No: 483 NEWSLETTER OF JESUIT ANDHRA PROVINCE
Pope’s Prayer Intention, July 2023
For a Eucharistic life
Let us pray that Catholics place
at the centre of their lives
the Eucharistic Celebration,
which transforms human relationships
profoundly and opens up
an encounter with God
and their brothers and sisters.
APPOINTMENTS BY FR GENERAL
Fr. Primitivo Jun Viray : President, JCAP
FR. PROVINCIAL’S PROGRAMME:
JULY 2023:
1-3 Memorial Service, Kallambedu, TN
4 St Thomas Hospital, Chennai
13 Online Meeting with Superiors
14 Memorial Service to Fr M Louis Philip,
St Pat’s, Sec’bad
15-16 Consult, LITDS, Katukapalli & KD Peta
21 Online Meeting with Coordinators
22 Meeting with CDF, JCSA
Online Meeting with DoWs – Sec Edn
24 Online Meeting with DoWs – Coll Edn
JULY 2023
OUR PRAYER IN THIS MONTH OF JULY
Lord Jesus, teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve you as you deserve,
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labor and not to look for reward,
except that of knowing that I do your will.
Take Lord, and receive all my liberty,
my memory, my understanding, and my entire will,
all that I have and possess.
Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it.
All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will.
Give me Thy love and thy grace,
for this is sufficient for me.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
EXTENDED CONSULT: SUNDAY, 13 AUGUST, 2023
Fr. I. Dominic Sundararaj, SJ, is made Professore
Straordinario in the Faculty of Biblicum Institute, Rome.
Congratulations, Professor! God bless you!
Fr. C. Vana Chinnappa, SJ, is arriving on 6 June, 2023,
and will be in Andhra-Telangana for a month.
Deacon M. Sridhar Thomas, SJ, will be back in the
Province on 4 August, 2023, and will be doing his
Diaconate Ministry.
Deacon S. Karunakar, SJ, is doing his Diaconate
Ministry in Amalapuram Parish.
 ANANDA JYOTHI, NAGARNUNANAGAR:
“A Jesuit is one who commits himself to do what
God wants him to do”. The month of May and
June were filled with many activities and events.
All the novices were busy as a bee with prepa-
rations for the Vows Day on 21st June 2023. In
addition, we had some classes on Ecology by Fr
Emmanuel Sebastian SJ. We participated in a
seminar organized by Fr AXJ Bosco SJ with regard
to new trends in RSS and BJP. These workshops
filled us with boldness to take steps to care for
mother earth and the society. The second year
Novices went for their home experiment.
As the academic year stated from 1st of June the
first-year novices visited the shrine at Gunadala
and received the blessings from Mother Mary.
The first-year novices went to Katrapadu parish for
the platinum Jubilee celebrations and assisted at
the altar on 5th of June. On 10th we celebrated
the birthday of G Amruthraj, a first-year novice.
On 11th June we gave farewell to Br Bhoge, who
gave a wonderful message to us: “Be happy &
be with God wherever you go”. On the same day
the second year Novices began their annual re-
treat guided by Fr Peram Peter SJ. Ananda Jyothi
community started a new life by the entry of the
new Superior Fr B. Ashok SJ and the new minis-
ter Br B. Thomas SJ. The seven would be Novices
reached the Novitiate on 16th of June and dou-
bled our joy. G. Vamsi, NSJ
MINISTRIES OF LECTOR & ACOLYTE:
Conferred by Fr. P. Balashowry, SJ, Rector, ALC,
Delegated by Fr. Provincial - 20 June 2023
FIRST VOWS OF 9 OF OUR NOVICES
21 JULY 2023
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SANJEEVAN NIWAS, VIJAYAWADA:
The months of May and June in Sanjeevan Niwas
have been a mixture of a variety of activities and
feelings for the Sanjeevan community. Some of us
were in vacation mode, and a few others were
in intensive work mode. We were very glad and
felt privileged to take part in the province gath-
ering that made us aware of our Jesuit roots and
enabled us to familiarize ourselves with our Jesu-
its in Andhra Province. There was a flow of Jesu-
it scholastics of different stages to Sanjeevan as
the Xavier hostel became the transit house for the
scholastics.
