St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli

St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli (SJC) is a Jesuit-founded college in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.

Coat of arms

“The college blazon is not the heirloom of an ancient and noble family handed down with pride of name and glorious memories of the past. It is only distinctive badge expressing its aim and ideal. It bears azure, with the Trichinipoly rock and the college church for distinctive features. The conspicuous palm tree in the middle is the emblem of the east. It bears in fesses a bow and above it, is the monogram of the Society of Jesus. Its crest is a royal crown and a Lilly issuant, both in the honour of the college patron, St. Joseph, the crown signify that he was of David’s royal blood and the lily to signify his spotless purity. Thus the whole in ordinary language would read: the college of St. Joseph is conducted by the Fathers of the Society of Jesus, at Trichinipoly in the east. The motto “PRO BONO ET VERO” (For the Good and the True) indicates the idea which the teachers and the taught should ever keep before their eyes as the goal of their efforts in the field of education namely moral and intellectual formation. (From The College Centenary Memorial Volume – 1945)

The Jesuits

The Society of Jesus is a worldwide organization of religious men, numbering about 19,000 spread over the world, of whom over 3,000 are working in India. In Tamil Nadu there are about 500 Jesuits working in schools and colleges, youth service and social work centers, in parishes and mission out-reach programmes, and in almost every form of service and ministry of the church karthikeyan

Student training

• Courses on personality development
• Courses on leadership
• Courses on human rights
• Involvement in outreach neighborhood programme
• Participation in human rights issues
• Training in critical thinking
• Creating environmental awareness
• Training in civics and duties of a citizen
• Training in multi-religious tolerance
• Training to work as a team

Milestones of St.Joseph's College

Notable alumni

• A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India

• A. J. John, Anaparambil, chief minister of Travancore-Cochin ^[1]
• Sujatha Rangarajan, writer
• S. Ashok Kumar, judge, Madras High Court and Andhra Pradesh High Court
• A. Srinivasa Raghavan, Tamil writer
• Srirangam Kannan, Morsing Vidwan, Carnatic Musician,

References

External links

• Official website