Holy Redeemer Primary School

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Holy Redeemer Primary School is a Catholic, parish primary school located in the heart of Belize City, Belize.

A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or more curates, and who operates from a parish church. Historically, a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor. Its association with the parish church remains paramount.

Primary school School in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about five to twelve

A primary school, junior school or elementary school is a school for children from about four to eleven years old, in which they receive primary or elementary education. It can refer to both the physical structure (buildings) and the organisation. Typically it comes after preschool, and before secondary school.

Belize City Largest city in Belize

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History

Located at the Cathedral parish in Belize City, it began operation in 1869. In 1883 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Belize and made the running of this school their first task. At that time there were more part-Spanish Mestizo children in the school, refugees from the Caste War of Yucatán, than there were Creole children. [1] It has always been one of the largest schools in Belize, located in the heart of old Belize Town. [2]

Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish, Belize City

When the Holy Redeemer Catholic parish was founded in 1852 it was the only parish in Belize and from it missionaries covered the whole country. When other parishes were founded Holy Redeemer remained a parish with its own history but with its leadership connected to the Catholic church in all of Belize under titles of governance that evolved over the years from apostolic prefect to apostolic vicar to bishop. It has remained the hub of the diocese, the bishop's church, as well as a parish in its own right.

Sisters of Mercy religious order

The Religious Sisters of Mercy (R.S.M.) are members of a religious institute of Catholic women founded in 1831 in Dublin, Ireland, by Catherine McAuley (1778–1841). As of 2019, the institute has about 6200 sisters worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations. They also started many education and health care facilities around the globe.

<i>Mestizo</i> Term to denote a person with European and Native American blood

Mestizo or mestiza is a term historically used in Spain, Spanish America and the Philippines that originally referred to a person of combined European and Indigenous American descent, regardless of where the person was born. The term was used as an ethnic/racial category for mixed-race castas that evolved during the Spanish Empire. Although broadly speaking, Mestizo means someone of mixed European/indigenous heritage, and usually for someone considered a plebeian, the term did not have a fixed meaning in the colonial period. It was a formal label for individuals in official documentation, such as censuses, parish registers, Inquisition trials, and other matters. Individuals were labeled by priests and royal officials as mestizos, but the term was also used for self identification.

Alumni

Noted alumni include Antonio Soberanis Gómez, an activist in the Belizean labour movement, George Price, first prime minister of Belize, and politician Jorge Espat, former Minister of National Security and Economic Development and president of St. John's College.

Antonio Soberanis Gómez was an activist in the Belizean labour movement. He found the Labour and Unemployed Association in 1934 to demand poverty relief work and a minimum wage. He was jailed for sedition in 1935.

George Cadle Price Prime Minister of Belize

George Cadle Price, PC, OCC, was a Belizean statesman who served twice as the head of government of Belize from 1961–1984 and 1989–1993. He served as First Minister and Premier under British rule until independence in 1981 and was the nation's first prime minister after independence that year. He is considered to have been one of the principal architects of Belizean independence. Today he is referred to by many as the "Father of the Nation". Price effectively dominated Belizean politics from the early 1960s until his 1996 retirement from party leadership, serving as the nation's head of government under various titles for most of that period.

Jorge Luis Espat is a Belizean academic and politician. Espat is a former member People's United Party area representative in the Belize House of Representatives. He served on the faculty of St. John's College in Belize City as an instructor and later as president.

Coordinates: 17°29′48.38″N88°11′14.24″W / 17.4967722°N 88.1872889°W / 17.4967722; -88.1872889

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References

  1. Woods, Charles M. Sr., et al. Years of Grace: The History of Roman Catholic Evangelization in Belize: 1524-2014. (Belize: Roman Catholic Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, 2015), pp. 159, 161.
  2. "Holy Redeemer Primary School" . Retrieved June 4, 2015.