On May 17, we, the Sanjeevan scholastics,
packed our luggage and travelled to Hindupur
for our Scholastics’ Meet. A few of us couldn’t at-
tend because of our internship programme. Our
third year scholastics returned from Samaikya af-
ter five days, while the first years stayed on for their
annual retreat. The Sanjeevan community had its
farewell dinner to the third years on May 31.
The first years, along with the junior scholastics, re-
turned to Sanjeevan on June 2. On June 2, Schs.
Aravind and Gopi left Sanjeevan for Pune for their
philosophy studies. First-year students are intently
preparing for their mid- and end-semester exam-
inations. Sch. Y. Naveen is also busy writing his end
semester examinations. On June 3, our third year
Scholastics went to Vizag for their annual retreat
and returned on June 13. Schs. Manoj, Anil, and
Vamshi went to Amalapuram for their ministry.
Sch. S. Vijay is in Darsi assisting Sch. Donald as he
is ill. At present, our juniors and would-be juniors
are busy practising hymns for the Vows Day of the
second year novices.
Sch. T. Wilson S.J.
ADILABAD-ASIFABAD MISSION:
Fr. Amal attended the get-together of the Sacer-
dotal Golden Jubilarians of 1973 Vidyajyoti batch,
Delhi, from 3rd to 9th of May. He was happy to
meet his Sacerdotal Golden Jubilee friend Fr.
Joe Kallaringat at Kolkata. The get-together was
a great spiritual experience for him as the group
recalled the fond memories of their companions,
professors, memorable events and had in-depth
sharing of their own 50 years of priestly life. Fr.
Prathap attended the Young Priests’ retreat at Ko-
daikanal from 3rd to 10th and returned to Utnoor
on 13th, spiritually invigorated, mentally relaxed
and physically re-energized. Catechism classes
were arranged for Catholic students of Utnoor
parish from 15th May. Fr. Prathap took Scripture
classes for these students till 24th and joined his
family members for a pilgrimage to Velankanni.
He returned on 4th June. Fr. Amal was away to be
with his family members in Tamilnadu and to bless
a wedding at Kurnool diocese from 13th to 28th
May. He was busy in the next five days drafting an
action plan for Adilabad Mission for the months of
June to December 2023.
We welcomed Scholastics Lavanya Kumar and
Vishal from Satya Nilayam, Chennai, who came to
assist in our mission on 4th June. They were with us
assisting in our mission from 4th June to 13thJune.
They visited the villages, even the remotest ones,
like Mahaduguda and Dubbaguda, registered
the school-going children with their names, gen-
der, age, class, name of the school, location and
address. This registration is of great help to know
the total number of children from our 16 adopted
villages of Jodeghat area and from each village,
studying in the different schools of Kerameri man-
dal, as well as to accompany them in the pursuit
of their education. They also helped to complete
the survey on the youth of our villages in Kerameri
area. We found from this survey that there are 212
young people in the age group between 15 and
25. Around 95% of them are school dropouts. We
will soon initiate a conversation with the director of
YES-J as to what should be done for these youth.
We are grateful to Sch. Sunit Toppo from De Nobili
College, Pune, and Sch. Lavanya kumar and Sch.
Vishal from Satya Nilayam, Chennai, for their ded-
icated work in our mission and for assisting us in the
above-mentioned works.
The academic year 2023-24 began on 12th in all
our Ashram schools. We motivated our children to
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be in the schools on the very first day of the aca-
demic year. We did not meet with the expected
success due to lack of water facilities and the ex-
treme heat of summer. We hope that all our chil-
dren will be in the schools by 24th June. Most of
our adopted Ashram highs schools were busy with
the students who failed in the SSC public exam
2023. The teachers were preparing them for the
supplementary exam which began on 14th June.
We visited those schools and encouraged them
to write their exams well.
Our Carmel Junior College was the talk of the
town as the results of the intermediate board
exam were announced. The college got the 3rd
and 4th state ranks. The intermediate result for
the academic year 2022-23 was 85%. We are
very happy with the progress that we are making
in the Junior College. We will have three voca-
tional courses introduced at intermediate level
from the academic year 2023-24. Campaigns
are going on with the help of our staff, for new
admissions. We hope that our pass percentage,
the state ranks and the introduction of vocational
courses will bring more number of students to our
junior college.
