Dr. Miro Cerar‘s visit will take place on Tuesday, 19th April 2016. He will tour The Alojzij Šuštar Primary School and meet the governing body of St. Stanislav’s Institution. A panel discussion with students is scheduled at 2.20 a. m. in the common room of The Jeglič Student Home. The discussion under the title of »25 years of Slovenia’s independence – paths and deviations« is prepared  and moderated by a group of DCG students who explore current socio-political issues. The auxiliary bishop of Ljubljana and former director of St. Stanislav’s Institution dr. Anton Jamnik will join in the discussion as well.

On invitation from the Bischöfliches Gymnasium Graz the (Re)mixed Choir of the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium will visit the school from 10th -11th March 2016. Singing students of both schools will take part in the evening concert and the guest will be shown around the school and the city of Graz.
(Re)Mixed Choir of the DCG with almost 110 singers is the largest choir in school, in which mostly 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students sing. The choir tends to sing an appealing programme of gospel, spirituals, pop and musicals. Under the energetic leadership of the conductor Helena Fojkar Zupančič and accompanied by a band, the choir thrills everybody everywhere and we believe it will be so in Graz as well. /Lily Schweiger Kotar/

The traditional exchange with three Slavic Gymnasiums will take place from 7th – 11th March 2016. This year the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium Piarist Gxymnasium, Trenčín will host students from Piarist Lyceum, Krakow (Poland) and The Diocesan Classical Gymnasium from Ljubljana, Slovenia. Traditionally, students exchange their knowledge of singing as well as of all three Slavic mother tongues, namely Slovak, Polish and Slovene. The choirs will perform individulaly on several occasions, however, the visit will end with a joint concert of all three choirs and presentation of their language work.

The choir travelling to Trenčín is St. Stanislav Youth Choir of DCS, with 50 singers, which has received many awards and prizes at youth choral reviews in Slovenia and at international choral festivals, including golden plaques and awards for the best choir of the competition. This choir also regularly performs larger vocal-instrumental works and collaborates with professional institutions. More recently they are most proud of the International Choral Kathaumixw festival (2014) where they won the title “Choir of the World” in Powell River, Canada as well as the 1st prize for Folk & Cultural Traditions. The conductor of the choir is Damijan Močnik, composer and teacher of music at the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium. The accompanying teachers on the tour are Kaja Naglič and Pavle Šijanec.

St. Stanislav’s Institution has the pleasure of inviting you to a spring concert, which will take place on Wednesday 2nd March, 2016 at 6 p.m. in St. Stanislav’s Chapel. The program consisting of French-Canadian folk songs and works by Casals, Pergolesi, Galuppi, Dvorak and Rutter will be presented. The Canadian girls’ choir the Borealis Voice is on a European Tour, being guests of the DCG students from 2nd March – 4th March 2016. It is a choir of about 145 girls (aged 8 – 17) and was founded in 1998. This is one of the best choirs in the area and it has staged with artist such as Celine Dion and Yoko Ono and many other musicians of Montreal area. The choir travels annually in international tours.
St. Stanislav Girls’ Choir of The Diocesan Classical Gymnasium, with 50 girls, has gained prestige through numerous victories at competitions in Slovenia and Europe. It has received many awards and prizes at youth choral reviews in Slovenia and at international choral festivals. The most prominent triumphs are the Euroradio choral competition Let the Peoples Sing in Oslo, Norway (2009) – winner of the youth category and overall winner, recipient of the prestigious award Silver Rose Bowl and the Overall winner of the International Choir Competition »Summa Cum Laude« in Vienna, and a special award of the Music Youth Austria for programme interpretation (2013).

Prospective students, families and friends of St. Stanislav’s Institution are kindly invited to St. Stanislav’s Admission Information Day to be held on 12th February at 9 a.m. and 15 p.m. and 13th February 2016 at 9 a.m. A presentations by faculty and current students will offer ample information on school programme, covering academics, arts, athletic facilities and life at St. Stanislav’s as well as on extracurricular activities. You will also learn about admission procedures to enter The Diocessan Classical Gymnasium and The Jeglic Student Home. For a more detailed schedule please call +386 (0)1 582 22 45 or write at [email protected].
We look forward to welcoming you to St. Stanislav’s Institution.

