Stonyhurst College is an independent, Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building.
The school was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. It relocated to Stonyhurst Hall in 1794, having moved already to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773. Toda...
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Stonyhurst College is an independent, Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, England, where it occupies a Grade I listed building.
The school was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons SJ at St Omer, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. It relocated to Stonyhurst Hall in 1794, having moved already to Bruges in 1762 and Liège in 1773. Today the school provides boarding and day education to approximately four hundred and fifty boys and girls aged 13–18, whilst 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 academic development with a range of extra-curricular activities. The spiritual plays an important role in College life, with emphasis on both prayer and service, according to the Jesuit philosophy of creating Men and Women for Others.
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