Colegio del Salvador
| Colegio del Salvador (Argentina) | |
|---|---|
 With Jesus, for the family and for peace | |
| Location | |
| Callao 542, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| Information | |
| Type | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Established | 1868 |
| Rector | Ricardo Moscato |
| Staff | 180 teachers |
| Grades | Pre-K through high school |
| Gender | All boy |
| Enrollment | 1,159 |
| Pastoral | Alberto Michelena SJ, director |
| Website | ColDelSalvador |
Colegio del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1868 and remains an all-male school, pre-primary through pre-university.
History
In 1617 the Jesuits founded in Buenos Aires a grammar school called Loreto College. In 1868 it was renamed Colegio del Salvador. Its sister university, Universidad del Salvador, was founded in 1958 after private universities were authorized. A contemporary expression of the Colegio's mission is for integral human formation leading to service of others.
Programs and Activities
The educational program leads to pre-university courses in conjunction with the following: Austral University in information sciences, law, engineering, and medicine; College Admission Differentiated System (SAD) of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA); agreements with University of CEMA and University of Belgrano.[1]
The school has academic exchange programs with Boston College High School, Georgetown Preparatory School, and Loyola High School, Los Angeles, USA.[2]
For the final three years of high school all students make a three-day, Ignatian, spiritual retreat at the school's own Villa de Mayo.[3] The Colegio's chief outreach programs for students, parents, and alumni are with Fe y Alegría, Mission to Boqueron, Ignatian Haiti, and Obra de San Jose (which cares for the homeless).[4][5] Other outreach experiences include a week's homebuilding in the province of Black River; faith-sharing with the poor in Concordia Mission during Holy Week; and the international Eucharistic Youth Movement (MEJ).[3]
Sports activities include a fitness center, pool, football fields, rama sports football, basketball, volleyball, and handball.[6]
The College applied for a television license when the government loosened control after the Peronist era.[7]
The future Pope Francis taught literature and psychology at Colegio del Salvador before his ordination, in 1966,[8] and in the late 1980s served at the College as spiritual director and confessor.[9]
References
- ↑ Advanced placement. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Loyola LA. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- 1 2 Pastorals. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- ↑ Obra de San Jose. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- ↑ President's Address. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- ↑ FLACSI. Accessed 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Political Censorship. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. 2001. p. 242. ISBN 1-57958-320-2.
- ↑ Pope Francis. Accessed 13 September 2016.
- ↑ WECT news. Accessed 13 September 2016.
Coordinates: 34°36′9.69″S 58°23′34.1″W / 34.6026917°S 58.392806°W