloysius Coelho, as experienced as holy, was
their Novice-Master. Since then Christ H all has trained 232 Jesuits-
in-the-making. O f these some fifty have received priesthood, while
the rest are advancing to that coveted goal.

D u rin g novitiate the religious-to-be is alm ost exclusively engaged

in prayer and penance, w hich are powerful before G o d in behalf
o f their benefactors, rising as do with the freedom and the freshness
o f first-felt fervour. W ith what loving care the novices are to be
brought up may be gauged from a somewhat parallel instance. Queen
Elizabeth o f England with her husband deemed it necessary to
spend the hour preceding her coronation in tending their two
children. So too, the Prime M inister o f In dia, on his last birthday,
“ picked up a toddler and hugged him affectionately . . . The children
were thrilled when he stroked their cheeks.” They were not his
children, but In d ia ’s. Novices are children o f the Society o f Jesus
to train children o f M oth er C hurch.

W hen these have made their first, yet perpetual vows, they
pass over to the “ Ju n io r a te ” . Here the Ju n io r Scholastics devote
two years to the study o f L atin and Greek, English and M alayalam ,
and are trained in rhetoric and oratory to become learned and holy
writers and speakers. There is all the more dem and for these in
In d ia now. The vast sub-continent with its m ultim illions outside the
true fold cries for missionaries. N ot that Jesuits hold any m onopoly
for virtue or wisdom . D o everything they cannot. A ttem pt and
attain some little they might.
But their habitat and m anner o f life in the beginning
smacked too m uch o f the poverty o f Bethlehem and the lowliness
o f Nazareth. D onations from kind souls have helped to effect
a few alterations. But the totality yet retains its prim itivity.

S. J .

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 St Michael’s Anglo-Indian High School
CANNANORE

H E earliest inform ation we have o f the origin o f St M ichael’s School

T takes us back to the year 1859—’60. A t that time Cannanore was
the headquarters o f a European and two In d ia n regiments, besides a
sprinkling o f artillerymen and horses. There was then a “ Garrison
School ” , conducted by a laym an.
Contem poraneous with this School, where English was taught,
there was also a R o m an C atholic parochial school, where the medium
o f teaching was in M alayalam . But the Carm elite Bishop, Fra
M iguel, at that time the Vicar A postolic o f M alab ar and Kanara,
desirous o f raising the standard o f the parochial school, placed it in
charge o f the Christian Brothers and thus introduced English into the
School. Im m ediately all R o m a n C atholic boys o f the Garrison School
came over to St M ichael’s.
It was in 1864 that the construction o f the present School was under­
taken and in the follow ing year it was completed. The Christian
Brothers then moved into the present boarding house. U ntil the close
o f 1887, they continued the managem ent o f the school, as an Anglo-
Vernacular institution. W ith the departure o f the Christian Brothers,
the school passed into the hands o f the Jesuits. In June 1907, Govern­
ment recognition was obtained to raise it into a European Middle School
for boys, under the Code o f Regulations for European Schools.
W ith the successive Jesuit Head Masters, this institution rapidly
rose into prominence and in June 1936 it was recognised as a European
H igh School. The E ducational departm ent, on account o f the repeated
representations made by the Public o f Cannanore to the Minister ot
Education, G overnm ent o f In dia, allowed in 1938 admission o f Indian
pupils in European Schools up to 40% o f the total strength.
The aim o f the Jesuit Superiors has been to educate the poor
children o f the Anglo-Indian com m unity. M ost o f the boarders have
been Governm ent grant holders and thus a distinctive aid is rendered to
the helpless. Jesuit staff has been increased to secure greater efficiency,
not only to im part a sound secular education but also to work for the
spiritual form ation o f the growing num ber o f students, over 50 per cent
o f w hom are Catholics.
St Michael’s A. I. School

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P a g e F o rty s e v e n
 St Josephs’ High School
KOZHIKODE

D E G I N N I N G its career as a European H igh School St Joseph’s was

-L' changed into an Indian H igh School in the year 1936. Its fo un d a­
tions are lost in the remote past, which prevents us from affirming
with certainty its earliest recognisable outlines. Nevertheless as far as
can be ascertained, it began at first as a Parish School and was opened
in the parochial house about the year 1796. In 1861, however, it was
superseded by one conducted by the Christian Brothers, who worked it

S T J O S E P H ’S H . S C H O O L . C O M M U N IT Y

up so efficiently as to give it before long a decent standing am ong the

educational institutions on the M alabar Coast.
In 1883 the management o f the School passed into the hands of
the Jesuit Fathers o f the C alicut Mission They continue to run it on
traditional lines, with the Ordinary o f the Diocese as its official
manager. In 1908 it was raised to a H igh School, and in September
o f the same year it came for the first time to be recognized as an
institution under the Code o f regulations for European Schools.
Useful as it was as a European School, circumstances clearly-
pointed out in recent times that a similar institution for In d ia n boys was

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an imperative need In the Diocese. Hence in June 1936 it took the
m om entous step towards In d ia nizatio n in view o f bringing the benefits
o f a truly C atholic education w ithin reach o f the m any thousands o f
In d ia n Catholics in the Diocese o f C alicut. W ith the sanctioning o f this
scheme the School is in a position now to open its doors to all classes
o f boys. The Institution will take care to see that this change will on
no account lower the standard o f efficiency, but rather will try to the
best o f its power, to m aintain it, and if possible even to increase it.

Attached to the School and w ithin the School premises is a

Boarding House with am ple accom m odation and a decent playground
in front o f it. T hough prim arily meant to house the C atholic boys
hailing from surrounding places, it makes provision for non-Catholics
as well. The Boarding House with all the im provements that have
recently been made serves as a good substitute for the home. Boarders
are directly under the care o f the Fathers who live in their m idst and
are constantly in touch with them.
The boys have also am ple opportunities for games. A ll the
popular ones are played. There is also a Scout T roop and a W o lf C u b
Pack. There is a School Band that affords opportunities to boys with
talent for music to learn some m usical instrument.

