St. Aloysius College, Antofagasta

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St. Aloysius College
Spanish: Colegio San Luis
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St. Aloysius College, Antofagasta
855 Baquedano

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Chile
Coordinates 23°39′4″S70°23′42″W / 23.65111°S 70.39500°W / -23.65111; -70.39500
Information
Type Private primary and secondary school
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Denomination Jesuit
Patron saint(s) Aloysius Gonzaga
Established1916;108 years ago (1916)
Founder
RectorAlex Pizarro
Gender
Enrollment800 [1] [ better source needed ]
MascotLion
PublicationBoletín San Luisino
Affiliations
Website www.colegiosanluis.cl

St. Aloysius College (Spanish : Colegio San Luis) is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in Antofagasta, Antofagasta Province, Chile. The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1916 and is part of the Ignatian Educational Network of Chile and the Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI).

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History

The Bishop of Antofagasta, Luis Silva Lazaeta, already had Heart of Mary primary school run by the Claretians and a girls' school run by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods when he recognized the need to create a secondary school. In 1916 he finalized plans and founded St. Aloysius. Its first director was the German Florián Blümel of the Society of the Divine Word, who arrived along with Albino Seeger. The College opened in 1916 to 20 students who soon increased, in a house located at 361 Baquedano Street.

In 1922 the school moved to a new building built by the architect Cousiño Calavera in Baquedano. In 1935 Blümel asked the new archbishop Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez to look for a teaching congregation to take charge of the school. The Society of Jesus accepted and the first teachers arrived the same year. In 1936 they took charge of the College. Blümel retired in 1936 and died in Antofagasta on 29 October 1940. He was replaced by Nicanor Marambio, S.J., who had been a rector for the last ten years. This Jesuit's educational activities were not limited to St. Aloysius, as he also founded the J. F. Blümel High School for poor children with educational problems. In 1988 the municipality of Antofagasta gave the name of Nicanor Marambio to a complex located in the Bonilla settlement, in the northern sector of the city.

By the middle of last century, the enrollment grew significantly.

After the coup d'état of September 1973, thanks to the personal contacts of Renato Hasche who was rector at that time, it was possible to exempt San Luis from the branch of National Security Doctrine that had been imposed by the military regime. At this time the school was distinguished for hosting professors exonerated for political reasons.

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References

  1. "Colegio San Luis" (in Spanish). Latin American Federation of the Society of Jesus (FLACSI). 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2016.