Classy 85’ 30th Anniversary Reunion

30th year reunion

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”― Lao Tzu

A tribute to Father Pat.

Class of 85' Silver Jubilee Reunion

I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Fr Patrick D’Lima, SJ,

Long-time former Vice-Principal of our beloved St Paul’s High School, Belgaum.

My abiding memory of Fr Pat will be of him running laps of the school ground at dusk. Dressed in shorts, a loose T-shirt and sneakers, he seemed tireless, going at a steady, if not brisk pace. It was a simple routine, yet it illustrated the kind of man he was: persistent, hard working, setting an example, leading by example. Some of us who lived in Camp would join him on his run, and although he was in his 50s by then, we teenagers struggled to keep up with him.

Fr Pat was a keen sportsman, handy at hockey and football, and by some accounts even basketball, despite his short stature. He was a shrewd observer, and standing in a corner near the school office during assembly, he surveyed all before him with an eagle eye. Nothing escaped his gaze. Arriving late or barefoot attracted strokes of the fair ruler, as did the wrong uniform.

For six years from 1979-85, I was always attracting his attention, most often of the unwelcome kind.

For some reason, I had the feeling that Fr Pat did not like me very much. It didn’t help that I was always getting on his wrong side. When he came to our class, VII C, around 1982 asking for volunteers for bugling, I immediately raised my hand. He responded with equal speed. “Not you, put your hand down,’’ he said sternly. Looking at my skinny frame, he probably thought I would struggle to blow a note.

I was not to be deterred. I went for bugling practice with the rest of the selected candidates anyway. When Fr Pat came around a couple of days later and asked why I was there, the bugling master, a member of the Army band, saved me by telling him I was the best of the lot. So I stayed, and for a few years from then on performed my bugling duties with great pride and not a little arrogance.

I never forgave Fr Pat for making me a reserve player in the victorious Royceton Gomes Memorial Cup team of 1982. When I got the chance to play in one match, for only about five minutes as a substitute for Ivan D’souza, I scored a goal. Such was my anger at being left out of the playing XI.

As class monitor, I was often also the chief troublemaker, frequently inciting the class to shout insults at Fr Pat as he approached the class for his English lesson. He caught me reading a Hardy Boys novel during his class, and I got a good taste of the dreaded biscuit. I might add that it wasn’t the only occasion I tasted it, besides having my ears twisted and squeezed a good number of times.

When I ranked among the top 10 in the school for the 1985 SSLC exam, Fr Pat was genuinely surprised: “I don’t know how you do it,” he said to me.

It was only many years after I had left school that I understood and appreciated Fr Pat’s ability to bring out the best in his students, both in class and on the field. To tutor, mentor, train, inspire, challenge, discipline and reward as required.

As a hell-raising youngster, I delighted in giving him grief. I did not then appreciate, as I do now, the life of sacrifice and hardship that Fr Pat had willingly embraced, so that young fools like me could test his patience and reward him with our thoughtless and stupid antics.

Nearly four years ago, at the Silver Jubilee celebrations of our Class of 1985, I was looking forward to meeting Fr Pat and finally expressing my admiration and gratitude to him. Face to face. Alas, it was not to be. On the morning of the day he was to travel to Belgaum from Pune with some of our classmates, he suffered a fall and twisted his ankle. A group of our Pune-based classmates later went to his living quarters and felicitated him there.

I’m glad at least some of us had the privilege of meeting him one last time. Unfortunately, I was not among them. Chances are, Fr Pat would not even have remembered me. How many thousands, nay tens of thousands like me, would have passed through his tutelage? And owe at least some measure of their success in life to him?

I will never have a chance to tell Fr Pat what a great man he was. That he would already have been told by Him whom Fr Pat served all of his adult life.

R.I.P. Father. Thank you for everything.

 Sanjay J. Bhosale – Class’ of 85,         

 Canberra, Australia

 04/11/2013

                    p.s; Link to My class felicitation of Rev.Fr. Patrick D’lima,

My Class’, had the chance to say Thank You, Fr.

http://stpaulsclassof85.blogspot.in/2010/03/father-patrick-dlima.html

‘Teachers Benevolent Fund’

01/09/2013' @ 11.30am in St.Paul's high School, Camp, Belgaum, Karnataka,

Paulites of Belgaum Worldwide launched a monthly food grain support to a late Master's family....which PBW commits to support for a minimum of one year,

This is funded by ‘Teachers Benevolent Fund’, initiated by the PBW, last September. 