T hough the strength o f the School is about 1100, the num ber o f
Catholics is around 200. These are not only few, but most o f them belong
to very poor families. The upbringing at home is neglected in most o f
the homes. This means additional work for the Fathers o f the School.
A nyhow whatever is possible is done for the boys. F or the spiritual for­
m ation o f the C atholic boys the Sodality o f the Bl. V irgin M ary affords
ab und ant help. For the smaller boys there is also the Eucharistic
Crusade. Both the Sodalists and the Crusaders have their weekly meet­
ings on Sunday evenings. Every m onth on the First Sunday we have a
H oly H ou r for all.
N oth ing is directly done by way o f Apostolate am ong the non-
Catholics. But prayers are recited before and after class. A course o f
m oral instruction is given to the non-Catholic boys by Fathers and
Catholic Teachers. D u rin g these instructions care is being taken to
instil in to the boys some notions about the existence o f one G o d , and
our duties to H im .
St Joseph’s High School

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 St Vincent’s Industrials
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
KOZHIKODE

H E N S O E V E R the word Industrials falls on our ears, their money­

W m aking motive prom ptly and painfully darts in to our m inds and
strikes at the very heart o f our spiritual ideals. M oney that is but
filthy lucre. Papini dubbed it “ devil’s d u n g ” . W h a t part can it
have in missionary enterprise? Y et no undertaking — be it never so

WORKSHOP and WOR KE R S

holy or heavenly — can do w ithout it. G o o d to remember at least

once a w h ile — “ and G o d saw all the things that H e had made, and
they were very good. ” A nd very good they remain until and unless
sinful m an contaminates them with evil purpose. M oney is means,
and can be turned to good account. This am ply justifies the existence
o f St Vincent’s Industrials Charitable Institutions.
Where eight and twenty years ago there spread only a net-work
o f narrow lanes and slushy by-paths, there range today piles o f stately

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buildings. In between stood a couple o f huts. In one, our orphans
were housed and in the other a black-smith and a carpenter were
shaping a few orphans into apprentices. Two handloo m s produced
enough yards of coarse cloth to keep the waifs in decency. Br A.
Spinelli saw to it.

The parabolical seed has since grown into m any ( pardon please
the p u n ) plants o f m a c h in e ry : mechanical, electrical, autom obile,
engineering, foundry, cabinet-making, weaving, printing and the like.
Today St V incent’s ranks am ong the foremost industrial establish-

ST V I N C E N T ' S COLONY SCHOOL

ments in M alabar. It employs labour to the extent o f 300 wage-

earners, and to fit these for various departments, the institution runs
its own technical school. Thus the orphans are taught useful trades
in which the proficients already earn their daily bread, and, if they
so choose, may start a career on their own in their villages.

Takings from all these industrial establishments is w holly dire­

cted to the m aintenance o f the three filial institutions:

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 1. St Vincent’s Home — A com posite institution, this holds a
creche for infants, a kindergarten, a recognised em broidery and dress­
m aking school, a rescue hom e and home for aged women. This is
maternally m anaged by the Sisters o f C harity.

2. S t Vincent’s C o lo n y — Started in 1944, this is progressing

and expanding by leaps and bounds. It comprises an orphanage for
girls, a Higher Elementary School for girls, a Higher Elementary
Training School for women and a home for aged men Thus for
homeless girls, St Vincent’s provides from infancy, through kinder­
garten and elementary schooling up to Training, and thus makes
them self-supporting for life. As trained C atholic teachers are m uch
in dem and, St Vincent’s T raining School satisfies an acute need.

FEROKE — OUR ORPHANS

3. The Little Flower Orphanage & Higher Elementary School a

Feroke — The orphans as well as the students of the school are
afforded all facilities to fit themselves for a good career. Destitute

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hoys at the close o f their schooling are taken to the Technical School
at St Vincent’s Industrials and are started for life.

F rom this it w ill be clear that our vast establishm ent serves its
charitable end, and contributes no little to evangelization. In fact,
what fields and farms, dwellings and edifices are for apostolate am ong
peasant people in mission stations, that our Industrials are am ong
the w orking classes o f urban p o pu latio n . In both we aim at saving
and serving souls.

To conduct our m an ifo ld activity two Jesuit Fathers and six

co adjutor Brothers devote their heart-whole attention and affection.
Theirs is a labour o f love for G o d ’s greater glory an d the salvation
o f souls. W hat better reward can they look for than to prom ote
G o d 's cause by supplying worthy members o f the C hurch, capable
citizens o f the M otherland and heirs to a crown in heaven ? So be i t !
J. M . Vergottini, S. J.

3s>aint V in ce n t be $aul

p v BLESSED V IN C E N T ! sent fcy G o J.

^ H is m e rc y to d is p e n s e ,
Thy hand is out o ’er a ll th e e a r th ,
L it e God s ow n p r o v id e n c e .

A ll c rie s of s u ffe r in g th r o u g h th e e a rth

U pon th y m e rc y c a ll,
As th o u g h th o u w e r t, lik e God H im s e lf,
A F a th e r u n to a ll.

W here hunger h id it s e lf to d ie ,
W ^h e re g u ilt in darkness d w e lt ,
T h y p le a s a n t s u n s h in e cam e by s t e a lt h .
Thy hand and h e art w e re f e lt .

W ^ h ile lo v e so o v e r w h e lm e d th y days
W ith t o i ls beyond com pare.
Thy life m id a ll th y c o u n t le s s w orks
W as one u n b ro k e n p rayer.

— Father Faber.

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 The Pulaya Mission
H A T is com m only called the “ Pulaya M ission ” is officially the
W N orth C hirakkal Vicariate at the Northern extremity o f the
Calicut Diocese.

