St John Berchmans College
St John Berchmans College Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege | |
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Location | |
Brussels, Belgium | |
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Type | Secondary |
Established | 16 July 1604; 420 years ago (16 July 1604) |
Affiliation | Jesuit (Roman Catholic) |
Website | St John Berchmans College |
Early 20th-century college |
St John Berchmans College (Dutch: Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege) is a Roman Catholic secondary school founded by the Society of Jesus in Brussels, Belgium. It is situated close to the Chapel Church and is named after the Belgian Jesuit Saint John Berchmans.
History
The school was founded by the Jesuits on 16 July 1604 and had 400 students that same year. However, in 1773, the Jesuits were ordered to cease providing educational services by Pope Clement XIV. The school was closed on 20 September 1773. The furniture was confiscated and sold and in 1816, the building became a court house. Later, the Belgian State Archives were housed in the building. In 1891, the archives were moved and the building was razed to make way for a road.[1]
In 1814, the Jesuits returned to Belgium and opened the French-speaking St Michael's College 19 years later in the Chapel Church area of the city. In 1905, the expanding population forced the Jesuits to not only expand the college but to also look for a location for a new college. In 1905, the college on the Rue des Ursulines/Ursulinenstraat was renamed as St John Berchmans College and the new college in the Etterbeek part of the city became St Michael's College. In 1912, the Church of St. John Berchmans was opened next to St Michael's College.[2]
Starting in the late 1930s, a shift in language was made which would result in St John Berchmans College teaching in Dutch and English and the French-speaking section of the college being transferred to St Michael's College. The two separate colleges still exist today, each teaching in their respective language.[3]
Notable former students
Former students of the college include:[citation needed]
- Henri Carton de Wiart
- Pieter De Crem
- Paul De Grauwe
- Lorenzo Gatto
- Jan Grauls
- Felix De Laet, also known as Lost Frequencies
- Bart Laeremans
- Hubert Pierlot
- Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Hereditary Archduke of Austria-Este
- Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant
- Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
- Prince Gabriel of Belgium
- Princess Eléonore of Belgium
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- Eric Van Rompuy
- Herman Van Rompuy
- Piet Van Waeyenberge
- Youri Tielemans
See also
References
External links
- St John Berchmans College site
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- Athénée royal de Bruxelles (FR)
- Atheneum Brussel
- Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
- Athénée royal Isabelle Gatti de Gamond
- Athénée Robert Catteau
- Athénée Léon Lepage
- Athénée Adolphe Max
- Centre d’Education et de Formation en Alternance (CEFA; FR)
- Centre scolaire Eddy Merckx (FR)
- St John Berchmans College
- Institut des Arts et Métiers
- Institut Bischoffsheim
- Institut De Mot Couvreur
- Institut Diderot
- Institut Lucien Cooremans (FR)
- Institut Saint-Louis (FR)
- Lyceum Martha Somers
- Institut Regina Pacis
- Lycée Dachsbeck (FR)
- Lycée Emile Jacqmain (FR)
- Athénée royal Léonardo da Vinci
- Atheneum Anderlecht
- Collège Matteo Ricci
- Institut Redouté-Peiffer
- Nightingale, school voor verzorging
- Athénée Royal d'Auderghem
- Centre scolaire du Souverain (FR)
- Ecole Secondaire Freinet
- The Japanese School of Brussels (lower secondary only)
- Atheneum Etterbeek
- Brussels International Catholic School (BICS)
- St Michael College, Brussels
- Institut Saint-Stanislas (FR)
- Technisch Atheneum Victor Hortaschool
- École Rodenbach (FR)
- Collège du Sacré-Coeur de Ganshoren
- Athénée Charles Janssens (FR)
- Institut Saint-Boniface Parnasse (FR)
- Institut Saint-André
- European School, Brussels III
- Centre Scolaire du Sacré-Coeur de Jette
- Collège Saint-Pierre (FR)
- Technisch Atheneum Jette
- Unesco Atheneum Koekelberg
- Athénée des Pagodes
- Athénée Emile Bockstael
- European School, Brussels IV
- Institut Paul-Henri Spaak
- John of Ruysbroeck College, Laeken
- Lycée Maria Assumpta (FR)
- Ecole Robert Dubois - Hôpital universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola (FR)
- Athénée communal Fernand Blum (FR)
- Institut communal d'enseignement technique Frans Fischer
- Lycée Emile Max
- Koninklijk Atheneum Emanuel Hiel
- École Josaphat (FR)
- Institut Sainte-Marie (FR)
- College Roi Baudouin
- Institut de la Saint-Famille d'Helmet
- College Roi Badoin Enseignement Technique et professionnel
- Institut Techn. Cardinal Mercie-Notre-Dame du Sacre-Coeur
- Institut Saint-Dominique
- Institut de la Vierge Fidèle
- Technisch Atheneum Zavelenberg
- Athénée Royal Serge Creuz
- Atheneum Toverfluit
- Athénée royal d'Uccle 1 (FR)
- Atheneum Ukkel
- Bogaerts International School
- Collège Saint-Pierre (FR)
- École Decroly (FR)
- European School, Brussels I
- French Lycee in Brussels
- Russian Embassy School in Brussels
- Athénée Royal Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- European School, Brussels II
- École Vervloesem (FR)
- Institut de l'Angélus
- Athénée royal Crommelynck (FR)
- Institut Don Bosco (FR)
- Institut Mater Dei
- Meertalig Atheneum Woluwe
Some international schools serving expatriates in the region are in Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant: See International schools in Belgium
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