We celebrated the 50th birthday of Fr. Xavier Rex
in a meaningful way. We had mass in the morn-
ing at the convent Chapel followed by breakfast
in the convent. The teaching and non-teaching
staff of Carmel Academy came in groups and
individually to greet Fr. Rex, during the day. Our
Bishop, too, came personally and wished Fr. Rex.
In the evening we had a prayer service conduct-
ed by Fr. Amal followed by dinner. More than 40
priests, sisters and lay staff participated at the
prayer service and dinner. June 4th was a sad
day for Fr. Rex as his maternal uncle Fr. Louis Philip
SJ passed away. We were in solidarity with him in
his grief and prayed for the repose of the soul of
Fr. Louis Philip. He attended the funeral of Fr. Lou-
is Philip in Dindigul on 5th and returned to Man-
damarri.
Four theologians of Missionaries of Compassion
were at Utnoor parish for their exposure program.
They visited our areas of work on 16th and were
highly motivated at the cordial relationship that is
between us and the Tribals and the way we an-
imate the tribal people. Fr. Prathap continues to
assist the Parish Priest by regularly offering weekly
Mass at Kothagudem and Allampally substations.
Fr. Amal attended the first vows of our novices at
Ananda Jyothi, Nagarjuna Nagar.
Fr. Prathap SJ.
 DARSI MISSION:
The month of June brought blessings to the Darsi
community with various significant events and
activities taking place. On 3rd June, a thanks-
giving Eucharist was celebrated , acknowledg-
ing the services rendered by Fr. Anand to the
Mission. Fr. Josephraj officially welcomed Fr.
Ravindra and Sch. Donald. Unfortunately, Sch
Donald contracted typhoid during the month.
To ensure his well-being, two scholastics Mo-
ses and Vijay from Sanjeevan came to provide
care and support to him. Thanks a lot for their
services.
On the 12th of June, both the school and hostel
resumed their regular operations. Fr. Showry was
heavily involved in the administration block,
managing various school-related tasks. Simulta-
neously, Sch Donald focused on his duties within
the hostel.
Feasts of St. Antony and the Sacred Heart were
celebrated in our substations of Thimmayap-
alem and Venkatapuram on 13th and 16th of
June respectively. This event brought the com-
munity together and allowed for a time of joy
and celebration.
Despite the challenges and busy schedules, the
Darsi community remains energetic and enthu-
siastic in carrying out their mission and serving
God through the needy. With His guiding hand,
the community continues to make progress and
impact lives positively.
Sch. Donald SJ
LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL, VINUKONDA:
Sch David Poul Raju joined the Vinukonda commu-
nity as a regent on the 3rd of June. The Alumni of
the 1983 batch gathered for a reunion on the 4th
of June. The esteemed guest speakers for this oc-
casion were Fr. Ravi Sebastian and Mr Anjaneyulu,
the former MLA of Vinukonda. Fr. Gnanasekaran
joined the community on the 10th of June. Fr. Ma-
ria Joseph devoted considerable time and effort
to the renovation of the hostel kitchen and the uri-
nal, which were subsequently blessed by Fr. Ravi
Sebastian and Fr. Gnanasekaran. The community
members and staff expressed their sincere appre-
ciation to Fr. Maria Joseph for his dedication and
hard work in service of the children. On the 12th
of June, we commenced the new academic year
with enthusiasm and optimism.
Sch. David Poul Raj SJ
LOYOLA PUBLIC SCHOOL, NALLAPADU:
The LPS community is glad to have the new com-
munity members Fr Ch. Maria Prasad and Sch. K.
Kiran. Fr. Peter Daniel went abroad as part of VRO
projects. Fr. P. Antony and Fr. Maria Prasad left for
Tamilnadu to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mary Abra-
ham, mother of Fr. Provincial on 18 June.
“Well begun is half done” said the great Philoso-
pher Aristotle. Standing as a perfect example of
this quote LPS began remarkably well in this aca-
demic year by renovating the classrooms, estab-
lishing 3D lab and new digital classrooms equip-
ping them with the latest technology and building
a parking shed for both LPS and LHS staff as well.
The new academic year 2023-2024 began with the
staff orientation programme on 12 June. Fr. P. Anil
was the resource person of the day. He spoke on
Jesuit Education and it’s values. On 13 June, Fr. P.