Before 1939 there were no catholics there. A t present there are

10 churches or chapels, besides three convents with their own private
chapel, and 2500 New Converts.

It was Fr C aironi, S. J., w ho, having been stationed at Tali-

param ba, at the beginning o f his M issionary career, discovered the
possibility o f initiating conversion work am ong the Pulayas. From
his station on the hills he w ould survey the surrounding terrain, and
succeeded in m aking friends with some Pulayas o f Vadakke Bagam
( C h e ru k u n n u ). They were his first converts. But in spite o f much
opposition they were soon followed by others and soon a successful
movement was afoot. Realizing the necessity o f seizing the good
opportunity, Fr C aironi asked for helpers and obtained them. Frs
L om bardini, Zearo and John Sequeira were on the spot. Several centres
were opened up, and group after group followed each other in quick
succession for instruction and subsequently for Baptism. The first
impetus however slowed down on account o f various unfavourable
circumstances — foremost am ong these the war and the consequent
internment o f the Italian Fathers. It was fortunate that a num ber o f
Secular Priests were available and stepped into the breach to save the
work from ruin and to continue it. Even during the war, Fr C aironi,
from his internment cam p at Cannanore, continued to work for the
Pulayas. W hen he could not go to the Pulayas, the Pulayas went to
h im at Cannanore. W hen floods and cholera broke out, he wired to
the Collector and obtained permission to rush to his suffering people.
Thus he helped those distressed by the floods, he tended the cholera
stricken and brought them medicines and food. It was then that he was
often seen shouldering a heavy bag full with provisions, directing his
steps to this or that o f his M ission stations. W hen liberty was given him
he was again placed permanently at his post am ong the Pulayas.

Soon Fr Taffarel, and a little afterwards Fr Banfi came to Fr

C a iro n i’s assistance. The former however was immediately transferred
to M attul when Fr Sequeira joined the Novitiate.

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 O f all the Stations o f the Pulaya M ission, M a ttu l was the only
one to enjoy the continued services o f the Father w h o had f o u n d e d it
throughout the war period. Fr Sequeira unostentatiously p l o d d e d along
year after year. But when he left for the N ovitiate he was able

F r J o h n S e q u e ir a Fr A . D e l Z o tto

F r J . T a ffa re l F r P . C a ir o n i

Fr W . L onardi F r J. M o n ta n a ri

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to entrust to Fr Taffarel a well developed parish with nearly six
hundred souls, a School, and a large church, already tiled, though not
yet fully plastered.
Fr Taffarel stepped in, and with the pent up energy he had
gathered during the time spent in the P. O . W . cam p, started his work,
with the lofty ideal o f m aking M attul the model Parish o f the Mission.
The interior o f the C hurch was renewed and adorned by colourful
paintings o f Br B ig n a m i; new doors and w indow shutters were made,
an imitation-marble altar erected, and the church was completed in
every detail. Apace with the work o f the C hurch, went that o f the
Convent and Orphanage, and o f building houses for the converts. . .

W hilst this was going on at M a ttu l, another Father, whose

presence could not easily pass unnoticed, put up his appearance at
Payyanur. Fr M ontanari, stepped in quietly, m ade his plans and quickly
went into action. Those travelling by train, as they approach the
Payyanur station from the south and look towards the E lim ala range on
the west, cannot fail to notice a num ber o f tiled houses, very sim ilar to
each other and spread about on the plain, and around the Orphanage.
They are F r M o n ta n a ri’s work. The new St Joseph’s chapel was
also built by him . This chapel in Fr M o n ta n a ri’s plans was only
to be a temporary one, for he intended it to be turned into a
H ospital, or perhaps to b uild a hospital close to it. But Pattichal
claimed him , before he had time to carry out this and other no
less useful plans in the field o f agriculture.
In 1948 K unh im an galam , which had previously been a Su b -
Station o f Payyanur, had its own resident missionary in the person o f
F r A Del Zotto. It soon had also its little chapel, the gift o f a
M angalore Benefactor. Just about this time F r Sequeira was back
am ong the Pulayas at M ad ai, and Fr L onardi came to the assistance
o f Fr Caironi. Last year, a rearrangement o f the Missionaries brought
Fr Sequeira once again to M a ttu l, Fr Taffarel was posted to Cheru-
ku n nu and Fr C aironi to M ad ai.
W e must not fail to record the valuable assistance o f those
diocesan priests who came to save and continue the mission work,
especially during the war : Rev. Frs Ayyalore, Braganza, C hungath,
A . D ’Souza, G . D ’Souza, M achado, Menezes, M iran d a and lately Fr
Jacob. N o r m ay we overlook the splendid work o f the Ursuline
Sisters at Payyanur and at M attu l towards the education o f the
Pulaya children, and o f the Canossian Sisters for the uplift o f the
poor and fallen.

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 This missionary venture am ong the Pulayas has n o t been an
easy work. To the arduous task o f w inning their souls to Christ, the
missionaries have also to face the problem o f supporting the poor
people or securing for them the means o f livelihood. Hence necessitates
their most unpleasant, b ut no less necessary, w ork o f continued begging
for the uplift o f poor helpless Christians.
N ow , as we recall to m in d efforts and trials during the last
thirteen years o f toil, we have reason to render thanks to G o d , for
having enabled us to gather a fruitfu l harvest. It is true that there has
been some defection am ong the converts from Pulayas. But the greater
m ajority have remained faith ful to Christianity. The Missionaries fully
aware o f the reasons for the few failures, have not been slow to
apply the necessary remedies, by intensifying the instructions to the
catechumens and by lengthening the tim e o f probation, in order to
make sure o f the fidelity o f the converts.
The conversion work am ong the Pulayas is not at a stand still.
T hough spectacular results are not seen, at present, converts are com ing
in continually and we have every reason to hope that m any more w ould
be won over to our Faith, if only we could secure more missionaries and
material means to cultivate this prom ising field.
O n closing this brief account o f the Pulaya M ission, we take the
opportunity o f thanking all the generous benefactors who have helped
us in the past and who continue to help us, an d trustful o f their
continued assistance, we assure them o f the grateful prayers o f the
missionaries and o f their converts.
A. Del Zotto, S. J.

