Premal Jyoti 

Intervention

 

    On 29 September, the III Year Psychology students of GIA and Gujarati medium (110 students) of St. Xavier’s College Autonomous Ahmedabad, had a lecture in Premal Jyoti. Fr. Lawrence Dharmaraj was the resource person for this lecture. His session was really very insightful for us. We were given knowledge about the counselling procedure, effective exercises that help the client and us, to engage in self-awareness and become effective counsellors in the future. The exercises will continue to help us in our varied respective fields also. We found the session engaging and useful. We were accompanied by Dr. Prof. Profaina K Christian (HOD) and Dr. Prof. Arefa J Mansuri. (Sch. Erik Kerketta, SJ - RAN)

 The Premal Jyoti Timeline Magazine -2025

Click here to view " The Timeline Magazine-2025"

Sch.William Santosh's (Guj) speech at the Zonal level elocution competion  in Ahmedabad.

 

 Kindly find Sch.William Santosh's (Guj) speech   at the Inter-Zonal level elocution competion ( 06  October 2023) which won the first prize at Gujarat University.

Congratulations to dear Sch.William Santosh.

  *Releasing the annual magazine of Premal Jyoti, Ahmedabad * 

We, the Scholastics of *Premal Jyoti Ahmedabad*, are overjoyed to announce the release of our magazine, *__Premal Jyoti Timeline 2022-23_*.  Whether

you are interested in spirituality, environmentalism, social justice, or simply exploring the human experience, there is something for everyone in these pages. 

 Thanks a million to all those who helped and supported us in this endeavour. This achievement would not have been possible without your generous contribution

The Preview video: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VE9lKVrIIuwZtryv8tpPpJTsQhJAJZud/view?usp=sharing 

 The E- copy of the Magazine: 

https://heyzine.com/flip-book/05da20e433.html (Flipbook format)

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 Empower Teachers to Empower Students

SKUM -(Siree Kelavani Uttejak Mandal) School, Ahmedabad.

 Empower Teachers to Empower Students. A workshop conducted on "Mental Health"  for the teachers of a Non-Jesuit run school-SKUM -(Siree Kelavani Uttejak Mandal) School, Ahmedabad ( A Non- Christian school) at Ahmedabad on 15th October 2022.

 A  workshop on " stages in counselling"

A few days ago, on 17 september 2022, the 3^rd year students from the psychology department of St.Xavier's college came  with their faculty members for a  workshop on " stages in counselling". There were more than 80 in number. The first sesson was about "how to activate the true belief (each one is the child of God) and how to recognize and replace the shallow belief". The second session was about ‘how to live up to that true belief in our daily life by the practice of ‘ Ignatian Daily Examen’. Everyone enjoyed the sessions. 

 

15. Ignatius the Saint.

 

    Ignatius summed up his early life, from 1491 to 1521 by saying, “He was a man given over to the follies of the world.” In 1555 Ignatius humbly said that he could find God at all times in all things. This was the growth of Ignatius from a worldly man to a saint. It was a growth in interior freedom. With God’s grace and his own cooperation he was able to overcome all his blocks so as to give himself fully to God. God filled him with His love and grace and made him a saint. Throughout his life Ignatius maintained a great accountability to God, to others and to himself. He often engaged himself in prayer to discern the will of God. He consulted others and was vigilant against being deceived by evil under the appearance of good. God gave him a clear vision of life’s purpose and filled him with love and grace so that his whole life became “a zealous service of God with pure love.”

 

    In Part IX of the Constitutions Ignatius described the type of a man the General of the Society should be. Everyone who lived with Ignatius, after reading this account, said that Ignatius unknowingly described himself for he lived exactly in that manner. Ignatius by the end of his life was a man very closely united with God in prayer, and intimately connected with God in his generous service. He possessed genuine humility. He was able to balance rectitude and the necessary severity in dealing with others. He possessed a magnanimous heart and fortitude of soul so as to bear the weakness of others.

 

    Ignatius’ favourite word for himself was ‘the Pilgrim’. He was very conscious that God had led him and taught him as a schoolmaster. His singular aim was to ‘dispose himself’, i.e., to let God assume his actions into God’s own divine action. He sought and found God in all things.

 

    On 27^th July 1607 Ignatius was beatified by Pope Paul V. On 12^th March 1622 Ignatius was raised to sainthood by Gregory XV along with his dear friend, Francis Xavier.

"Placed with the Son"- A short biography of St. Ignatius 

By Fr. Lawrence Dharmaraj, SJ

 

(From the personal study notes under the guidance of late Fr. Maurice Dullard, SJ. 

A special thanks to Fr.Vincent Saldanha s.j for doing the necessary corrections))