Antony, Fr. B. Suresh, Fr. P. Naresh and Fr. Ch. Maria
Prasad addressed the staff and appreciated their
efforts in securing 100% results both in ICSE and ISC
for the academic year 2022-2023 and motivated
them to give their best for the growth of the institu-
tion in the future.
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The regular classes commenced on 19 June.
On 25 June a mega health camp was conduct-
ed on the school campus. All the teaching and
non-teaching staff from both LPS and LHS and
several students and their parents showed much
enthusiasm to attend and have free health check
up.The regular IIT coaching for classes 6th to 12th
started on 26 June.
The renovation of the study halls, offices and
rooms of the senior hostel was carried out. An in-
crease in the hostel strength brought more enthu-
siasm on the hostel campus. Fr. P. Antony blessed
the hostel on 17 June.
The Telugu medium Loyola High School teachers
started the school campaign in the first week of
June. The teachers were divided into two groups.
They went around to different villages like Pere-
cherla, Sixth Mile, Srinivasa Colony, Vengalay-
apalem, Turakapalem, Challavaripalem and
Nallapadu. The teachers distributed the school
pamphlets door to door. We got some new ad-
missions from those villages. The new academic
year began on 19 June. On that day we began
with a Prayer service for the students and it was
conducted by the school staff. The service was
very prayerful and meaningful and we all felt
the presence of God in our midst. At present the
school is going on well. On 25 June our teachers
took part in Mega Health Camp which was orga-
nized by LPS. Sch. Kiran Kodiganti, SJ
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LOYOLA INSTITUTIONS, KARIMNAGAR:
Pre-novitiate and Community:
On 1 June the pre-novices arrived. This aca-
demic year, we have 11 second year and 8 first
year pre-novices. We celebrated the birthdays of
Fr Naresh and Sch Pradeep on 8 and 15th June
respectively. Sch. Rex Kumar rendered his service
to the pre-novitiate by teaching English and Telu-
gu songs. On 15th June, we had the inaugural Eu-
charist and community dinner. This was the right
moment for all of us, especially the first years, to
know each other in the community. On 16 June,
the pre-novices had an ice-breaking session filled
with fun-games which gradually helped them to
come out of their restricted boundaries and to
mingle with everyone cheerfully. A million thanks
to Fr Rex Angelo SJ for the input session on the So-
ciety’s way of functioning and for motivating the
pre-novices to aim for the Magis in all the works
they do. With a lot of zeal and enthusiasm, the
second and first year pre-novices have begun
their classes. Fr Sandanaswamy, on 14 June, left
for Hyderabad to preach an annual retreat to 15
golden jubilarians of JMJ Congregation.
Loyola High School:
Loyola Management organized a summer camp
for the school children in fine arts and spoken
English this year. Thanks to Schs. Crumblish, S.
Pradeep and Vijay for coaching the children in En-
glish. A few of our Loyola school old students who
reside abroad have extended economic help to
54 of our poor students towards their school fee,
uniform and books. We conducted sponsorship
programme for the children in which Fr. M. A. Alex
and Fr. Sandanasamy distributed uniforms and
books to the sponsored children. Thanks to Fr. Rex
Angelo for taking orientation to our school staff
on the topic ‘The Role of Teachers as Mentors for
Students in the Post- Covid Era’. He gave our staff
the skills needed to be the effective mentors for
the students. Sch. O. Pradeep SJ
Shanthinagar Parish:
Pastoral ministry in this parish is being nourished.
Many activities have taken place in the last few
months. Though the summer heat reached its
high level, I could organize and attend to the
hectic programmes in the entire parish. I take
this opportunity to thank the Karimnagar Loyola
Community for participating in the feast and
for extending helping hand whenever I needed
help to offer masses and for other spiritual help.
Celebrations of feasts have been an opportuni-
ty, especially during the month of May, to gather
the parish faithful - even those who are settled
in the cities. Their enthusiastic involvement has
been a motivating factor.
Month of May was flooded with feast celebra-
tions that helped to increase the faith. The feast
of St. Joseph , the worker, on 1st of May, 2023
in Thippapuram, was a memorable one. Fr. Dusi
Ravishekar celebrated the Eucharist with his
melodious singing and inspiring homily on the
theme of St. Joseph , the Worker. The members
of Karimnagar Loyola Community were present
in full participation, including Fr. Kasu Marreddy
from Warangal Diocese. It added to the joy of
the people.