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PBW is in deep gratitude to the most generous Paulite donors/classes that made this possible... 

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Put on the armor of light.... Keep it burning bright...! 

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Dinesh Vijay Patel 

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P.s; be·nev·o·lent adj. 1. Characterized by or suggestive of doing good. 2. Of, concerned with, or organized for the benefit of charity.
adv. Synonyms: benevolent, charitable, eleemosynary, philanthropic
These adjectives mean of, concerned with, providing, or provided by charity: a benevolent fund; a charitable foundation; eleemosynary relief; philanthropic contributions.
P.p.s: Fr. Pat & All the teachers & Masters, will be glad with their teaching us 'The queens language', what say?
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PAULITES OF BELGAUM WORLDWIDE's
mission statement has, from the start, clearly been service to:
· Paulites · School · Community Outreach

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Paulites/Classes desirous of contributing to/joining up the ‘Teachers Benevolent Fund’, may contribute to;

PBW Teachers Benevolent Fund 

SB A/c No 0556 20100 24550

Syndicate Bank,

St Paul’s High School branch,

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And mail us details of the transfer to, paulitesbgmww@gmail.com

Anju Teacher is no more. She passed away at around 11:30am today.
~May God give the family strength to bear the loss, and may her soul rest in peace,
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Funeral service @ 3pm in Fatima cathedral tomorrow, last rites in the cemetery near race course @330pm
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A beautiful rajnigandha n rose wreath was placed on behalf of the PBW, Tr was laid to rest amidst a sudden burst of rains, Paulites 

n Josephites across batches n age were present....

Dinesh

A very special thanks to the Class of '85 who jump-started the PBW 2010 Grand Reunion with the very first contribution of a hefty Rs 101,000. I have always very highly regarded your attendance at a 15-minute notice and also the desire of the Class of '85 to get on a broader Paulite platform. 

The Core Committee owes many, many Special Thanks for the confidence your Class reposed in us that acted like a fulcrum and spurred us to get the largest-ever gathering of Paulites from 1947 to 2010 on board. With PBW and St Paul's now on the Limca Book (Jan 2013), I am sure they will not regret that their contribution went towards a very worthy cause.

Cheer boys cheer the Class of '85! 

Kindly pass on this message to your class members.

Regards

Morris Vaz (1965)
Co-ordinator, PBW Grand Reunion 2010

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wishing you , your family and friends " MERRY CHRISTMAS." 

May peace, happiness , success & 

togetherness surround you & 

your loved ones the whole year long !!!

Sad Demise

With deep sorrow I inform you all that Master K. D. Patil passed away.


Last rites @ Sadashiv Nagar Crematorium @ 3pm today,

I pray to the almighty to bless the soul with eternal peace.


In mourning...

Donation of water coolers by PAULITES OF BELGAUM WORLDWIDE to school

Today's Deccan Herald carried a news item on the recent activity @ School

Three 'USHA' brand water coolers with 

Aquasure filters and 

V-Guard Stabilizers,

@ a cost of Rs 1,44,992.80

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Dear Friends, A fantastic and overdue addition to the school infrastructure.

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cheer boys,cheer...........!

p.s; I thank all contributors & donors for their generous contribution.

p.p.s; CLASSOF85' HAS CONTRIBUTED

Rs1.01 LACS TO THE PAULITES OF BELGAUM WORLDWIDE,

Rs 76 K WOULD BE SPENT FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH
&
RS 25K ON A PROJECT IN OUR SCHOOL.

.............amidst tremendous joy and laughter!

Saturday, the 12th November, evening our class went to Chikkumbimath baal kalyan kendra,an orphanage near SP's office and opp A M Shaikh's homeopathic college, since the children could not join us @ Maratha Mandir, we distributed dry fruits among 65 children and children lit crackers amidst tremendous joy and laughter.
P.s; the orphanages have 7 children in crib, the infrastructure near the orphanage @ A M Shaikh's was very very frugal.

Spent a day with orphans

CLASSOF85 @ a Aadhar function distributing to about 200 orphan children hampers of dry fruit and fireworks, as reported in a local marathi daily 'Tarun Bharat' on 19/11

St Pauls Class of 1985',
spent a day with about 200 orphans
from different orphanages of our Belgaum city,
On 10th Nov @ Maratha mandir,
We distributed assorted dry fruit packets, sparklers/flower pot-karanja/anaar/ground chakkar to each of the children,

and helped ourselves and children enjoy...........