THANKSGIVING

The ro a r of th e w o r ld is in my ears.
T hank G od f o r th e roar o f th e w o r ld !
I hank God fo r th e m ig h t y tid e o f fe a rs
A g a in s t me a lw a y s h u r le d !

1hank God fo r th e b i t t e r and ce a s e le s s s tr ife .

And th e s t in g of H is c h a s t e n in g ro d I
1 hank G od fo r t h e stress and th e p a in of li f e .
And Oh. th a n k G od fo r G od!
Joyce Ki l mer

I’ age H fty s e r e n
 A Veteran
17ATHER Zearo is lo o k in g old and feeling older ow ing to the
toilsome care o f 5,764 parishioners and because o f the need o f some
urgent repairs and extensions o f the chapels and schools for his
vast flock scattered over an extensive region o f hills and dales and
marshy fields o f M anantoddy in W ynaad. The menace o f growing
unem ploym ent, accentuated on
account o f the dire distress caused
by the recent fam ine, has aged
him all the more.

But the good old Missionary

is not balked for all that. He
still retains his smiles and sang­
froid, despite the most trying
situation, and is pleased to re­
count only the spiritual successes
in his ministry. W ith a joyous
heart he inform s us that his work
is fruitful and his consolations
many. W ithin the last nine
m onths, he had the happiness o f
baptizing 273 and o f assisting
92 persons at their death-bed.
Long live Father Zearo to give
a more detailed account o f his
glorious work at the centenary
Rev. Fr A. Zearo, S. j. o f C alicut Mission !
L. C.

P age F ifty e itfh i

 C O N S E C R A T IO N
OF

St Jude’s Shrine, Chundale, Wynaad

44 A L L the earth shall worship Thee, O G o d , and shall sing unto Thee:
They shall sing unto Thy N a m e ........Bless we the L ord ..........
Tl anks be to G o d .”
As the R t Rev. A. M . Patroni, S. J., Bishop o f C alicut, sang
these praises to A lm ighty G o d , a th rill o f jo y and awe went through the

St Jude’s Newly Consecrated Shrine

( I n s e t : The Mos t Rev. A. M. Pat r oni , S. J. assisted by Rev. M. Vendramin, S. J . )

hearts o f the crowd that had assembled on the 13th o f October 1953 for
the Consecration service o f St Ju d e’s Shrine, at Chundale. A t the close
o f the solemn ceremony, Bishop Patroni, clothed in white G o th ic vest­
ments, ascended the beautifully decorated H igh A ltar to offer the H oly
Sacrifice for the first time in the newly consecrated Shrine.
A t long last a beautiful church has been erected in honour o f
St Jude at Chundale, where the faithful in greater numbers will glorify

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and praise G o d by their fervent prayers, and pay their special homage to
St Jude, especially by invok ing his aid in all their trials and difficulties.

Striking is the story o f this Shrine o f St Jude at Chundale.

Some 25 years back a small piece o f land was donated to the Church
and soon an Elementary School was started on the same spot. As the
num ber o f Christians round about C hundale was fast increasing, the
need o f a church was felt. In 1935, Rev. Fr V ictor de R ozario, S. J.,
who was then in charge o f this station, acquired 5 acres o f land near the
school, and decided to build a church in honour o f St Jude. In 1941,
the devotion to this W onder W orker was started with great earnestness.
A couple o f years later, having received a precious relic o f this great
Apostle and M artyr, this devotion began to spread more rapidly, not
only all over In d ia , but also in several other countries.

W ith a view to build a fitting Shrine in h o n o ur o f this great

Saint, Fr de Rozario soon started “ St Ju d e ’s Shrine B uilding
F und ” . Thanks to his initiative and to the generous offerings from
the Saint Jude’s clients and from other benefactors, Rev. Fr
Aloysius Silva, S. J. the present Parish Priest, has been able to
build the new church to enshrine the relics o f St Jude.

Chundale thus stands today, adorned with a beautiful, co n ­

secrated church. A spacious residence for Priests is built alon g­
side o f the church and a little farther is the convent o f the Sisters
o f Charity and a Higher Elementary School with 326 pupils. The
Catholic population o f the parish numbers over 2600 souls. The
clients o f St Jude may well be proud o f this C atholic centre o f
W ynaad.

St Jude s Shrine at Chundale, assuredly will inspire ever

more, devotion to and confidence in the great Apostle, the w orld’s
W onder W orker, the Saint o f the Helpless. M any have turned
to his assistance in the past ; these and m any more in future will
have recourse to his powerful aid and will not fail to find favours
they need and desire.

M. Yendramin, S. J.

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 Th e Jesuits in C a l i c u t
( A Laym an 8 Im pression )

rpH E Society o f Jesus has now been w orking in C alicut for seventy
A five years and when we look back, we find a long record o f their
devoted and selfless labour for the spiritual and m aterial well-being
o f those com m itted to their charge. O n every side we see institutions
and edifices raised by them, which speak volumes for their zeal,
energy and drive, but perhaps the best testimony o f the success o f
their mission is the active C atholic life they have been able to
infuse into the lethargic C atholic com m unity they fo un d here on
their arrival.

The activities o f the Jesuits in C alicut fall roughly into two

periods. D urin g the first period, C alicut was a part o f the Diocese
o f M angalore, while in the second period, C alicut has been a
separate diocese and the headquarters o f the Jesuit Mission. A
cursory glance over the work o f the Society here in M alab ar, m ight
create the impression that, during the first period, the Jesuits devoted
all their attention to M angalore, while C alicut was m aintained on
a caretaker basis. For in M alabar, during the first period, there
were perhaps three parishes, one small high school, two m iddle
schools, a few chapels and the Catholics num bered a few thousands.
N ow , in the second period, we find num erous parishes, three high
schools, a large num ber o f elementary schools and orphanages and
Catholics in tens o f thousands. One w ould be inclined to say that
the Jesuits waited for C alicu t to be erected into a separate diocese
to start work in dead earnest in M alabar.