Another substation of the parish witnessed great
moments of Divine graces. On 3rd May, Balanagar
had its share of spiritual renewal on the occasion
of the Feast of Christ the King. Fr. Sandanasamy
presided over the Eucharist, along with the Parish
Priest, Fr. Y. Inna, Fr. M. Joseph, Fr. K. Naresh, and
Fr. Thomas, Dean and Parish Priest, Karimnagar. Fr.
Sandanasamy , with his eloquent and convincing
homily touched the hearts of the faithful. On the
previous evening devotion and prayers guided
the procession with the statue of Christ the King.
June 13 was another opportunity to pray intensely
through the intercession St. Anthony of Paduva.
Fr. Y. Inna offered masses in Shantinagar, Push-
panagar and Balanagar. Villagers appreciated it
very much and asked for such celebrations now
and then, besides annual feasts. Fr. Vadicherla
Raju (Native of Nampally, a substation ) celebrat-
ed Mass in Thippapuram, on the occasion of the
feast of St. Anthony. Mr. Bala Karthik Reddy, from
the same village, hosted dinner to the entire vil-
lage after the procession. We appreciate it and
are grateful to him and to his family.
These feasts and programmes brought depth in
the faith of the people. Joy in the hearts and one-
ness among the people marked the celebrations.
Praise be to God. AMDG.
Fr. Yeruva Inna, S.J.
ANDHRA LOYOLA INSTITUTIONS:
On June 8th, Fr. B. Joji assumed the role of the
new Director of ALIET. On June 19th, Fr. K.M. Pra-
bhudas came joined ALC community after suc-
cessfully completing and submitting his doctoral
thesis. On June 22nd, he took over as the Director
of the New Hostel and the Vice Principal of ALC.
We wish both of them well and pray for their fruit-
ful ministries. We held a special Mass on June 12th
to thank the outgoing Jesuits, Frs. A. Francis Xavi-
er, I. Lourduraj, N. Bujji Babu, and B. Ashok, as well
as to welcome the incoming Jesuits. Actually, we
all felt that the Holy Mass and the sumptuous din-
ner were really special and memorable.
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ALIET - G20 Competitions
ALIET organised G20C ompetitions in the month
of June 2023 for the Students. The theme: “Vasud-
haivaKutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family,
One Future”. As part of G20, Jan Bhagidhari, the
following events were conducted in the month of
June 2023 by G20 Team of ALIET: Painting Com-
petition by the Students of ALIET, Webinar on Up-
skilling, etc. Mrs. Kanyakumari, Dept. of IT, thanked
the Management - Fr. B. Joji, Director, Fr. D. Balas-
wamy, Asst. Director, Dr. O. Mahesh, our Principal
for all the encouragement and support. Thanks to
the faculty coordinators for conducting the events
and congratulations to the winners.
Kaladarshini:
Kaladarshini, an Institute of Fine Arts and Culture,
kicked off its 41st Summer course on the 1st of May
2023. This course was back after a three-year hi-
atus due to the pandemic, though we had it in
the previous year for the day scholars of the Vi-
jayawada city. This year’s course included Paint-
ing, Carnatic Classical Music, Violin, Guitar, Tabla,
Keyboard, Western Keyboard, Bharatnatyam, Ku-
chipudi, Western Dance, Folk Dance, and Pads.
The inaugural Mass was presided over by Fr. P
Balaswhowry, the Rector. Fr. Joe Sebastian, the
founding director, and Fr. K. Ravindra the previ-
ous director concelebrated and shared their ex-
periences on 4th May. Nearly 350 students from
both the Telugu speaking states participated in
this camp which included accommodation with
a ‘Go-Green’ environment. The highlight of the
course was the weekly concerts by both the staff
and the students on Thursdays and Saturdays re-
spectively.
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The staff’s concert inspired the budding artistes
while the students’ concert provided them a
platform to showcase their talents. On the 28th
May, the valedictory function was conducted
to showcase their learning during the past one
month. Fr. Francis Xavier, Fr. Kiran Kumar and Fr.
G. Rayappa, gave away the trophies to those
who secured the first, second and third positions
in their respective disciplines.