Dr Babanna K Hukkeri, Ashwin Shah, Manoj Talreja and family, Ashutosh Ghosarwadkar,Mrs Arun Hukkeri and fly,Iftekar Attar and myself with family attended :-)

Tommorow @ 6.30pm our class carry out the same activity @ chikkumbimath orphanage.

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Dinesh Vijay Patel

p.s; The boy to the extreme right in a white shirt, Late Suraj Kamble was working in Ashwin Shah's  showroom,
he  had helped in packing 300 packets of fireworks, he is distributing the same here.
May god bless the departed soul and give strength to the family to bear the loss.

Dr.Anil Y Kittur father of Dr Madhav Kittur passed away

CONDOLENCE

Dr.Anil Y Kittur, Paulite of the 1956 class, Son of teacher Anutai kittur,
father of Dr Madhav Kittur, FRCS (oral & maxillofacial surgery), 
Brother of Paulite Dr Ramesh Kittur,
Uncle of Paulite Dr's Arvind & Subodh,
passed away after a brief illness today @ 0645 in Belgaum, The cremation was held @ 1100hrs in Shahapur crematoria,
In this hour of grief I pray to the almighty to give strength to the family and the near and dear to bear the irrepairable loss and bless the soul with eternal peace.

Aadhar orphanage

DEAR ALL,

On Saturday the 17th of September,

The St Paul's class of 85' donated,

45 school bags to the children of Aadhar orphanage,

The orphanage mainly houses HIV affected children among others.

The project cost Rs 8500/-,

The charity was attended by Dr.S K Rajesh, Dr.Babanna K. Hukkeri and myself.

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DINESH VIJAY PATEL

The People who shaped our lives!

Academic performance of the students supported thru' VIDYA POSHAK , ngo by class of 85'

Dear Sir,

Sub: Academic performance of your supported students.

Greetings from Vidya Poshak Family.

Through your generous contribution during 2010-11, we have supported the following students to continue with their education, The academic performance of the students is mentioned below for your kind perusal. We Vidya Poshak family thank you for your support in nurturing the merit of these students.

Sl.No	District	I.D.No.	Student Name	College	Current Class-2010-11	Stream	Result 2010-11
1	Belgaum	BM-1104-09-10	Sudarshan Patil	SMAT Shivanand College, Kagwad	PUC-II	Science	87
2	Belgaum	BM-901-09-10	Nilophar Ghori	Gogte college of Commerce, Belgaum Jamakhandi	PUC-II	Commerce	69
3	Belgaum	BM-938-09-10	Tayyab Hongal	CRS Pu college, Itagi	PUC-II	Arts	84

  

Looking forward to your continued support,

Thanks,

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Ratna Hippargi |Executive,Resource Mobilization  Vidya Poshak | 1st Floor, Yashoda Sadan, P.B. Road, Vidyagiri, Dharwad, karnataka India | Office :0836-2747357, | www.vidyaposhak.org.in

"Empowering Educational Community"
- Serving needy students with finance, libraries and training


p.s; Class of 85' had supported the above children for one year.

S. No	Course Name	Maximum Amount
1	PUC I Arts	3000/-
2	PUC I Commerce	5000/-
3	PUC I Science	8000/-

Present status of students allocated to ST PAULS CLASSOF85', Belgaum, 

       

Sl.No	Student Name	Residential Address	Parent's Occupation	Parent's annual income	College	CET Rank	%	Class 2011-12	Stream
1	Nilophar A. Ghori	C/o. Abdulgani J. Ghori 595, Rajhouns Galli, Angol ,Belgaum	Auto driver	30000	Gogate College of Commerce, Belgaum	Not applicable	69.33	B.Com I	Commerce
2	Tayyab S. Hongal	C/o. Subani B. Hongal Ambaje Galli, Post: Bogur, Tq:Khanapur, Dist: Belgaum	Agricultural Coolie	16000	Distance Education & Training Mannur, Gojaga, Belgaum	Not applicable	84.33	D Ed	Education
3	Sudarshan A. Patil	C/o. Appasaheb A. Patil Jain Galli, At/Po: Shirahatti, Tq: Athani, Dist: Belgaum	Agriculture	22000	Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum	5301	87.6	B.E-I	Mechanical