Kolkata – Ashivad and the quiet Mohammad
When the noisy swirl of day students has emptied the playground of St Joseph’s Bow Bazar, in downtown Kolkata, a quieter little procession of rather ragged kids enters the roomy…
Bongera – the school in the jungle
Tucked away in the south-east corner of Jarkhand, Bongera is a collection of villages where some of the poorest children we teach walk, in sandals or bare feet, upwards of…
Asansol – eco-parks and garbage wars
Two big schools, St Patrick’s and St Vincent’s, and a trades-training centre, are now embedded in two eco-parks, thanks to the work of Brother Frank Gale, many young men training…
Kurseong – 130,000 trees later
Kurseong, at the far north end of West Bengal, clings to the steep slopes where the Himalayas rise from the plains of the Ganga. In the rainy season, one falls…
Mt Abu – the forest finds friends
St Mary’s High School, Mt Abu, in Rajasthan, is one of the most beautiful sites for a school in the world, between a deep lake and forested hills (also a…
Vasai – room to move
On the north-east edge of Mumbai, where the seven islands underlying the city merge with the rest of the state of Maharashtra, St Augustine’s High School, Vasai Road, finds itself…
Oceans and Islands – Brisbane (Province Centre), May 20 – 23, 2009
Oceania, as a Province, is about linking islands and oceans (East Timor, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines). It is fascinating to watch how a province renews itself,…
Praise for Australian Centre Education Program
As reported in the recent edition of Oceania Province News:- “Federal Member for Rankin (Qld) and Minister for Small Business, Dr Craig Emerson recently spoke in the Federal Parliament about…
Br. Martin J. Fragala receives 2008 Homines Pro Aliis Award
Br. Martin J. Fragala, CFC, received the Homines Pro Aliis Award for 2008 from the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus on Sunday, June 8, 2008. The Homines…
T.I. Murphy Centre, Newfoundland Canada
The T.I. Murphy Centre, named for a wonderful Christian Brother of Newfoundland, operates now in a portion of The College of the North Atlantic in St. John’s Newfoundland. The Murphy…