Fr. D. Balaswamy, SJ
LOYOLA ACADEMY, ALWAL:
Having completed the final even semester ex-
ams, the whole Loyola Academy Campus came
to a standstill with the summer holidays from 6
May 2023. However, construction and main-
tenance works were in full swing. The month
of May, devoted to Mother Mary, ended on a
memorable note with the blessing, consecra-
tion and inauguration of the renovated Infant
Jesus Church of LA. His Eminence Rt. Rev. Poo-
la Antony, D.D., on 28 May in the presence of
our Provincial Fr. K. A. Stanislaus SJ consecrated
and dedicated the College Church, as the twin
city Jesuits, the Religious and the faithful from the
Parish were praying and witnessing. The ceremo-
ny concluded with a Pontifical Thanksgiving Holy
Eucharist.
 This year as part of the Administrative shuffles
and decentralization, a Jesuit was assigned to
each School. Fr. Arul Jothi SJ was appointed as
Vice-principal of the School of Commerce, Fr.
AMJ Kumar SJ as Vice-principal of the School of
Management, Fr. Antony Prabhu SJ as Vice-prin-
cipal of the School of Arts and Life Sciences and
Fr. Thainese as Agriculture Dept. Block in-charge.
Fr. Francis Xavier SJ assumed the responsibility of
Correspondent of Loyola Academy (Degree &
PG College) and Loyola Academy Junior Col-
On the other hand, the month of June was busy lege on 12 June.
with farewells and welcoming. On 3 June the
community bade farewell to Br. Xavier Amal SJ All the Departments of Life Sciences, in Collabo-
and wished him all success in Suryapet. To the ration with the “Society of Agriculture Research
newly appointed Jesuits, Br. Boghe SJ, Frs. Fran- and Social Development-New Delhi”, organized
cis Xavier SJ, Sudhakar SJ and Vijay SJ we had a three day 6th International Conference on
thanksgiving Mass on 26 June. They brought the “ADVANCES IN AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY
cheer and charm to the Community. AND ALLIED SCIENCES” under the leadership and
guidance of the Conference Director Fr. L. Joji SJ.
As the preparations for the utilization of newly built Nearly 135 senior scientists of reputation partici-
Commerce Block were on war-footing, the Ad- pated and motivated our faculty and students to
mission policy for the academic year 2023-2024 be future researchers and entrepreneurs. Kudos
was finalized with the explicit approval of the Pro- to Fr. L. Joji SJ and his team for such a magnificent
vincial. Henceforth, the Admission process would kick-start in the beginning of the Academic Year.
be the responsibility of the Community. The Com-
mittee would be formed by the Superior in con-
sultation with the Principal, and headed by the
Principal. There would be a Convener who would
execute the Admission Process proper. The rest of
the Jesuits would be the members. There would
be an online entrance examination. Shortlisted
students would be interviewed by a three-mem-
ber panel headed by a Jesuit. The recommend-
ed list would be submitted to the Community. The
Community in turn would scrutinize and finalize
the students to be admitted. All Catholic Students
would be admitted without fail. In case anyone
don’t qualify to the desired course, such a person
would be counselled to get into an equivalent
course. The Superior would be the final point of
reference in case of any difficulties.

Two days of Orientation for the Teaching Staff

was organised on 5 and 6 June. The Resource
persons were from Rajagiri College of Social Sci-
ences, Kerala. They shared their expertise and
provided the know-how to get ready for the
forth coming NAAC. Simultaneously a chosen 40
Teaching Faculty underwent Training of Trainers
(TOT) programme under the guidance of Dr. Ravi
Chandra Raju, COE and Co-founder of DYN Su-
per foods and an expert in Start Ups support and
Enterprise Development. On 12 June, the 2nd,
3rd and 4th year UG Students and 2nd year PG
Students had Orientations in a phased out man-
ner. The first years commenced their classes on
26 June.
Fr. J. Vijayakumar SJ assumed responsibility as
Principal of Loyola Academy Junior College on
23 May from the outgoing interim Principal Fr. Ch.
Anand Kumar SJ. Having completed two-thirds of
the Admissions on 31 May, he organized a one-
day Orientation Programme for the Lecturers. Frs.