Prospective students, their parents and friends of St. Stanislav’s Institution are kindly invited to the open house day which will be held on 30th January 2016. They will become familiar with school programme and its facilities by attending classes in action at the Diocesan Classical Gymnasium (8.00 – 9.55 a.m.) undertaking a guided tour of gymnasium and The Jeglič Students Home various facilities (8.00-12.10 a.m.) and by listening to one of the five school choirs singing. You can attended classes in The Music School of St. Stanislav’s Institution (9.00-12.00 a.m.) or joining the guided tour of J. F. Gnidovec Residence Hall (at 12.00 a.m.). Basic information on all schools in St. Stanislav’s Institution will be available on that day.  For a more detailed schedule please contact on +386 (0)1 582 22 45 or [email protected].
St. Stanislav’s admission information day will be held on 12th February at 9 a.m. and 15 p.m. and 13th February 2016 at 9 a.m.
We look forward to welcoming you to St. Stanislav’s Institution.

The Virgin Mary was called to rejoice above all because of what the Lord accomplished in her. God’s grace enfolded her and made her worthy of becoming the Mother of Christ. When Gabriel entered her home, even the most profound and impenetrable of mysteries became for her a cause for joy, faith and abandonment to the message revealed to her. The fullness of grace can transform the human heart and enable it to do something so great as to change the course of human history. (From the homily of Pope Francis at the opening of the Jubilee Year of Mercy on 8 December 2015)
May the spirit of Christmas fill us all with joy of life and gratitude for everything we are blessed with. Let us remain open to the new Life and, like Mary, accept it wholeheartedly and bring it into this world that strives for peace, mutual acceptance, justice, mercy, and tenderness. May the New Year be a year full of sincere and genuine relationships, readiness to help and support each other and blessed abundantly by our merciful Father.
Roman Globokar, Ph. D.
Director

At The Diocesan Classical Gymnasium in St. Stanislav’s Institution sport climbing has had a long-established tradition since 1993. In these years, twenty-one annual national climbing championships for high school students in Slovenia have been organized. Each year about 150 contestants from all over Slovenia take part. National championship is held every year at the end of January, this year on 27th and 28th January, 2016.

This season we have decided to expand the competition and invite some foreign climbers as well. The conditions for the participation are the following: foreign climbers must be enrolled at a secondary school in the academic year 2015/2016 and born between 1997-2000. The competition runs separately for registered contestants who are lead-climbers and for those who are tope-rope climbers.

If required, accommodation is available in St. Stanislav’s Institution. For further information adn foreign climbers registration, please contact us by 18th January 2016 at [email protected]

We look forward to meeting you in Ljubljana.

Andrej Kokalj, P.E. teacher, Head of National/International Climbing Championship for High School Students in Slovenia
phone: 00386 41 569 530
[email protected]

Each year the entire school community celebrates St. Stanislav’s Day to mark the feast of the Institution’s patron. We have the pleasure of inviting you to this year’s celebration which will be marked with holy mass and a solemn celebration on Thursday 12th November 2015. Holy mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. in the parish church of St. Vitus in Ljubljana Šentvid by the Archbishop of Ljubljana Msgr. Stanislav Zore. The solemn celebration will take place at 5 p. m. in the new sports hall of the Alojzij Šuštar Primary School. Mr. Matjaž Barbo, musicologist, will hold the official speech. The performance will be given by the students of all schools in St. Stanislav’s Institution.

We look forward to meeting you.

Roman Globokar, Ph. D.
Director of St. Stanislav’s Institution

Commemorative celebration in St. Stanislav’s Institution on the occasion of the centennial of the Isonzo Front and the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and post-war massacres

The commemorative celebration was to honour the memory of past events and as a warning to future generations. The celebration took place on Thursday, 18th June, 2015, beginning with mass at 8.30 p.m. in St. Stanislav’s Chapel. The military chaplain Jože Plut celebrated the mass. At 9.30 p.m. during the commemoration the lights in the building of St. Stanislav’s Institution were going out. Every dead light memorises the pain and loss of man, who had a name, family name as well as fate and light within himself. In the park surrounding St. Stanislav’s Institution the remembrance candles were lit as a reminder of past atrocities.  All people throughout Slovenia were kindly invited to light the remembrance candles in their homes to commemorate the victims of WWI and WWII and post-war massacres.

Lily Schweiger Kotar