SRISHTIMITRA (De Nobili College, Pune): June 2019

Sunday 9 June 2019

Eco-Mass

We had the Eco-Mass as part of the Orientation Programme 2019. The Eucharist was celebrated by Fr. Edward M SJ, the Rector of De Nobili College who highlighted the urgent need to take care of our common home.

The Eco-Mass was celebrated near the herbal garden to feel one with the nature. It was a moment of grace and mission to respond with new vigor and zeal. We welcomed the new comers to DNC and inviting them to be part of this legacy of expressing ecological awareness in their own unique ways.

Saturday 8 June 2019

Gratitude to the Past and hoping for the New

The new academic year has begun. We are grateful to the staff, students (deacons), lay collaborators, etc. for taking care of the plants in the summer. Though we faced difficulties to look after the plants, we managed our time carefully and spent some time to care for them. The Srishtimitra team is grateful to them.

We are venturing in the new academic year with creative plans to plant more saplings and promote clean and green DNC.

A Brief History

SRISHTIMITRA

Srishtimitra, in Hindi and Sankrit means “Friends of Creation.” It takes its inspiration from the Internationally well known “Tarumitra” venture of Bihar.

Planting trees and beautifying the De Nobili College Campus was the vision of the founding fathers of the campus (from 1942). Many priests, coadjutors, scholastics and lay collaborators generously offered themselves to make this place an environment friendly. However the naming of this particular endeavour/vision as “Tarumitra” or presently as “Srishtimitra” was a gradual evolution and organized as a ministry of the house in which the staff and the students and lay collaborators take active part and promote ecological awareness.