Amara Rao SJ and J. Vijaya Kumar SJ were the
resource persons. They dwelt on ‘The Mission and
Values of Ignatian Educator’ and ‘The Role of
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Lecturer, Class Room Management, Emotional
Intelligence and Team Work’. The Second year
Inter Students commenced their classes on 1
June, whereas the first year Inter Students began
their academic year on 5 June with an Orien-
tation along with their Parents. Fr. Amara Rao
SJ, elucidated on the Vision-Mission-Values of
Jesuit Education, Fr. A. Francis Xavier SJ, on the
Vision-Mission-Values of Loyola Academy Junior
College, and Fr. J. Vijay SJ on the Ignatian Peda-
gogy and Principles that are operative in teach-
ing, mentoring and accompaniment of the Stu-
dents. The response was positive and affirming.
We appreciate the invaluable service of NSS vol-
unteers for the success of the Programme.
On the same day, the World Environment Day
was celebrated with the theme “Solutions to
Plastic Pollution”. Our Students and the Staff
pledged consciously to give up the usage of
plastic. They also promised to be ambassadors
of ‘No to Plastic’. Our Junior College hosted Sup-
plementary and Improvement Public Exams. Our
Infrastructure and Hospitality were commended
by the District Intermediate Educational Officer
(DIEO), and the Chief Superintendents.
The Parish Priest Fr. Esthaky Selvaraj SJ, with a
steel will, completed the House Blessings, brav-
ing the heat wave and sunstroke before the
Feast of Pentecost. He started to celebrate Sun-
day Masses for the Parishioners in the renovated
College Church from 4 June 2023. Br. Boghe SJ
made it a habit to patrol the Loyola Academy
Campus by pedalling his environment friendly
bicycle. Fr. CH. Anand, SJ
Loyola Polytechnic College:
The new academic year 2023-24 began on June 1
with the Industrial training for the first batch of final
year students. The presence of students brought
life in the Campus. The regular classes for III Se-
mester and V Semester began on June 15. Mr. Om
Prakash, Reporter for Sakshi Newspaper, was the
resource person on 21 June, as we celebrated In-
ternational Yoga Day. He brought an awareness
among the students through Asanas to lead a bet-
ter life. On the same day the staff members who
are going to retire shortly, namely, Mr. G. V. Rama-
na Reddy, Mr. A. Jaya Prabhakar Reddy, Mr. M.
Vishwanatham Chetty and Mr. R. Viswanatha Red-
dy, gave a warm farewell dinner to all the man-
agement and staff members in the Auditorium. To
get a feel of real-time work-experience, KSK NDT
Engineers, Bangalore, conducted a two-day work-
shop for II and III-year Mechanical Students from
June 26 to 27.
The entire management congratulated Mustha-
keem Patan and S. Soma Shekar, the final year
students of Computer Science, felt proud as they
were selected to participate in ‘Innovation, Design
and Entrepreneurship’ (IDE) Bootcamp, organized
by AICTE N MOE’s innovation cell from June 22-26,
2023 at NITTR, Chennai. Sch. N Bala Niranjan has
been inducted as a faculty member in Comput-
er Science Engineering Department. He is dealing
with Data Structures for the second years.

LOYOLA INSTITUTIONS, PULIVENDULA

The month of May sailed by as a silent night with
everyone carrying on their works. From 21 May
to 29 May, Fr. Anthonysamy gave a retreat to
JMJ sisters in Bangalore. The month of June was
a mixture of welcoming and bidding farewell to
the community members in Pulivendula. On 3
June Sch. Niranjan joined the community for his
regency. Fr Bujji Babu joined the community on
11 June. We bid farewell to Fr. Boyapatti Joji, and
Br. Thomas and wished them well in the assigned
mission. The new community took time to settle
down and is now on its toes to carry out the mis-
sion of forming men and women for others. Fr D
Showraiah went to Bangalore to give retreat to a
group of sisters on 17 June. Looking at the need
of the hour, we have begun the developmental
works in the campus with a constant monitoring
from Fr. Superior. God has blessed the commu-
nity with good health and with His blessings, we
are reaching out to the Youth of the vicinity.
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 As the Commisionarate of Collegiate Educa-
tion, has not given clearence for the admis-
sions into aided sections, the APSCHE (Andhra
Pradesh State Council of Higher Education) has
not given its proceedings. We are awaiting the
clearence as well as the online admissions.

Our NSS (National Service Scheme) Programme

Officers organized a seminar on the “Effective
Use of Natural Resources” on 2 June for III year
B Sc students. Our first year students along with
Municipal Officials carried out an awareness
rally on 5 June as we celebrate “World Environ-
ment Day”.

