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Boarding Prefects
Submitted by edrmax on August 13, 2010 - 5:28am.How about starting a list of all Boarding Prefects who molded us to where all of us are now!
I will start with Fio Mascarenhas, Teddy Colaco, Simon D'Souza, Lancy, Richard Rodgers, Bro.(Mr.) D'Sa, Fr.Nunes, Fr.Jau(Head Prefect), Fr.Joe Prabhu(Head Prefect, my Uncle), Edgar Nazareth and numerous others whom I will add after consulting with my other brothers (all Stanislites), Fr.Eustace sj, Eric and Everton. Our youngest brother, Eldred, also a stanislite boarder, passed away on February 14th, 1995 (RIP).
R.I.P. ex Stanislite LEO PINTO, Olympic Gold Medallist , Goal Keeper & Goal Scorer (1948)
Submitted by denzil on August 11, 2010 - 1:57pm.
In his message to SportsBandra '08, our patron, Leo Pinto pleaded "keep the fire (for sports) always burning (in our hearts)" ... we'll try and emulate your ideals ... always!
(i am re-producing here an article from this morning's Times of India)
Leo Pinto, India’s oldest Olympian, is no more
PINTO WAS THE GOALIE WHEN INDIA WON GOLD AT THE 1948 LONDON OLYMPICS
Olympian Leo Hillary Knowles Pinto, the oldest living Indian sportsperson, passed away on Tuesday. He was 96.
In 1936, Pinto was a certainty for the Berlin Olympics but missed it after suffering a serious concussion during the Olympic trials. He was India’s goalkeeper at the London Olympics in 1948 when India won the gold.
Born in Nairobi, Pinto came to Goa and then Bombay where he studied at Antonio De Souza and St Stanislaus. He learnt to play hockey, football, cricket, badminton and boxing. He was also very good in athletics.
At the age of 13, Leo, almost instinctively it now seems, took the decision to don pads and become a goalie. He played for Byculla Rovers in the Aga Khan Cup hockey tournament. Pinto had a good life with Tata Sports Club who made him manager of their hockey team even while he was playing. RK Vissanji employed him post-retirement at Wallace Flour Mills. In 1972, Pinto was coach of the Indian Olympic team and served on the Bombay Hockey Association in the 70s. He was also a good singer. Bach’s version of Ave Maria was a particular favourite.
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Olympian Leo Pinto passes away
Submitted by Gerry Mascarenhas on August 10, 2010 - 9:37pm.
I heard with great sadness of the death of Stanislite and Olympic Hockey goalkeeper Leo Pinto. Leo Pinto graduated from St. Stanislaus in 1932.
His funeral was held in Bandra on 11th August 2010 at St. Francis of Assissi Church. He was buried at St. Peter's Sea Side Cemetary.
May he rest in Peace.
Read Stanislite Pradeep Vijayakar's tribute in todays TOI http://tinyurl.com/32edjpe
Read about Leo Pinto here http://stanislites.org/alumni/content/leo-pinto
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A HAPPY FEAST TO ALL IN THE JESUIT FAMILY
Submitted by denzil on July 31, 2010 - 7:11am.“Dearest Lord,denzil
teach me to be generous;
teach me to serve You as You deserve;
to give and not to count the cost,
to fight and not to heed the wounds,
to toil and not to seek for rest,
to labour and not to ask for reward
save that of knowing I am doing Your Will”
WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY FEAST OF St IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA
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Another visit another excuse to meet
Submitted by Gerry Mascarenhas on July 17, 2010 - 5:12pm.Francis D'silva and Michael Baretto are visiting Mumbai from Norway and it was yet another excuse for Class of 1977 and Junior College 1979 to meet over at Bandra Gym.
While we had a great time we missed Mike Baretto who did not show up. The surprise was meeting with Milton D'silva. At the end of the evening Neale was threatening to start singing the School Anthem, Peter Tool forgot he was Peter Tool and mentioned he knew Peter Tool...go figure that one :) and ended up in Chembur dropping off Francis there with Christopher and Errol for company. I was too chicken to travel at that time of the morning with three "boys" in high spirits with Peter at the wheel. yes it was a real happy time. George Matthew was meeting a friend as the night was still young. Me, I hit the sack, I must be really getting old.
The greatest years of my life
Submitted by Capt. Alfred Gomez on May 22, 2010 - 1:02pm.Hi guys!
Truly, those were the greatest years of my life.
From running down the corridors of this majestic school during the short breaks, to learning core values of life; I am indeed proud to be called a Stanislite.
This school has ingrained within us the basic foundation not only in the realm of education, but in morals, discipline and values.
Being in the shipping industry in am in touch with ( Capt. ) Shashi D'Souze, ( Capt. ) Listen Periera and have met up with quite a few of our batchmates ( Sanjay Pandalay, Giles Periera, Uday Welling ) during our 'competency' examinations.
After sailing at sea from 1981-2005 I have finally hung up my sea boots, residing in Mumbai ( Andheri ) and work for 'Seaspan Ship Manaagement - Vancouver' at their local office in Mumbai.
An important aspect is that whenever I come across a 'Stanislite' from which ever batch, there is still a special bonding among us and this just goes to indicated the tremendous influence this great institution has instilled within us.
I have only just signed up and will try and source some of our class photographs and upload them online.
PS: Does anyone know the whereabouts of our batch topper, Arvind Prabhu?
God bless you all,
Alfred Gomez
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