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Book Review – ‘Once Upon A Time’ – a narrative by Fr. George A. Hess, S.J

Ronald DCosta | Monday, 27 June 2011 12:17

George Hess [Ronald DCosta (Class of 1964 Loyola School, Jamshedpur) is organising the launch of the book titled "Once upon a time" written by Father Hess. The book will be launched on the 8th of July at TMDC auditorium in Jamshedpur at 5 pm]

This is the story of a young boy born in the early nineteen twenties in New Jersey, to a devout Catholic family. His father's business of manufacturing bulbs failed and they moved to Washington D.C. which was the turning point for young George. Being intelligent, he won a scholarship in 1933 to Gonzaga College, a Jesuit school, and three years later, at the age of thirteen, was convinced that he wanted to become a Catholic priest.

Coming soon a coffee table book on DNS

Thursday, 14 February 2008 11:51

Dhanbad Alumni Chapter is coming out with a coffee table book celebrating 50 years of the school. The 250-page book would cover:

50 Alumni who are at the top of their professions.
50 Pillars of Strength (our teachers) who took the school from strength to strength.
50 Photographs representing each year since inception - something that capture the mood of the year.
50 of the best ever photographs taken of school activities.
50 photographs covering the Golden Jubilee celebrations.

A gigantic task of sifting through 10,000 school photographs form the school's, as well as, Fr. Hess's private collection is taking place at Dhanbad.

The Life of Fr George A Hess

Thursday, 16 August 2007 15:44

Rajat Bhatia (79 batch) pays a rich tribute to Fr George A Hess SJ through One Man's Dream - A Million Kids' Beneficence, a book on Fr Hess’ vision, life and achievements. Some extracts...

The Book also chronicles the history of De Nobili School and the Jesuits including founding Principal late Fr FX McFarland, Fr Kirsh, Fr T Peacock, Fr Hunt, Fr E Welch, Fr Eugene Power, Fr J Keogh, Fr H Lobo, Fr Eric Cassel, Fr George Thana and Fr Pius Fernandes.

In Baltimore, Chicago and San Diego

Thursday, 16 August 2007 15:15

{mosimage} In the year 2005, Father Hess visited the United States and spent about three months there. He first visited Chicago, followed by San Diego and then Baltimore. Before returning to India, he again spent some time in San Diego and Chicago. During this period a number of Nobilians in the Mid-West, the East Coast and the West Coast called upon Father Hess to meet him personally. Everyone, expressed their gratitude for his brilliant work in India and fondly remembered their days at De Nobili School. Professor Ramesh Rao of the University of California, San Diego organized a get together of Nobilians on the West Coast. He also showed Father Hess around the new research building for which he had received a multi-million dollar grant. On the East Coast, Deven Verma visited Father Hess. In the Mid West, quite a few Nobilians called upon Father Hess when he was staying with Mr. Joseph Thomas.

Life of Fr Hess after De Nobili

Thursday, 16 August 2007 15:13

Though Father Hess is best known for his work at De Nobili School, he continued to perform yeoman service to the cause of education in India even after leaving De Nobili. In 1979, he left De Nobili to return to the scenic city of Jamshedpur to become the Principal of the Loyola College of Education.

The Loyola College of Education trained teachers in the art as well as science of educating children. Many teachers in India have been trained there in the field of education. The picture on the right is an aerial photograph of the Loyola College, set amidst a backdrop of rolling hills.

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