James Redden

Profile Updated: April 27, 2023
Class Year: 1967
Residing In: New South Wales Australia
Current Occupation or Job Title Director HR
Children: Ryan born 1984
Shayne born 1985
Yes! Attending Reunion
Class, Month & Yr Joined Xavier's:

Class 6, Jan 1962

Locker or Roll No:

449

Boarder or Day Scholar?

Boarder

Class, Month & Yr Left(leaving) Xavier's:

Class XI, Dec 1967

Boards:

Senior Cambridge

Sports and Games participated in:

Kick the can

House:

Xavier

Extra-curricular Activities:

Literary Society; Science Club, Elocution and climbing Canary Hill

Awards & Honors at School

Represented School at the Inter-Jesuit School Elocution Contest in Darjeeling

School Nicknames

Thankfully None that I know of !!

Favorite School Memories:

Serving Fr Moore's early morning Mass so I could avoid a late breakfast!!
Setting up arguments with Fr Herbert which continue till today :)
Frustrating Mike Doyle's and Peter Shave's attempts at tuning my voice to the piano :)
Fr Grogan, Prema and his Pony.
Running cross-country around the lake bare feet.
Saturday Night Alfresco dinner and the weekly movie.
Fr Mulhearn's laboratories and some of the live specimens.
Cricket and Soccer matches at Balmoral.
The annual HOXA re-unions.
The Calcutta Party from Sealdah to Hazaribagh Road

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Favorite Teacher(s)

Fr Moore
Fr Grogan
PC Chacko
Peter Coleman
Tony Herbert
Mike Doyle
Doc Mulhearn
Tom Keogh
Barry O'Laughlin
Peter Shave
Alfie Rawlins
A Lal
Maurice Dullard
Peter Jones
Paul Jackson
Mr Roy Chowdhry
Mr Verma
and Pandit Ji (Sanskrit)

How privileged we were to have our lives influenced by such a selfless and dedicated set of humans. Deeply indebted.

uploadable photos, keepsakes, souvenirs?

Yes, but will upload later Photos and articles

Colleges/Universities attended:

St Xaviers Kolkata and XLRI Jamshedpur

Qualifications:

BA (HONS) B.ED ; PGDM

Recent School Visit:

1997. Still cherish the long walk ( Memory Tour ) of the school grounds and Buildings with Fr Cronin who so kindly and patiently filled me in with all the progress the school had made over the thirty years since we were there.

2018. For the John Moore Centenary celebration. Apart from honoring the great man it was an awesome experience to catch up with Frs Slattery, Keogh, Herbert as well as the eternal Bulu Imam and other Hoxans. Congratulations to the young students who were so creative in presenting John Moore's life. It was a special privilege to meet with the current students in the same classroom corridors we walked in our youth.

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Nov 14, 2024 at 10:44 AM

In the service of Indian education and the Hazaribagh Jesuits from 1951 to 2024 - an awesome record indeed. We owe him a debt of deep gratitude and a prayer of thanksgiving.May his dear soul rest in peace.

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Aug 09, 2019 at 2:33 PM

Very sad to report that Fr Barry O'Loughlin passed away in Melbourne on Monday 5th August after a long battle with diabetes which he bore with great dignity and patience. He was in Australia on a sabbatical and for treatment but was looking forward to returning to India his home for more than fifty years. He will be sorely missed by all of us who were lucky and privileged to be associated with him. May his dear soul rest in peace.

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Jan 18, 2019 at 12:39 PM

Very sad to hear of the passing of my good friend Basant Kujur today. Sincerest condolences to his family and may his dear soul rest in peace. It was a privilege to know him.

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Aug 19, 2017 at 2:33 PM

I was really saddened to hear about the passing of my friend Unni Nair. I recall with fondness how he would come and spend time with my brothers and me at Muri Railway station while we used to have this long wait for the Ranchi-Howrah Express to take us home to Kharagpur for the school holidays. Also the times we got to catch up while he was in IIT Kgp indulging in the simple pleasures of riding our bikes together on the roads and avenues of the railway colony and the IIT campus. I will also be eternally grateful to him for helping me in class with my struggles in Hindi. Rest in Peace my friend. You will live forever in our hearts and minds. My sincere condolences to his family.

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