Janko Orač, 14th Station of the Cross: Jesus is laid in the tomb, acrylic on canvas, 100×70 cm, 2009
He is laid in a tomb. The sign of a cross appears from the stone tomb, from his anointed body, It enters into the bosom of life. As a sign of birth, as a sign of death, as a sign of suffering. Suffering. As a sign of joy. And a sign of Love. So inconceivable. Endless. Incomprehensible. Eternal love. Will you, the Spirit of God, eradicate the evil rooted in our flesh?
(14th Station of the Cross, Dane Zajc)
The suffering and pain of today’s world are also filled with the joy of resurrection. May the celebration of Easter be a source of abundant hope that love is stronger than hatred, forgiveness better than revenge and life more powerful than death. We wish you a happy Easter!
As a part of their European Tour, St. Stephen’s Global Touring Ensemble from Austin (Texas, USA) performed in Cankarjev dom (Ljubljana, Slovenia) together with the String Orchestra on 12th March 2015. A variety of eclectic music from classical music, blues, jazz, sophistic music to southern American melodies was be performed under the conductor and soloist John Moon. The String Orchestra, which consists of students of the Diocesan Classical gymnasium, played the Concerto op. 6, nr. 8 by A. Corelli under the baton of Damijan Močnik.
The American group is to present concerts in the cities of Salzburg, Ljubljana, Trieste and Venice. In St. Stanislav’s Institution we looked forward to the experience of performing together with the young American musicians and sharing common enthusiasm for music.
From 24th – 26th March, 2015 the students of the DCG took part in the innovation camp together with other students from different Slovene high schools as well as the students from Oslo, Norway who shared share their abundant experience in entrepreneurship. The event took place under the sponsorship of Microsoft and in cooperation with the Slovene Institution for Promotion of Entrepreneurship among the Young, which functions under in the realm of the international organisation JA-YE.
Ther innovation camp is a a part of the Erasmus+ project, this time led under the mentorship of Mirjam Lindič .
The traditional exchange with three Slavic Gymnasiums took place from 2nd – 6th March, 2015. This year the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium hosted students from Piarist Gxymnasium in Trenčín (Slovakia) and Piarist Lyceum from Krakow (Poland). Traditionally, students exchange their knowledge of singing as well as of all three Slavic mother tongues, namely Slovak, Polish and Slovene. The exchange ended with a concert of all three choirs and presentation of their language work.
We offer out heartfelt congratulations to Katja Logar from 3D class for her outstanding achievement at the contest Juvenes Translatores. She has chosen to do a translation from English into Slovene.
The contest promotes learning languages, raising awareness of the importance of translation skills and cooperation among schools from all over Europe. Every year a random electronic drawing is held to select a certain number of schools from among those that submitted registration forms, and we are happy that this year the DCG was chosen. The translation test is carried out simultaneously in all participating schools of all member states.
Katja will be travelling to Brussels on 16th April to attend the award ceremony at which the Commissioner for Multilingualism will present the awards.
A team of DCG students (year 3 and 4), who are engaged in the entrepreneurship club at the DCG, won 1st prize at the International Innovation Camp in Norway in November 2014. The annual competition took place in a prestigious innovative camp. There were actually three teams from the DCG, who took part, and the other two entered the finale.
The exchange with fifty-one students from Horsens Statsskole took place in the DCG from 8th – 12th March, 2015. The aim of the exchange was to get to know the Slovene educational system, the country and its history.
When visiting Denmark, the DCG students got abundant information about the Second World War in Denmark, while Danish students increased their knowledge about Slovenian history of the decades following WW II. All students involved reflected on the issue of memory and remembering the past. Danish students had also an opportunity to visit Slovenian parliament and explore our capital. We look forward to further exchanges with Horsens Statsskole.
