Calcutta Jesuits Inaugurate School for Santals
12 April , 2013 - The Jesuit’s of Kolkata Province in eastern India’s West Bengal state inaugurated and dedicated St.Xavier’s School at Jhantipahari for quality education of Santal tribals in Bankura District on 6th April. The school in Jhantipahari, some 190 kms northeast of Kolkata, began in the late 1990s when Fr. Mangal Das started a small hostel for the education of Santal children under a tin shed of a rice mill. He later purchased a land nearby for a stable hostel, which today can accommodate some 200 Santal children. The centre was christened ‘Mangaldeep Ashram’ to remember the dedicated services of Fr. Das. The centre’s school is an extension of St. Xavier’s School Durgapur. Fr. M.S. Arockia Samy, principal of St. Xavier’s Durgapur unveiled the plaque stone, while Kolkata Jesuit Provincial, Fr. Jeyaraj Veluswamy cut the ribbon to inaugurate the building. (Source: CCBI)
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