Showrinatha Swamy Hostel:

Hostel Management is busy from 12 June with
admissions. The movement of hostel students
keep the entire campus lively. Right now, we
have 350 students comprising only of second
and third year students. Accompanying the
boys in all the aspects possible, keep us busy all
the time.

  Fr. Kunduru Joji, SJ., writes from CITRA:

Loyola Degree College: I am happy to share

On 30 April, we submitted IIQA to NAAC. 45 days’ with you that I have
time was given to submit the Self Study Report brought out anoth-
(SSR). We could complete it and submit it on 14 er book. It is my 16th
June. Though the university declared holidays from book and 14th in Telu-
3 May to 2 June with the condition of conducting gu.
online classes, we had regular classes till 20 May.
It has certain particu-
From 1 June, we had Mid Exams. The third-year stu-
larities. The latest one
dents have successfully completed their semester is a Telugu Catholic
project work and returned to college on 5 June. Dictionary “SANK-
From 23 June the semester exams will be conduct- SHIPTA HARAMU”. A
ed. A simple and meaningful College Annual day dictionary, first of its
celebration was held on 17 June. The new Vice kind, that includes dif-
Chancellor of Yogi Vemana University, Prof. C. Sud- ferent dimensions of
hakar appreciated the college ambience and en- Catholic faith. It con-
sists of names, terms
couraged the students to gear up to changes in and vocabulary.
technology.
It was released on 26th by five bishops in the pres-
ence of Fr. Provincial. It is an Andhra Jesuit Publica-
tion. I am grateful to our Jesuit Province and to Fr.
Provincial. For the last few months I have been quite
engaged. Besides this publication, I had contribut-
ed 80 episodes through Divyavani T.V. in Telugu on
both Advent and Lenten topics. Now I have started,
on demand, another series of 52 episodes on “KRIS-
TU SANDESHAM, HITOPADESHALU, VISWASA JEEVITA
PARAYANALU.” It will be televised through Divyavani
TV channel, on every Friday from 7.30 to 8.00 am.
Besides this, I am also contributing on a regular basis
to Bharatamitram and Catholic Bible dairy in Telu-
gu. I Contribute to Jyothirmai Laity Formation as a
resource person.

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 JULY RIP
01 P Joseph Maradabudi
P Jagadish M M Fr. Louis Philip, Manuel, S.J. (83/65) passed away
03 P Balashowry on 4 June 2023
04 S Peter Bulla Br. Irudayasamy Sebastian, S.J. (MDU 82/62) passed away
05 P Dhanapal S A on 08 June 2023
06 P Maria Prasad Ch Fr. Hubert Hänggi (ECE), 89/69, passed away
07 S Satwik Vinsent Ch on 24 June, 2023
12 P Polanki Praveen Fr. Joseph Gauci Sacco, S.J. (DUM 86/70) passed away
S Pilli Rayappa on 27 June 2023
13 N Potla Anil Kumar Mr. K. Augustine (98), father of Fr. Kollapillil Augustine, SJ,
15 P Bosco AXJ passed away on 6 June 2023
P Sudhakar Burugu Mr. Pragasam (76), brother-in-law of Fr. Karunaidoss, SJ,
24 N Chodagiri Sudhakar and uncle of Fr. Antony Prabhu, SJ,
27 S Kote Vamsidhar passed away on 14 June 2023
AUGUST Mrs. K. Mary Abraham (83), mother of Fr. K. A. Stanislaus, SJ,
03 P Gabriel Raja I and grandmother of Sch. S. J. Paul Pradeep Raj, SJ,
05 N Kota Bujji Babu passed away on 18 June 2023.
07 P Stanley A
P K. A. Stanislaus
08 S Bala Niranjan N OUR BROTHERS IN GLORY
09 P Lourdu Thomas M
S Satish Kumar P
Fr. Mark Kulandairaj 03.07.2022 LA
10 P Anthony P
P Simon A Fr. Joseph Kuriakose 11.07.1994 LA
11 S Bandi Madhan Fr. Saverinatha Swamy 28.07.1721 Krishnapuram
12 P Amar Rao Ch Fr. Antony Thekemury 30.07.2017 ALC
P Krupa Rao G
S Kondaveeti Anthony Raju
15 S Vijay Kumar S

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