This w ould be an erroneous conclusion. O n the other h an d ,

the Jesuits threw themselves heart and soul into the work that lay
before them the. m om ent they set foot in C alicut and it was very
hard work too, as there were only a handful o f lukew arm Catholics
and few institutions. Besides, the m any institutions started for the
benefit o f the whole o f the then M angalore Diocese, had, o f necessity,
to be located in M angalore, because that tow n was a far more
im portant Catholic centre. It w ould have been ridiculous to have
built the college or the seminary in C alicut. The Diocese was
worked as -a whole and these m a jo r institutions were for the benefit
o f the whole Catholic com m unity in the two districts.

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 About h alf a century ago, the C alicut parish was rather
extensive with an area o f about five square miles and with a Catholic
population o f about four thousand. To cater for the needs o f this
parish, there was a church and a sm all school, m anned by three
priests, who had to do all the usual parochial duties and the work
in the school besides. The assistant vicar, Rev. P. J. Repetto S. J.,
was the headmaster. In his time the school was raised to the
standard o f a high school. He was also the clerk, the librarian,
and he taught Algebra, Geom etry, A rithm etic an d Physics in the
high school classes. A stern disciplinarian he was, and it was rare
to see him on the school premises w ithout his cane. However,
Father Repetto was highly appreciated both by his parishioners and
his pupils. They saw that he did not spare himself, but that
he drove him self hard for their sake, so hard in fact, that
later, when he was Superior o f the mission and Vicar General, even
his iron constitution cracked under the strain. The memory of
Father Repetto will always be treasured by his parishioners and
his pupils because through his stern exterior there always beamed
his m agnanim ity, sincerity and benignity.

O f such sort were the men sent to M alab ar during the first
period. The field o f their activities was extensive, their work was
very heavy and they were few in numbers, but nothing daunted
them and they cheerfully undertook the labours that befell them.
W h at they lacked in numbers they m ade up by their zeal and
unrem itting labours, with the result that at the end of the first
period we find in M alabar three flourishing parishes and three efficient
Catholic schools. This was to form the nucleus o f the new Calicut
Diocese.

W hen Calicut was made the see o f a bishop, R t Rev. Dr

Paul Perini S. J. was appointed as its first bishop. He had then
been for several years the Bishop o f M angalore cum Calicut. But
now the Catholic population o f his entire new diocese did not equal
the num ber o f Catholics just in the town o f Mangalore, but like
a true Jesuit, he cheerfully came dow n to Calicut and started
systematically to lay securely the foundations o f the new diocese.
In this His Lordship was ably supported by Very Rev. J. D . Alberti,
S. J., who was the Superior o f the M ission and the Vicar General.
Between them they did most o f the spade work for the new diocese.

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 As M a lab ar by itself was far too small for a diocese, the
W ynaad was tacked on. There were then in the W ynaad churches
at Vayitiri, M eppadi, M a n a n to d d y and K anniam betta. The whole
place was ridden with m alaria. In K anniam b e tta there is a tribe
of hillm en called K urichars. They are cultivators and each holds
from the church a fair-sized plot o f land, but they were in a state
of chronic indebtedness. The Jesuit father in charge paid off their
debts and settled definitely the boundaries o f the land held by each.
But he was seriously ham pered in his work. His diet was very
poor as he had to be satisfied w ith w hat his K urichar cook dishen
up for h im out o f rice and the vegetables and herbs available on
the spot. M alaria too found h im an easy victim.

A nother station lay in the foothills o f the Western G hats.

It was miles away from the nearest village an d the only means o f
access was by a jung le footpath. Here a small hill was cleared and
a hut was built o f bam boo and thatched w ith grass to serve as chapel
and residence for the priest. F ro m the hut, in the daytim e, you
could perceive wild elephants m oving through the jungle glades and
at night, they came over to inspect the residence of the Father.
Catholics were scattered th ro ugh out the jungle and if the priest
wished to visit any o f them , he had to w alk through thickets for a
considerable distance with no prospect o f shelter from inclement
weather.

In stations like these scattered over the diocese, Jesuits even

now are carrying on their mission unknow n to the world, unknow n
even to the Catholics in the towns o f M alabar. Perhaps it m ay just
be known that some priests are stationed in these outlandish places,
but the privations they have to suffer or the superhum an for­
titude required o f them to stay at their posts and carry out their
ministry are not realized. O f course they do not wish that this
should be advertized. Sometimes you do see some account o f these
missionaries in print, w hich give you the impression that they are
happy. They are indeed happy to bring the consolation o f the
gospel to poor ignorant people — but at what a price? N o one
can realize it unless he sees it for himself.

Besides these missionary stations, m any institutions have been

springing up rapidly under efficient Jesuit organization. In Calicut
there is a seminary for Jesuits. A medical mission has been operat­
ing for some years at M a rik u n n u near Calicut and has become

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very popular in the neighbourhood. The Diocese has its own press
and publishes a paper in the vernacular. Churches, schools and
chapels have been increasing steadily in num ber and strength. There
are three high schools in the diocese and a num ber o f elementary
schools are scattered all over the district. Students from all castes
and com m unities flock to these to take advantage o f the excellent
educational facilities offered in them.

W h a t is surprising is that the C alicut Jesuit M ission has been

able to achieve so m uch, while labouring under a serious handicap —
lack o f funds. That it has been able to do so m uch is due to
the apostolic spirit which animates every one o f its members.
Their Society richly deserves its fame, for whether they teach in a
seminary or in a college, whether they work in a parish or in a
mission field, they are all alike actuated by one motive — the greater
glory o f G o d .

