ESAC LIFE MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION FORM

Dear friends,

We are attaching herewith the new Ex Students Life Membership Registration Form.  Please print this form, duly complete the same and send it to our School (address all of you know) for the attn of The Principal, alongwith your cheque/dd for Rs200/-

My dear friends,

At the outset, I  Wish each one of you and your family members, A Very Happy and Peaceful Deepavali.  May this festival of lights, bring light into our less fortunate bretheren.

My earnest plea to each one of you is to light up the young hearts of our very poor school children studying at our Institution in Mahim, by sponsoring their education.  You can do this by sending in your contribution by an account payee cheque in favour of Canossa High School, Mahim, and send it to our School address of Mahim i.e. Station Road, Mahim West, Mumbai 400016, India.  Any amount is welcome as  I have been told that the funds which were coming in year in and year out, has suddenly been stopped and hence the School Management is in a quandry.
As you all are aware that the Canossians have always reached out to the poor children in uplifting them, giving them education and launching them into the world.  All this requires funds, and as a major Trust donor has stopped funding this project, it has become very difficult for our Sisters.  Hence, I plead of each of you to please contribute to this worthy cause.
Please write your name, address, and batch on the back of the cheque to enable us acknowledge the same.
I am confident this time too, all of you will reach out, and help our Sisters in their project.
Thank you in anticipation,

Mrs Gregorina Mitra

Dear Canossians,

I have been deliberating for sometime whether I should put up this post.  I am now convinced that I must share my experience with all of you.

My visit to the mission station of the Canossians at Shrirampur, Maharashtra, on 21st September 2014.

Being invited by my Religion Teacher, Sr. Fatima Rebello  for the silver jubilee of their Insitute, I gladly accepted the same.  Not being able to travel alone, I requested Pamela, Secretary of the Ex Students Association of Canossa Mahim to accompany me.  She very graciously accepted the same.

At one time this mission station was to be shut down.  Sr. Sheila, the Superior took up the challenge and believe it or not, she has made it work.  With little or no income, Sr. Sheila started with the Kindergarden School, graduated to Teacher's Training Course (through Karnataka University) and then to the English Speaking Classes conduced by Sr. Fatima.  With this generation of income, the Mission station is able to sustain itself.

It did give me great joy to attend the function, which was so well organised ( I have to pull up my socks as far as the Organisation skills) and to over 500 people were served lunch.

At the Eucharist, we had the couples who were not officially blessed with the Sacrament of Marriage, living in far off villages, brought at the Table of the Lord and blessed and exchanged rings.  This was a ceremony beyond me, to see even very old couples with grand children exchanging rings.

The Sisters of Shriramput alongwith their Superior Sr. Sheila visit the remote villages everyday, teaching them basic cleanliness, duties towards their families and how they can support each other, financially and otherwise.

Any of you wanting to visit this mission station could get in touch with me or Sr. Fatima Rebello, and I am sure we will only be too happy to welcome you.

Gregorina Mitra