Alumni Day 2011

ESAC committee sincerely thanks all girles who attended Alumni Day 2011 for their patronage and overwhelming response.

We are touched & awestruck by our girles' wholehearted support & active participation. We could never have pulled off this one without you.

We also thank our teachers for gracing the occasion....

Here is a link to the pictures on our school Facebook page: Link

For girles & teachers who could not make it... you were missed :( But we look forward to seeing you at the next event...

There are more activities being planned. Please keep checking in for updates.

Viva ESAC!!! Viva Canossa!!!

Punit D'souza
Jt. Secretary ESAC

Alumni Day 2011

Had an awesome time at Alumni day 2011!!! In presence were our girles right from batch of 1946 to the latest batch of 2010 and our retired primary & secondary teachers... In all more than 250!!!

Many thanks to our girles for their wholehearted support. Grateful to our teachers for gracing the occasion.

Keep checking for posts of new events... There is a lot in the pipeline...

Pictures are being uploaded. Here are the first set of pictures put up on fb by Azra Jaipuri batch of 1983
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150122044593140&id=548958139&aid=320737

All the very best

Message from Sr. Audrey - Ex-Canossa Girlie and present Principal - Canossa, Mahim

Dearest Canossian Alumni,
Its great to have Canossians from as far as the inception of Canossa High School, Mahim ,upto date.


Wishing all the Canossians- Staff and students-past and present- a very fruitful and exciting bonding on the 9th Jan 2011 and therafter!
Yes, lets keep strengthening the bonds we share.................ACROSS THE GLOBE!


Wishing one and all a year of POSITIVITY, POSSIBILITIES and PRAYERFULNESS!


Long live Cane-Ossa!


St. Magdalene is definitely interceding for you and me!
Sr. Audrey D'Souza

Happy New Year

ESAC wishes you and yours a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.

May the New Year begin and end with the Lord’s blessings of peace and goodwill amongst all men and women and pray that, Mother Mary, whose feast it is today, commemorating her as the Mother of God , always guard you, guide you and bless you so that you too may become a blessing for others!

Seasons Greetings from Sr. Audrey

Season's greetings from Sr. Audrey, Canossa Girlie and present Principal, Canossa Mahim.


A NEW ROAD

Many ways led to Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph’s long trip from Nazareth, the Shepherd’s path over their fields, the wise men’s arduous trek across the desert. Jesus’ birth causes each of us to set out on a personal journey- a journey to meet this God who so humbly and surprisingly came into this world as a child lying in a manger!


The waiting of the Holy Family was interrupted by Rome’s decree - what inconvenient timing!-s o they set off! The way from Nazareth to Bethlehem was long, 90 miles by donkey and on foot.. Mary had borne the anguish of wondering what Joseph thought of her pregnancy. We can imagine the two pondering the ancient prophecies, searching for understanding to ease the questions in their hearts. Did they share their fears with one another, or were they calmly silent because it was enough for them to rest in obedience to God’s will?


Did Mary fret a bit as she packed, wondering whether to take the swaddling bands she had made- or would they be back home in their own village before her time came? Did Joseph cast a last look longingly back over his shoulder as Nazareth’s security passed out of sight and the way stretched ahead with a pregnant wife at his side? Yet the same road that led away from familiarity and comfort led straight to the city where God’s promise was to be fulfilled: “And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for from you shall come a ruler who is to shepherd my people Israel.” (Mt. 2:6)

Have I ever experienced something fresh coming to birth in my circumstances once I have been willing to set out on a new road, leaving behind my old, familiar routines? Jesus, may I be just as willing to follow the road to you as Mary and Joseph were.


Dearest Canossians and Friends,
At Christmas and all through the New Year 2011, I wish each of you and your loved ones, the exciting freshness of a NEW LIFE akin to the Christ Child as also new discoveries along new roads!


A Holy, exciting and challenging Spirit of Christmas and the New Year is my fond wish to you. God Bless you all.


Sr Audrey D'Souza

ESAC wishes you a Happy, Holy & Blessed Feast

December 8th is celebrated as a holy day commemorating the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

So, what of this festival of the Immaculate Conception of Mary? This dogma of the Roman Catholic Church states that Mary was conceived without sin, and that she never sinned throughout her entire life.

Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Through the centuries the Church has become ever more aware that Mary, "full of grace" through God, was redeemed from the moment of her conception. That is what the dogma of the Immaculate Conception confesses, as Blessed Pope Pius IX proclaimed on December 8, 1854: "The most Blessed Virgin Mary was, from the first moment of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege of almighty God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, Saviour of the human race, preserved immune from all stain of original sin." — Catechism of the Catholic Church.

For more information, you can click this link

ESAC, on behalf of Sr. Audrey, Mother Superior and all our dear Sisters, wishes you a very Happy and Holy Feast. May our Virgin Mother's purity, innocence, grace, selflessness and love be with you and yours for now and forever.

Minutes of ESAC meeting held on 4th December, 2010

Minutes of ESAC meeting held on 4th December, 2010

1. Andrea to put up a notice on the ESAC notice board about the upcoming Alumni Day. Punit to prepare the notice and mail it to Saloni.

2. Gregorina to call up ESAC members who don't have Email Id's.

3. Give away sample brought by Seema approved. 100Nos. to be made. To be given to each member & teachers present at Alumni day.

4. Photographer finalized.

5. Alumni day announcements to be made in St. Micheal's Parish and Victoria School's Parish. Ninette and Annamarie to talk to the respective Parish Priests.

6. Teachers list updated. Punit to bring prints at the next meeting.

7. Teachers who are not Ex-Canossians and presently working at Canossa's Mahim welcome to the Alumni Day but will have to put in individual contributions of Rs 250/-

8. Punit to finish off Alumni support forms.

9. Punit to prepare a presentation of ESAC and reunions to be shown at school annual day.

Requesting you to send in Alumni day contributions ASAP so as to help us get a fix on numbers

Next ESAC meeting on Dec 11, 2010 at 2.00pm, School Hall. All Ex-Canossians most welcome to this meeting.

Thanks and best wishes,

Punit D'Souza
Joint Secretary - ESAC
Batch of 1983