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St. Ignatius of Loyola College, Timor-Leste

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St. Ignatius of Loyola College
Portuguese: Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola
Location
Kasait
,
Ulmera, Liquiça
Timor-Leste
8°34′28″S 125°27′43″E / 8.57444°S 125.46194°E
Information
Type Private Catholic secondary school
Motto Latin: Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
(For the greater glory of God)
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Patron saint Ignatius Loyola
Established 2013
Founder Society of Jesus
Faculty 36
Enrollment 693 (2018[1])
Website timor-leste-jesuits.org/what-we-do/education/colegio-de-santo-inacio-de-loiola-secondary-school

St. Ignatius of Loyola College (Portuguese: Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola, also abbreviated as CSIL), is a private Catholic secondary school, located in Kasait, Ulmera, Liquiça, Timor-Leste. The school was founded by the Timor-Leste Region of the Society of Jesus in 2013 near the capital city of Dili, with its first intake of students, in Year 7.[2] The school aims to form young East Timorese to become men and women of intellectual competence, religious with conscience, and humanly compassionate toward their fellow human beings. The school was officially inaugurated on 25 January 2014.

As a Jesuit school, St. Ignatius of Loyola College's philosophy is to promote the spiritual, academic, social, emotional, psychological and physical development of its students.

In 2018 the school had 693 students and 36 qualified teachers.[1]

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References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 UCANews March 9, 2018
  2. Back to citation "Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola (Secondary School)". The Jesuits in Timor-Leste. 2015-11-05. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-17.