1^STMAY 2012 GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS

The Golden Jubilee Celebrations started off with a Road Rally by the students of std 9 and 10 under the able guidance of the teachers of the school. The Rally was organized simultaneously from the BOGL Workshop near MAMC and Lala Lajpat Rai Road in Steel Township starting off at 7 a.m. At both the locations in the long past, the school had started functioning in its very rudimentary stage. The MAMC rally touched the MAMC Primary School building which housed St.Xavier’s Durgapur( way back in 1963), before reaching Durgapur Government College. The Steel rally touched Mirabai School building on its way to the Durgapur Govt College. From the Govt college the rally proceeded towards Carmel School MAMC where about 70 ex-students were eagerly waiting to lead the rally to school.The school boys dressed in their respective House T-Shirts ran with great zeal. There are four houses Red ---Loyaola, Blue----- Berchmans, Green----- Gonzaga and Yellow ---- Britto; named after the four saints. The enthusiastic runners reached St.Xavier’s School premises almost an hour ahead of schedule!!

At school, the holy temple was blessed by the most revered Bishop ---- Rt.Rev.Cyprian Monis of the Asansol Diocese.. There were about 28 Jesuit Fathers from Kolkata who had graced the occasion. There was a Holy Mass in the school gymnasium followed by the release of a booklet on the history of the school composed by Mr.U.B.Ray. A commemorative badge was also released to mark the Golden Jubilee. This was followed by an impressive power point presentation on the 50 glorious years of school involving very rare and priceless photos scooped from the annals of history. There was a colourful cultural show involving group dance recitals by our boys and a representative team of Carmel students who were invited to perform on the occasion, remembering the formative years of our school when there were girl students in St.Xavier’s before Carmel School got started here. The programme culminated with a very warm vote of thanks by the present Headmaster Fr.M.S.Arockiasamy followed by a sumptuous lunch.