Comments on: Fr Pulickal’s Four-letter Word

By: seby

seby — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 12:40:33 +0000

thx man…i was searchin for the motto of the jesuits

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Iesus Hominum Salvator « The Loyolite Diaries — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 22:00:44 +0000

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By: Syam Nath S

Syam Nath S — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:19:25 +0000

Thanks jiby. I seriously doubt it though heh. Looking foreward to the post on Fr. Pulikkal.

And you are right. In that wall which has LOYOLA SCHOOL and the emblem on it(behind the tank), the words AMDG are visible near the bottom right corner. It is rather negleted compared to the rest of the piece.

Btw
Talking about caustic tongues, anyone have anything to say about Titus sir? I think he taught here a year.
Smart ayirunu:D

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:55:31 +0000

AMDG in school stays in my memory as a footnote of hope while negotiating tricky history and civics question papers.
A shorter version of the motto followed me to St Stephen’s College in Delhi. Ragging time made sure nobody forgot the college motto Ad Dei Gloriam (To the Glory of God)

By: Ashok

Ashok — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:51:20 +0000

Jiby, I am very bad at fixing good titles for posts. So, when this came up, I used my blogger’s licence (AMDG is not a word, it’s an abbreviation).

Deepak, yes, now that you say it, I too recall the AMDG there in the new building. You people call it the main building, eh? I refer to it as the Extension of the Main Building.

By: Deepak Madhusoodanan

Deepak Madhusoodanan — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:47:37 +0000

Ashok, if I remember right, in the façade of the main building where “LOYOLA SCHOOL” is embossed in cement, the “AMDG” phrase also finds place in the bottom right. Current students can probably confirm this.

By: Anand

Anand — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:51:58 +0000

One of the lasting impressions Fr. Pullickal left in me was the note he wrote for me in my autograph book, which I later learnt was a quote from poet John Oxenham:

“For this is love’s prerogative – to give, and give, and give”

Over the years I have remembered this on multiple occasions and grasped more of what it means. To me this quote, in addition to an ideal he inspired us to strive for, stands for him as well for all his efforts to teach us so many different things.

Here’s to a life that inspired many …

-Anand
ICSE ‘91/ISC ‘93

By: Jiby

Jiby — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:43:16 +0000

Haha…loved the title…”Fr.Pulickal’s four letter word”…lol…was that your dig at the good old man’s occasionally(/regularly) caustic tongue??!! AMDG seems to be like from another world compared to what is automatically taken for the “Four-letter-word” today. I don’t know if my post gave the idea that we used the AMDG word just to curry favour with Fr.Pulickal or other teachers…atleast till school ended and even in college some of my classmates used AMDG in answer papers. We have discussed this in reunions and the interesting thing about AMDG is that it has stayed in our minds for so long. The english translation of AMDG is indeed very powerful and makes you feel great if you can associate an act of yours to the word.

Ashok, thank you very much for this exclusive series on Fr.Pulickal…like I have told you before, I failed each time I sat down to write an exclusive post on him, then Anand K of my batch promised to take it up on his blog, but he also never got around to it.

Syam, good work with the googling…you have a future in engineering!

By: Ashok

Ashok — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 09:28:26 +0000

Hari, thank you for updating us on the use of AMDG from the 1990s.

Deepak, I remember guys from your batch raving about Fr Alappat, the other Jesuit with a French beard. Interestingly, the priests used AMDG in question papers, but not in, say, School Day invites, Sports Day programme schedule, etc. In fact, the School Diary, which is the only document (I recall) with a visible sprinkling of Jesuit-ese, did not have AMDG, right?

My post and your responses show the changing conditions and practices in Loyola. Fascinating to hear from Hari that guys use AMDG in instant messaging. AMDG, by that account, has passed into students’ popular lingo.

By: Hari Shanker R.

Hari Shanker R. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:30:15 +0000

@ Syam: Father edassery STILL teaches!! He’s teaching history/geography to the 10th CBSE batch this year!!

By: Syam Nath S

Syam Nath S — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:53:55 +0000

oh btw
the patron saint of the jesuit students is Aloysius Gonzaga??
whose that ? :O

By: Syam Nath S

Syam Nath S — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:53:24 +0000

I agree with Hari chettan. I seem to have heard that Fr. Edassery also used to use that. He no longer teaches any class nor sets papers. So cant say for sure.

Great article. Was something i always wanted to know since reading Jiby chettans post

By: Deepak Madhusoodanan

Deepak Madhusoodanan — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:23:38 +0000

Doctor turned priest, Fr. Francis Alappat, who was the VII-B class teacher in the academic year 1990-91, used to place AMDG in his (English language) question papers too.

By: Hari Shanker R.

Hari Shanker R. — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:21:41 +0000

Great article, Ashok Chetta…

If my feeble memory is to be trusted, I remember having seen many A.M.D.Gs in lots of previous question papers. And, by the way, almost every one of Fr. Edassery’s Geography exam question papers sported an A.M.D.G.(He used to teach us Geography in the 10th.)

Some of us (myself included) use the ‘four letter word’ to sign off, after rather heated up debates pertaining to Loyolish issues in Instant Messaging sessions/conferences!!

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