Samprathi ’09 concludes at St. Aloysius

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By Roydon D’Souza – Team Mangalorean
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Mangalore , September 25, 2009: The two-day National Seminar – Samprathi ’09 concluded here today with the valedictory function at 3:45 P.M. at the Eric Mathias Hall of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore. The program began with the theme song lead by the MSW students followed by the welcome address by Ms. Loveena Lobo, HOD – Dept. of MSW.

Ms. Giselle D Mehtha, Ex. IRS was the Chief Guest, Rev. Fr. Swebert D’Silva, Principal – St. Aloysius College presided over the function. Rev. Fr. Francis D’Almeida, Dean MSW was also present on the dias along with Ms Shwetha Rasquinha, Convenor and Prajwal Sebastian, Student Convenor. A floral welcome was given to the dignitaries.

Ms. Shilpa Cutinha, Faculty MSW presented the report of the two-day seminar. Later some participants expressed their views of Samprathi ’09, and the participation certificates were distributed.

“Today we have 40% of daliths, poor, refugees and other down trodden and marginalized people whose life is in great difficulty; are we ready to respond to their need being MSW students?” questioned Fr. Francis D’Almedia in the Dean’s Address. “The answer depends on us; A change is what we need” he added.

Speaking on Modern Life Style in the Chief Guests’Adress Ms. Giselle Mehtha said that “We can moderate the change rather than changing “.

Mangalore: AICUF to hold State Convention

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By Roydon D’Souza, Team Mangalorean

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Mangalore, September 13, 2009: The delegates, animators and AICUFers from various units from all around Karnataka gathered here in the High School Hall of St. Aloysius College premises for the Mid-Council of AICUF and later followed by the meeting and the lucky dip book release as an aid to the upcoming State Convention.

The Mid-Council and the meeting were held as a part of the preparations and planning of the State Convention that will be held in Loyola Auditorium of St. Aloysius Pre- University College on 28, 29 and 30th December 2009. Around 500 to 600 delegates are expected from all over Karnataka State.

The meeting started with a small prayer followed by the welcome speech by Milton Peres, Secretary AICUF-Karnataka. Later Fr. Francis D’Almeida S.J., State Advisor, AICUF – Karnataka gave the introduction of the program and then spoke on the thrust areas of AICUF. Women, Children, Tribals and Dalits are the Thrust areas of AICUF.

Later Prof. Manoj Lewis, State Animator AICUF – Karnataka briefed the plans and expressed his opinion on the need to form various committees. Later open discussions were held on how to coordinate various groups and plan meetings once in every 15 days.