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Kondama – Doing small things with great love

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

Recently with Mother Teresa being declared a Saint by the Church, we recall her many pearls of wisdom. To encourage us to perform daily acts of kindness, Mother Teresa reminded us: “Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with...

M Saravanakumar – Mithra’s Physiotherapist

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M Saravanakumar – Mithra’s Physiotherapist

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

Mithra is very fortunate to have a Physiotherapist. It was always part of Sr Mary Theodore’s vision that the disabled children of the poor, deserved on-going professional therapy. She was appalled to discover that many physiotherapists in Madras who...

Hemalatha Chena – Mithra School Principal

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Hemalatha Chena – Mithra School Principal

By Friends of MithraNovember 21, 2016Comments Disabled

From the beginning in 1977, Sr Mary Theodore knew that physically and intellectually challenged children could live much better lives if they received help from the relevant professionals. Rehabilitation was Sister’s “buzz” word. She had discovered...

Incredibly sad news

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Incredibly sad news

By Friends of MithraOctober 23, 2016Comments Disabled

The incredibly sad news arrived today of the sudden death on Dinesh. D. – a beloved and special resident of Mithra. Dinesh was one of the most unassuming and least demanding children at Mithra. Confined to a wheelchair because of his debilitating muscular...

Principals from Australia & PNG

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Principals from Australia & PNG

By Friends of MithraOctober 23, 2016Comments Disabled

Seven special guests from Australia and PNG visited Mithra at the end of September. These guests: Carmel Ellis, Ivan Banks, Jon Franzin, Peter Sindu, Peter Chapman, Michael Carroll and Damian Messer, – Principals of Edmund Rice Schools – spent...

Perfect travels

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Perfect travels

By Friends of MithraOctober 23, 2016Comments Disabled

For more than 20 years the Bajaj family from Delhi – beginning with the beloved Badri, then his son Raj and most recently his grandson Aditya – through their companies Perfect Travels and Adventure World, have been providing faultless travel...

Mithra’s Australia-India connection

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Mithra’s Australia-India connection

By Friends of MithraOctober 23, 2016Comments Disabled

In December 2006, Mithra’s new school building, named after St Rose, was blessed by the Auxiliary Bishop and opened by the Australian High Commissioner to India, Mr John McCarthy. Mr McCarthy was a good friend to Sr Mary Theodore and great supporter...

Welcome to the two Helens

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Welcome to the two Helens

By Friends of MithraOctober 23, 2016Comments Disabled

Two very significant visitors to Mithra in September were Sr Mary Theodore’s nieces: Helen Sugars and Helen Mahoney. For Helen Sugar it was her first visit, and for Helen Mahoney it was her regular annual visit to attend the AGM and to support the...

New friends – St Rita’s & Mithra

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New friends – St Rita’s & Mithra

By Friends of MithraOctober 10, 2016Comments Disabled

In the middle of one steamy, hot night in mid-September, ten tired Year 11 girls and three staff members from St Rita’s College, landed in Chennai, to confront the hassles of Indian bureaucracy. Eventually their bus delivered them to Mithra. But these...

Three unforgettable weeks

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Three unforgettable weeks

By Friends of MithraOctober 10, 2016Comments Disabled

When Principal Paul Flanders talked to his staff in Brisbane, and showed photos of his visit to Mithra in 2014, Lyn Dagis, a staff member, remembers saying to herself: “I have to go there to lend a hand!” The next thing she remembers is having coffee...