St Joseph College, Aalst

Secondary school in Aalst, Belgium

St Joseph's College Sint-Jozefscollege

Location

Aalst, Belgium
Information
Type	Secondary
Established	1622; 402 years ago (1622)
Affiliation	Jesuit^[1] (Roman Catholic)
Website	St Joseph's College
Front entrance

St Joseph's College (Dutch, Sint-Jozefscollege) is a Roman Catholic subsidized free school for general secondary education founded by the Society of Jesus in Aalst. The school building is a protected monument.^[2]

Teachers

Joseph-Olivier Andries (1796-1886)
Evarist Bauwens s.j. (1853-1937)
Emiel Fleerackers s.j. (1877-1948)
Adhemar Geerebaert s.j. (1876-1944)
Marcel Schurmans s.j. (1909-1989)
Desideer Stracke s.j. (1875-1970)
Lode Taeymans s.j. (1874-1937)
Constant Van Crombrugghe (1789-1885)
André Van Iseghem s.j. (1799-1869)
Jozef Van Opdenbosch s.j. (1892-1944)
Antonius van Torre s.j. (1615-1679)

History

In 1622, the Jesuits founded a school dedicated to Saint Joseph at the Pontstraat in Aalst. A century later, a church hall with a baroque facade was added. St Joseph College was continually expanded over the centuries and rebuilt. In 1997, the school complex was made a protected monument.^[2]^[3]

Former students

Notable students of the school include:^[3]

Adolf Daens
Jean-Luc Dehaene
Piet Vanthemsche
Herman Le Compte
Maurice De Bevere

Gallery

College Chapel
Side entrance

References

^ Jesuit. Accessed 6 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Databank of Intermediary Structures retrieved 20 February 2014
^ ^a ^b St Joseph Aalst site retrieved 20 February 2014

External links

St Joseph's College site

Society of Jesus in Belgium

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