H. de Rozariu, B. A. B. L.
 THE ENGINEER

THE, Lord may give you an engine

A couple of cars for a train.
Good rails and a solid roadbed
Through life's inviting plain.

He may even give you a helper

To shovel the dusty coal.
A good supply of water
And oil for every control.

Rut you must know your engine,

bach wheel and throttle and gear.
And you must direct all power,
For you are the engineer.

You must be watchful and faithful.

Spepd up and slow down with care.
And keep the engine agoing
In dreary weather and fair.

And when your career is ended

With all its grief and cheer.
The Master will proudly tell you :
" W ell done, my good engineer.

F. M. L.

P a g e S ix t y f ir e

#
 St Jo s e p h ’s College
BANGALORE

HEN an institution has flourished for a long time, it is but natural

W that
St Aloysius
it should m ultiply its fruits by sending out branches.
College had served the cause o f C atholic education in
M angalore for well nigh 60 years when it reached the m aturity to give
start to a new foundation. But the time and m anner o f doing this was
entirely the work o f D ivine Providence. The Paris Foreign Mission
Fathers had founded and built up step by step St Joseph’s, Bangalore
until it was the envy o f every educational institution in Mysore But in
1937 the Calicut Jesuit Mission was called upon to come to their aid.
So our Fathers had not so m uch to begin a new institution as to carry

ST J O S E P H ’S COLLEGE COMMUNITY

on the excellent tradition o f generations o f French Fathers who had

endeared themselves to one and all by their selfless and energetic
work for youth.

We shall first give a brief sketch o f St Joseph’s before the advent

o f the Jesuits.

The garden city o f Bangalore with its bracing climate and

natural charm is ideally suited to the cultivation o f the tenderest o f all
plants, the minds and hearts o f the young. The m any European

l ’ut»e S lx ty six
residents early suggested the starting o f a school for European boys.
This idea was realized when the first batch o f European boys began
classes in St Joseph's Sem inary at St J o h n ’s H ill in 1858 (T h e m any
Old Boys and well-wishers o f St Joseph’s are eagerly aw aiting the com ­
ing Centenary). A t first the school was meant only for Europeans and
Anglo-Indians. But progressively more and more Indians who wanted
to avail themselves o f the English type o f education were adm itted In
spite o f obscure beginnings, under the leadership o f successive enlighten­
ed Rectors, the school rapidly grew in num bers and popularity. Already
at the turn o f the century, there were 100 Boarders and 89 D ay Scholars.
Then the num ber went o n increasing until it reached the peak figure o f
447 in 1919 ( t h e highest num ber o f Boarders was 250 in 1921-1922 ).
W ith this material advance, im provem ent in intellectual and moral
training kept pace. Soon St Joseph’s was recognized as one o f the
leading European schools in In d ia .

In order to com plete the education o f the alum n i, the starting o f

a University College was a n atural step. F. A. classes were begun in
the present Bishop’s House. The new College b uild in g on the Residency
Road was com pleted in 1925. The follow ing year the College was raised
to the First Grade.

Another offshoot o f the E. H . School, which today has undergone

the proverbial transform ation o f the m ustard seed, is the In d ia n H igh
School. It was started in 1904. But in 1912 was built that im posing
three-storeyed structure w hich was a symbol o f the preeminence the
school w ould one day attain. In tim e St Louis B oarding House, two
furlongs from the school, was added. This has a playfield attached to it.
Later another field on M a h a tm a G a n d h i R o a d was also acquired.

“ Fide et L ahore," ( By Faith and T o il) is the inspiring m otto

that the good French Fathers gave their boys — thus as it were preparing
the way for the Jesuits, whose Founder was fond o f advising : “ Let
this be your first rule o f action : “ act as if you were alone ; at the same
time so confide in G o d as if the whole success o f your enterprise
depended entirely on H im .”

The French Fathers had made m any sacrifices for their institution.
But in 1937 they had to m ake the greatest, revealing the depth o f their
love. In their solicitude, they foresaw that ow ing to falling recruitment
in their ranks, they could not hold on m uch longer w ithout ruining what
they had built up at such cost. They called upon the Calicut Jesuit
Mission to take their place. In the first few years men came from Jesuit

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Missions all over In d ia and two Fathers from the old staff remained for
some time to m ake the change over easier.

The story o f St Joseph’s during the Jesuit period and the position
o f the institution at present will be described according to the three
sections.

I. College
U ntil 1950 the College was affiliated to the University o f M a d r a s ;
now to the University o f Mysore. There are Interm ediate and Degree
courses in Arts, Science and Commerce. K an n a d a, T am il, Telugu,
H indi, Sanscrit, U rdu , French and L atin are taught as Second
Languages.

D urin g the last few years the strength o f the College has been
more than doubled ( 1001 at present). This has created a problem of
\ accom m odation. In
—...... •■
1952 a new Labo­
ratory for Chemis­
try was finished
and occupied. This
year a completely
new block for the
Commerce Depart­
ment has been built
on Lalbagh Road.
To accommodate
COLLEGE the increasing num ­
ber of students
from outside a new Hostel in artistic semi-circular style has been
erected. The Chapel attached to it is open also to the public.

As the primary aim o f the College is the ‘ Catholic education of

Catholic students’, several means are used to bring this about. Religion
is taught for two hours a week. There is a weekly instruction. The
Catholic G u ild (th e local unit o f the Pax Rom ana or the International
Catholic Students Federation ) serves to enlighten the students on
Catholic principles concerning social, national and international life ;
and it also links them with other C atholic students in India and the
world at large in a bond o f C atholic solidarity. Then there is the
Sodality o f the Blessed Virgin M ary for a select few to train a Catholic

P ag e S ix t y e ig h t
elite in piety and zeal. The Sodality also runs a Study C lu b . There is
also an annual retreat.
The non-Catholics are given a course on M o ral Science. Besides
this care is taken to inculcate in them integrity and discipline so m uch
needed in our times.

