Talk:List of Jesuit educational institutions

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Europe edit

One of the most prominent of these universities is the Gregorian University in Rome, one of the Church's key seats of learning, associated in a consortium with the Pontifical Biblical Institute and Pontifical Oriental Institute.

In Spain the Jesuits run the University of Deusto, the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid and the ESADE (a business school) in Barcelona and several primary and high schools.

In Ireland, the Jesuits run five secondary schools: Belvedere College, Gonzaga College (both in Dublin), Clongowes Wood College in Clane, Co. Kildare, St Ignatius College, in Galway city, and Crescent College, which is in Limerick.

In the United Kingdom the Jesuit educational institutions are: Wimbledon College, St. Aloysius' College, Glasgow, Campion Hall, Oxford, Heythrop College (London), Mount St Mary's College (Sheffield), St Ignatius Enfield and Stonyhurst College (Clitheroe).

In Belgium, the Jesuits run various secondary schools (high schools) such as "Sint-Jozefscollege" in Aalst (Dutch-speaking) and "Onze-Lieve-Vrouwecollege" and "Sint-Xaverius College" both in Antwerp and "Sint-Jan Berchmans College" in Brussels. "Universitair Centrum Sint-Ignatius" in Antwerp (Dutch-speaking; now part of "Universiteit Antwerpen") and the 'Facultés Notre-Dame de la Paix' of Namur (French-speaking) are both Jesuit universities.

North America edit

In the United States, 28 Jesuit tertiary education institutions are organized as the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, the oldest one being Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789. One of its presidents, Father Patrick Francis Healy, was the first African American to head a major university. The largest institution is Loyola University Chicago. The 46 Jesuit high schools of America are organized under the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. The Jesuits have recently opened a number of middle schools in poor neighborhoods in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Omaha, Buffalo and St. Louis. There are also Jesuits serving on the faculties of other Catholic colleges and universities; additionally they serve on many secular faculties.

Jesuits also operate retreat houses, for the purpose of offering the Spiritual Exercises (above) and other types of days of prayer or spiritual programs extended over weekends or weeks. The oldest Jesuit retreat house in the United States is Mount Manresa in Staten Island, New York, and today there are 34 retreat houses or spirituality centers run by the order in the U.S. Jesuits also serve on the staffs of other retreat centers.

South America edit

In Latin America Jesuit institutions are organized into the Asociación de Universidades Confiadas a la Compañía de Jesús en América Latina (Association of Universities Entrusted to the Jesuits in Latin America).

Asia edit

In the Philippines, the schools are all independent, although they maintain institutional ties. The Ateneo de Manila University, Ateneo de Naga University, Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu, Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Ateneo de Davao University and Xavier School are all loosely federated. An affiliated association, Mindanao Consortium of Ateneo Universities, groups all of the Jesuit universities located in Mindanao island with the purpose of promoting Muslim-Christian unity and dialogue as well as to exchange knowledge and expertise in various academic fields.

In India, the Jesuits run top colleges and schools in the country including St. Xavier's School, Ranchi, St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore (alumni include Rahul Dravid, Sabeer Bhatia, Nikihl Chinnapa), St. Lawrence High School, Kolkata, Loyola College, Chennai, St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, Campion School, Mumbai, St. Mary's Mumbai, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta, St. Xavier's School, Barddhaman, Xavier Labour Relations Institute, Jamshedpur, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB), Campion School Bhopal, Loyola School, Jamshedpur, St. Xavier's High School Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad, Loyola School, Thiruvananthapuram, St. Xavier's High School (Sahibganj), St.Aloysius College, Mangalore, [St Xavier's College, Thiruananthapuram], St Xavier's College, Palayamkottai, Loyola College, Kunkuri, St Xavier's College, Balipara, St Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli, St Xavier's College, Goa, St Britto's High School, Goa, Andhra Loyola College, Vijaywada, Loyola Academy, Alwal, Secunderabad, Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) and Xavier Institute of Development and Service (XIDAS), St Vincent's High School, Pune and St Xavier's College, Ranchi, St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad. They also run some of the top theological colleges in India the famous ones being Jnana Deepa Vidyapeeth, Pune (De Nobili College) and Vidyajyoti College of Theology, Delhi. They also run 9 Regional Theology Centers (RTC) for contextual theologies in diverse regions of the country. Their educational institutions also have some of the country's best sportspersons producing centers, prominent among them being St Ignatius High School, Gumla, St Mary's High School, Samtoli, Loyola School Jakhama (Kohima), Xavier Institute of Engineering, Mahim, Mumbai, St. Xavier's Technical Institute, Mumbai.

In Indonesia, the Jesuits run seven junior and/or high schools, including Canisius College (Kolese Kanisius), St.Mikael College, De Britto College, Loyola College (Kolese Loyola), Junior High School of Wood Technology (PIKA), Gonzaga College, and Le Coq d'Armanville College.

In Hong Kong S.A.R., the Jesuits run two leading secondary schools, Wah Yan College, Kowloon and Wah Yan College, Hong Kong.

In Japan, the Jesuits founded Sophia University. It is considered to be one of the best private universities in the country, and is one of Tokyo's top ranked private universities.

In Korea, the Jesuits are running Sogang University. It is established in February, 1960. It is founded by Art Dethlefs, Basil Price, Jin Song Man(진성만), Theodor Geppert, Ken Killoren and Clancy Herbst. Nowadays Sogang University is considered to be one of the best private universities in Korea.

In Taiwan, Jesuits founded the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Management of the Catholic Fu-Jen University during the 1950s. In 2003 another new Faculty of Social Sciences was derived from the Faculty of Law. Thus until today, the Fu Jen Catholic University is still considered to be one of the best private universities in Taiwan.

Thailand. Assumption University, Bangkok.

Australia edit

In Australia, the Jesuits run a number of high schools including Xavier College, St Ignatius' College, Riverview, Loyola Senior High School, Mount Druitt, Saint Ignatius' College, Athelstone, St Aloysius' College and Saint Ignatius College, Geelong.

Africa edit

In Egypt, the Jesuits run College de la Sainte Famille, a private boys school in Fagalla, Cairo. They are also involved in charitable organisations in the South of the country. The Jesuits also run Loyola Jesuit College, in Abuja, Nigeria. They have also two other primary schools one of them in Heliopolis,Cairo and the other in Daher,Cairo

Notable entries only edit

I have reduced the list to notable entries. Therefore, anything redlinked or unlinked was deleted. It would be preferable if there were current references denoting each entry as a Jesuit institution (especially because many give themselves over to a lay board of directors or similar.) Elizium23 (talk) 05:02, 28 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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Numbering is cumbersome edit

I object to this edit, which added number totals to each heading. Firstly, I do not expect them to stay in sync as strangers edit the article, adding and subtracting schools. Secondly, they are highly nonstandard, and one reason it is not done is because heading text is meant to be very stable, especially so that it may be linked from elsewhere, and unless we use anchors, every single edit to this article will break a link, guaranteed. Elizium23 (talk) 01:08, 8 November 2020 (UTC)Reply

Some schools are miscatorized as colleges/universities edit

It appears that at least some of the schools identified as universities are in fact secondary schools. viz College of Clermont, Paris, and St Joseph College, Aalst (Belgium). Someone with good knowledge of these schools should probably double check. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cellmaker (talkcontribs) 21:12, 28 January 2022 (UTC)Reply


Some of these have incorrect links, e.g. Gonzaga College in Indonesia links to Gonzaga College in Iran--but I can't see how to fix the links on the page.Kcomerfo (talk) 18:45, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

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