The official site of St. Paul's High School (Belgaum)
St. Paul’s Trivia
1823 – Our Lady of Mount Carmel Chapel, Camp, Belgaum, was built by the Carmelite Fathers, chaplains to the Catholic British Officers and soldiers, who came from the South (under the Madras Presidency).
1833 – St. Mary’s chapel is repaired.
1849 – 8 July, Fr. Patrick Sheehan S.J. is the first (Irish) Jesuit to come to Belgaum, to take charge as chaplain of St. Mary’s.The First Matriculation Batch passed out in 1915-16. Out of 7 students who appeared 5 passed, of whom Miss. Mary D’Silva was one. She remains the only girl to have matriculated from St. Paul’s.The variety of dress, hats and caps and headgear bears witness to the various ethnic and religious groups to which the students and teachers belonged. Besides the Jesuit staff members (from left) an unknown priest (Fr. Jose Antunes or Savedra?), Frs. Bramley, J.B. Gonsalves, and Ayala among the lay staff are Mr. F.A. Britto, Mr. J. Frank, an unknown master, Mr. Gokhale and Mr. J.V. Coelho (who later joined the Jesuits and came back to the school as Principal, Fr. J.V. Coelho SJ).Unhappily there’s no way of identifying the names of these lady teachers. Students at the time were between 8 to 22 years of age. About a 100 years later, the school has grown considerably. Uniform dress has now become the great leveler, giving equality to all, independent of their social status, ethnic and religious backgrounds. All are now Indians and the tradition of Unity in Diversity is still prevalent in our school.Principal Joachim Lima S. J. of St. Paul’s, who became Archbishop of Bombay,seen with his brother Jesuits.First Independence Day Celebration at School.Future Olympian Reynold D’Souza and hockey captain for Kenya who honed his skills in hockey on our grounds. He was also a keen footballer (seated next to Bro.Alphonso SJ).General Thimmayya G.O.C. Southern Command takes the salute from Fr. V. D’Cunha S.J. o/c ACC (Senior troop) at St. Paul’s.Mother Teresa’s visit to the School. Seen in the background is Late Rev. Fr. Patrick D’Lima SJ, the then Vice Principal.