The various extra-curricular activities are an im portant feature o f

College life. The College U n io n with its accessory Language and
Subject Associations train the boys in leadership and public speaking,
besides serving as a means of brotherly unity and also o f enlightenm ent
on current literary, scientific an d social topics. The Oratorical and
Book Review Societies with their organ ‘ The Beacon ’ have been
recently started to cater to the needs o f the more enthusiastic. The
Dramatic Society tries to develop the histrionic talents o f the students.
An activity o f grow ing popularity and answering an urgent need is the
Social Service League. A band o f selfless workers render hum ane
service in the slum areas o f the city.
Games like Cricket, F ootb all, Hockey, Tennis are widely played.
In the inter-collegiate tournam ents and athletic meets, the College teams
perform creditably. There is also a un it o f the N atio n al Cadet Corps
providing the advantages o f m ilitary training to 60 students.

2. European High School

This school prepares candidates for the Cam bridge Senior School
Certificate and Bangalore European H igh School Exam inations.
A t present it has 400 boys on the rolls o f w hom 300 are Catholics.
There are 160 Boarders o f w hom Catholics num ber 140.

The principal aim o f the school is to give a sound religious and

moral training to the pupils. G reat care is taken to inculcate in them
right principles o f conduct, to cultivate in them gentlemanly manners,
and habits o f regularity and cleanliness. The pupils are constantly
under the supervision o f the Fathers.

Every m orning all C atholic students begin the day with a com m on
Visit to the Blessed Sacrament. Then religious instruction is given for
half an hour on four days in the week and a sermon preached once a
week. A Father is in charge o f the religious instruction in the middle
and High School Sections. A Father also takes the M o ra l Science class
tor non-Catholics twice a week. T hough secular instruction occupies
the greater part o f the day’s program m e, the whole is permeated with a

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 religious spirit as all but two members o f the staff are religious or good
C atholic laymen or women.

There is a special Spiritual Father to w hom the C atholic boys go

for confession and advice. He is also the D irector o f the Sodality o f
O u r Lady and o f the Senior and Ju n io r Crusaders. These meet once a
week at different times for prayer and instruction. Members o f the
A ltar Boys G ro u p vie with one another in their eagerness to serve at the
Altar. A retreat is conducted once a year for all C atholic boys (when
possible also a closed retreat for a select few ). Im p o rtan t festivals
are celebrated, when attendance is compulsory.

The m any extra-curricular activities are considered as an essential

part o f the p u p il’s training. According to the good old tradition sports
and games occupy
an im portant part
( the school has two
large play fields).
The annual Sports
D ay is one o f the
most colourful in
the whole o f Ban­
galore. A swim­
m ing pool ( legacy
o f the last French
Principal FrC ollart)
p r o v id e s healthy
and delightful exer­
E UROP EAN HIGH S C H O O L
cise. Scouting and
C ubbing are held
in high esteem. D ram as and concerts, orchestra and choir give am ple
scope for the development o f the aesthetic talents. A ll the activities in
the school are organized according to the House System. So, studies,
games, dramatics and even good behaviour are occasions for healthy
• rivalry and em ulation am ong the boys. The school uniform , anthem
and crest are frequent reminders to the boys to live up to the best
traditions o f the school.

The Boarders o f this section are ‘ the apple o f the eye ’ o f the
whole institution. This is because o f the utm ost care that is bestowed
on them and o f the fact that they live in the same building as the Fathers.
A young Jesuit is directly in charge o f the ‘ m iddle ’ and ‘ big ’ boys,
while the kids are under.the m aternal care o f a devoted m atron. D aily
Mass, Rosary in co m m o n and facilities for private devotions feed their
spiritual life while they have the best o f everything in the matter
of games etc.

3. Indian High School

From small beginnings 50 years ago, the school is risen today to
be considered the premier institution o f its kind in the Mysore State.
It has an average strength o f about 1300. There are three Departm ents
— Primary (Classes I I I and I V ) ; M idd le (C l. V and Form s I, 11 and III);
High School, (Form s IV , V, V I). Form erly the pupils were prepared for
the Madras S. S. L. C . and the Bangalore L. S. E. But now Mysore
S. S. L. C. and M id dle School Exam inations have taken their
place. Alm ost all the boys are day scholars. The Boarders num ber
only 60 about.
The school is well-known for its excellent results ( often as high
as 96°,, in the H igh School and 100^ in the M id dle School.)

INDIAN HIGH SCHOOL

Special attention is paid to the religious and m oral training o f the

pupils. Catholic boys have religion classes for h a lf an hour everyday
and an instruction once a week. Once a year there is a three days
retreat both in English and in T am il. The school has also its own
Sodality o f the Blessed V irgin M ary.
The M ajority o f the boys are non-Catholics. A ll ( including
Catholics ) have a m oral Science Class o f 45 m in. every week. Four
times a day before and after each session, a special bell is rung when all
boys stand in silent prayer. This has been found to be very effective.

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 Extra-curricular activities are m uch insisted upon. Gam es and
Sports, Scouting and C u b b in g play an im p ortant part in the school
program m e. The Scout troop is acknowledged to be the best in the
State, and year after year ihe school wins the lio n ’s share o f trophies in
inter-school Sports and tournam ents. Boys are also trained in citizen­
ship. Both the M iddle and the H igh School Departm ents have an
Assembly o f their own divided into six groups called ‘ Houses ’ . Each
has its own G overnor and a C aptain elected by the boys themselves.
Debates are also a regular feature.

Although each section has its own Principal and organization, the
three are held together by the same purpose and m otto and the cooper­
ation o f the religious working in each. They have also a com m on head,
namely the Rector. The union o f the three institutions is publicly
demonstrated every year by the com m on celebration o f the Feast
o f St Ignatius.
S. J.

