Independent Schools in Lancashire - Rossall School, Stonyhurst College, Charles Waterton, List of Stonyhurst Alumni-Ae, Herbert Armitage James (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 58. Chapters: Rossall School, Stonyhurst College, Charles Waterton, List of Stonyhurst alumni/ae, Herbert Armitage James, Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, History of Stonyhurst College, School life at Stonyhurst College, List of Old Rossallians, Religious life at Stonyhurst College, Libraries and collections of Stonyhurst College, Kirkham Grammar School, Colleges of St Omer, Bruges and Liege, Stonyhurst Observatory, Rossall Hockey, King Edward VII and Queen Mary School, Charities of Stonyhurst College, St. Vincent Beechey, John Woolley, Arnold School, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, Stonyhurst Gospel, Marmaduke Stone, Gordianus and Epimachus, Westholme School, Moorland School, Scarisbrick Hall School, Lancaster Steiner School, Heathland School, St Annes College Grammar School, Stonyhurst disks, Eagle Aid. Excerpt: Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school, adhering to the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near the village of Hurst Green in Lancashire, England, and occupies a Grade I listed building. The school has been fully co-educational since 1999. The College was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. After relocating to Bruges in 1762 and Liege in 1773, the College moved to England and located at Stonyhurst Hall in 1794. Today it provides boarding and day education to approximately 450 boys and girls aged 13-18. On an adjacent site, its preparatory school, St Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3-13. Under the motto Quant Je Puis, "All that I can," the school combines an academic curriculum with extra-curricular pursuits. Roman Catholicism plays a central role in College life, with emphasis on both prayer and service, according to the Jesuit philosophy of creating "Men an...