Lycée Saint-Joseph of Avignon

Lycée Saint-Joseph of Avignon
Location
Rue des Lices, Avignon, France
Information
Type Jesuit, Catholic
Established 1850 (1850)
Gender Coeducational
Website StJosephAvignon

Lycée Saint-Joseph of Avignon is a Jesuit, private high school[1] located in the city of Avignon, (Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Aix-Marseille Academy, Archdiocese of Avignon). The school, founded in 1850,[2] educates high-school students and post-baccalauréat students, in particular through a preparatory class for the grandes écoles.[3]

History

The first class took place on January 2, 1850: "We had started to construct the classrooms in the St Pierre de Luxembourg mansion but it was intensely cold for 15 days and we had to delay construction. Therefore several classes were still without doors or windows. The wind blew sharp and icy. The fathers gathered children and parents in a large room on the 1st floor and after the roll a word of welcome was given that Saturday morning, January 5th." This was the first year of the future St. Joseph College, which was still called "the free day school of St Joseph." There were 120 pupils at the first roll call, divided into 4 classes. At the end of the year, the number having increased, it was necessary to duplicate the 6th. The first distribution of awards took place on August 16 (the holiday dates of the old regime had been kept) and, for lack of a play as in the past, "the fanfare of the 22nd light brigade animated the solemnity."

In the summer a boarding school was established. On the evening of October 12, the community (20 fathers and 3 brothers) moved into the college: each took possession of his room, and then the father-rector gathered everyone in the courtyard under the plane trees, and they thanked Saint Joseph. With the fathers, there was a young pupil, Hélion de Barème, who had waited for a month to open the boarding school. It was the 1st internal of St Joseph. On October 21, the boarders settled in, and on the morning of the 22nd the classes began. There were 250 students compared with 120 the year before. On December 9 the Archbishop came to bless the "chapel" (a shed that had been built for this purpose), and in January, half-boarders and the remaining external staff (who remain for the evening study period) were added to the externs and boarders.

Languages taught

The Lycée and the Festival d'Avignon

At the initiative of Paul Puaux, the high school court was used by the Festival d'Avignon to host performances during the month of July 1969.[4]

Personalities (former students)

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Recherche, Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la. "Annuaire : présentation des écoles, collèges, lycées, etc.". Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  2. ↑ "Lycée Saint-Joseph [Avignon]". www.documentation-provence.org. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  3. ↑ "Lycée Saint-Joseph - Classement 2017 des prépas". www.letudiant.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  4. ↑ David Claire & Pascal de Mezamat. Avignon 50 festivals. Actes Sud. (1996) ISBN 2-7427-0853-7
  5. ↑ Nationale, Assemblée. "Isidore Méritan - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www.assemblee-nationale.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-16.

Coordinates: 43°56′43.34″N 4°48′38.86″E / 43.9453722°N 4.8107944°E / 43.9453722; 4.8107944

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