“ Remember, three things come not back:

The arrow sent upon its track —
It will not swerve, it will not stay
Its speed, it flies to wound or slay;
The spoken word, so soon forgot
By thee, but it has perished n o t;
In other words, 'tis living still,
And doing work for good or i l l ;
And the lost opportunity
That cometh back no more to thee —
In vain thou weepest, in vain dost yearn ;
Those three will never more return.”

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 Our Absent Brethren
F eventually — in G o d ’s ow n tim e — the C alicut M ission will deve­
I lop into an independent Province, it ought to possess all its own
Houses o f F orm ation. W ill this have com e ab o u t at the centenary
celebration? M eanw hile, though we run our own N ovitiate and
Juniorate, our young m en have to seek farther afield for Philosophy,
a three year course at Shem baganur ( in the M ad u ra P rovin ce ), for
Theology, a full four years’ study in either K urseong ( i n the C a l­
cutta Vice-Province) or Poona ( i n the Poona M is s io n ), and for
Tertianship, a ten-month long “ third p ro b a tio n ” at La Providence,
Kodaikanal ( in the M ad u ra P ro v in c e ). The photos o f our students
in Shem baganur, P oona and K urseong appear here. But the
Tertians being now dispersed for their m issionary experiment, we
may just m ention their n a m e : F athers Andrew Lewis, Varghese
Maliakkal, Francis M ath ias and Eric Vas.

°U R P H IL O SO P H E R S
at Sacred H eart College Shembaganur
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at De N obili College, Poona

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at St Mary’s College, Kurseong

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 Our Procurators Overseas
| p A R apart from each other and far away from us here, by thousands
o f miles o f land and sea, these two Fathers
are spending their livelong laborious days in
be h alf o f our M ission. T hough abroad, their
hearts are w holly w ith us. Their ceaseless toil
and continuous sacrifices have brought us again
and again helpful a id th at we sorely needed.
Eut their w ork is often enough thankless. Once
F r V. C ih ilard i, ». J.
on an occasion ^ jn A rgentina)
they m ight strike
on some lavish source — perhaps —
but m ostly, m any and more are
the misses w hich only the recording
angel counts and perfect justice o f All-
seeing Eye rates for reward. Our
hearts go out to them gratefully.

Hr S. Springhetti, S. J.
( in Italy )

To all our kind and generous co-operators, we all,

Fathers, Scholastics, Brothers and Novices in the Calicut
Mission convey through this our accredited organ, our
sincere and prayerful T H A N K S on this festive day of
our

T f Lissioa s d i a m o n d Ja& ifee

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 OUR INCOMPLETE BURSES
Seeking your Support

A BURSE is a scholarship based on the annual

interest of a sum of money domted for the
continued support of one Jesuit student from
the day of his entrance into the Society to his
ordination to the priesthood. When he is ordained
it will be devoted to another boy, and so on,
generation after generation.

Won’t you please help us to complete a Burse —

EITHER BY DO N A T ION NOW OR BY A LEGACY
IN YO U R W ILL.
SACRED HEART II Previously acknowledged Rs. 10,060/-
Miss C. D ’Souza, Rs. 500; N. N , Rs. 100; Miss C. Burgraff;
Rs. 46 ; M rs. Ed. Schallitz, Rs. 117 ; Miss L. Vivolo, Rs. 186 ;
N. N. Rs. 15 : Miss E. Colaco, Rs. 25 ; Miss C. McCortnic,
Rs. 52 ; Miss A. Altmiks, Rs. 118.
OU R LADY Previously acknowledged Rs. 11,6961-
Mrs A. F. Yates, Rs. 38 ; Miss J. Hildebrandt, Rs. 70 ; Miss
P. Pongrace, Rs. 290; Mrs R. Ockleford, Rs. 66 ; Mrs. T.
Coelho. Rs. 5 ; N. N. Rs. 10; Mrs A. J. Mascarenhas, Rs. 20;
Miss M. Donnelly, Rs. 472 : Mr. C. Batzinger, Rs. 22; Mrs
A. Aranha, Rs. 100; Mr L. Cardoza, Rs. 15.
O U R LADY’S D O W R Y . Previously acknowledged Rs. 3,269/-
(St Joseph’s College, Bangalore)
OUR LADY of
M OUNT CARM EL Previously acknowledged Rs. 3,199/-
R. V., Rs. 5.
ST JO SE P H : Previously acknowledged Rs. 8,238/-
Miss R. K., Rs. 370 ; Miss C. Crotty, Rs. 46; Miss G. C.,
Rs. 65 ; Miss M . Utz, Rs. 22 ; Mrs M. Valladares, Rs. 20.
ST JO SE P H II Previously acknowledged Rs. 17,885/-
ST IGNATIUS Previously acknowledged Rs. 11,784/-
ST ALOYSIUS Previously acknowledged Rs. 4.856/-
S. M. L. St Aloysius College, Rs. 25.
LITTLE FLOW ER Previously acknowledged Rs. 2,232/-
Miss T. Heinz, Rs. 1,412 ; Miss M. Petranton, Rs. 22; Miss
V. Zoller, Rs. 78 ; N. N. Rs. 100.
ST JU D E &
ST PH ILO M EN A Previously acknowledged Rs. 2,108/-
Miss S. Richardson, Rs. 46; Mrs L. Mathias, Rs. 20; Mrs
T. J. Walsh, Rs. 4 6 ; Mrs. J. Cunneen, Rs. 13.
FR GONSALVES
BURSE Previously acknowledged Rs. 5.655/-
N. B : The best and safest way to m ake O ur prayerful thanks
your help reach us is by cheque. to all who have helped us, and
Money realised on it is appreciably a renewed r e q u e s t
more than on bills and notes. The to complete our Burses
next best is by m oney order. THE pro curato r
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