May 12, 2011

Loyal to Loyola

Working as I do at the Ateneo de Manila University, this was one photo opportunity that I couldn't pass up. The Jesuits in the Philippines used to have an elementary and high school in San Pablo City named Ateneo de San Pablo. They closed it in 1978, turned it over to the Diocese of San Pablo, and the new diocesan school was named Liceo de San Pablo. The now homeless Ateneo de San Pablo alumni set up a foundation which, in 2006, opened the doors of a new private school named Academia de San Ignacio de Loyola. If I'm not mistaken, the animal on their shield is one of the wolves of the Loyola coat-of-arms.

Academia de San Ignacio de Loyola in San Pablo City

4 comments:

  1. Leif HagenMay 12, 2011 at 9:04 AM

    Things always change....
    There are schools over here with names including "Loyola"....

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  2. Bob CroweMay 12, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    I appreciate this. I went to a Jesuit high school and university. The sky over them was often as dark as in this picture.

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  3. OlivierMay 12, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    beau batiment, avec ce ciel magnifique

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  4. Ken MacMay 12, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    the grandeur of tradition.

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