We are very pleased to inform you the 2nd Alsoc Distinguished Lecture with Mr. Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Finance Minister,Government of India, will be held on Friday, 8th January 2016, 2 p.m. at the St. Xavier’s (Fr. Depelchin) Auditorium. 30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata - 700016.

Kindly confirm your participation to the ALSOC Office by email urgently. Due to space constraints, registrations will be accepted on first-come-first-serve basis. The invitation card is to be collected from Alsoc Office next week.

Thanking you

Aditya Vikram Lodha
Honorary Secretary

The “Faces in Our Midst” – Fr. Dr. Gerard Van Walleghem SJ

A young man who was only 24 when he first came to India, has now spent 63 years in India, most of it in Darjeeling. He left a luxurious life in Canada behind, and choose to come and serve people in India, his fate and our good fortune crossed path, rest as they say is history. This is a simple story of an extraordinary individual – our beloved Fr. Van whose love for Darjeeling and its people is unmatched.

EARLY CALLING
Almost everyone who lives in Darjeeling knows about or has heard of or seen Fr. Van. Not many know that he has lived in India for the past 63 years, almost all of which – other than a few years of training for his priesthood and early postings – he has spent in Darjeeling.

The 3^rd Governing Council Meeting of the Jesuit Alumni Associations of India (JAAI) was held on 1^st November, 2014 at the Conference Hall (Room No. 15) of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata hosted by Calcutta Jesuit Province and St. Xavier’s College (Calcutta) Alumni Association (SXCCAA).

Dignitaries on the dais :