History of Jesuit Education

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History of Jesuit Education

• JSEA
• 2000

2
1548

• St. Ignatius Spiritual Exercises is published.

3
1548

• First Jesuit college is founded in Messina,
  Sicily

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1551

• Ignatius establishes the Roman College to become
  the model for all Jesuit schools. It is now
  called the Gregorian University.

• Among its graduates are
• 19 canonized saints
• 16 popes
• 24 beatified persons

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1573

• The first Jesuit college in the New World,
• St. Ildefonse, is established in Mexico City
  (63 years before Harvard University).

6
1599

• The final edition of the Ratio Studiorum is
  published.

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1600

• A total of 245 Jesuit educational institutions
  are in existence, of which 15 are specifically
  universities, the others (colleges) a combination
  of secondary and tertiary education.

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1749

• There are now 845 Jesuit educational institutions
  with more than 699 secondary schools operated
  tuition-free with support from endowments and
  foundations.

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1773

• Pope Clement XIV suppresses the Society of Jesus.
  All Jesuit schools are confiscated and largely
  destroyed. During the years of the suppression,
  the number of Jesuits dwindles from 23,000 to
  600.

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1789

• The former Jesuit, Bishop John Carroll, founds
  Georgetown University. The secondary school
  connected with the University eventually becomes
  Georgetown Preparatory School, the first Jesuit
  secondary school in the United States.

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1805

• The Society of Jesus is restored in the United
  States and Bishop Carroll turns Georgetown
  University over to the Society.

12
1814

• The Society of Jesus is restored throughout the
  world. At this time the Jesuits have 12 small
  schools 4 in Italy, 2 in France, 1 in the U.S.
  and 5 in Russia.

13
1832

• A revision of the Ratio Studiorum is published.
• Second edition!

14
1934

• The Jesuit Educational Association (JEA) is
  formed in the U.S. with separate commissions for
  colleges/universities

JEA
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1960

• There are 818 Jesuit secondary schools and 482
  colleges and universities

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1962

• In the U.S. there are 45 American Jesuit high
  schools and 28 colleges and universities.

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1963

• The number of Jesuit high schools in the U.S.
  grows to 55 and the first coeducational Jesuit
  high school is established at Red Cloud Indian
  School, Pine Ridge, SD.

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1965

• The legislation of the Society is officially
  changed to allow Jesuit schools to charge tuition
  and not depend exclusively on endowment for their
  support.

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1966

• The 31st General Congregation of the Society of
  Jesus reconfirms the Societys commitment to
  secondary education.

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1970

• The JEA is restructured leading to the foundation
  of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association
  (JSEA) and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and
  Universities (AJCU).

21
1975

• Project One, reconfirms the thrust of the
  Societys educational endeavors in the U.S.
• The 32nd General Congregation reasserts the
  importance of Jesuit educational institutions in
  the service of faith and the promotion of
  justice.

22
1976

• The JSEA Commission on Research and Development
  (CORD) is established to assist Jesuit high
  schools through research, planning and
  consultation as well as to train future
  administrators.

CORD
23
1979

• The Colloquium on the Ministry of Teaching is
  piloted and then offered by the JSEA as a
  national program for Jesuit high school educators
  to share and explore the ministerial dimensions
  of their Ignatian vocations.

24
1985

• There are 46 Jesuit high schools in the U.S. with
  14 of the schools with lay principals.

25
1986

• The International Commission on the Apostolate of
  Jesuit Education publishes the document, Go Forth
  and Teach the Characteristics of Jesuit
  Education.

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1988

• The Jesuit Conference of Provincials gives its
  approval for Jesuit high schools to have
  laypersons as presidents.

• Father General promulgates guidelines for schools
  seeking approval for the transition to
  coeducation.

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1989

• The bicentennial of Jesuit education in the U.S.
  is celebrated at Georgetown University and
  Georgetown Preparatory School.

• 1789

1989
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1993

• Loyola High School, Detroit, MI is founded.
• The International Commission on the Apostolate of
  Jesuit Education publishes Ignatian Pedagogy, A
  Practical Approach.

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1995

• The JSEA is restructured with a central office in
  Washington, DC.
• The first national Colloquium for Jesuit high
  school educators is held at Loyola College,
  Baltimore, MD.
• The first lay president, John Traynor, is
  appointed at Gonzaga Preparatory School, Spokane,
  WA.

30
1996

• Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, IL is
  founded as the first U.S. Jesuit high school
  established as a coeducational school from its
  inception.

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2000

• Cheverus High School, Portland, ME becomes the
  14th coeducational Jesuit high school in the U.S.
  
• The first lay PASE (Provincial Assistant for
  Secondary Education) member is appointed as the
  California Province names Gail Harrison to that
  position.

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2000

• Jesuit Conference of USA publishes What Makes a
  Jesuit High School Jesuit?

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2002

• As a result of its Think Tank on Jesuit Education
  for the 21st Century, JSEA publishes a workbook
  on planning entitled

2020 VISION
34
2002

• Washington Jesuit Academy opens in Washington, DC
• Jesuit education continues to expand with the
  appearance of new Cristo Rey and Nativity Model
  middle schools
• JSEA publishes the Profile of the Ignatian
  Educator

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2003

• Modeled after the Profile of the Graduate, JSEA
  publishes the Profile of the Ignatian Educator

• Profile of the Ignatian Educator

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2003

• Regis Jesuit High School (Aurora, CO) opens a
  girls division
• Arrupe Jesuit High School (a Cristo Rey model
  school) opens in Denver, CO

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2003

• Of the 47 Jesuit high schools in the U.S.
• 15 are coed 1 has a girls division
• 6 have lay women as principal
• 35 have lay men as principal
• 6 have Jesuits as principal
• 5 have lay men as president