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St. Ignatius College Preparatory, commonly referred to as SI, is a private, Catholic preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1855. Located in the Archdiocese of San Francisco, in the Sunset District of San Francisco, St. Ignatius is one of the oldest secondary schools in the U.S. state of California.
- 1855; 168 years ago
- Michelle Nevin Levine
- Latin:, Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, English:, For the Greater Glory of God
- Rev. Anthony Maraschi, SJ
Saint Ignatius College Prep is Chicago’s flagship Jesuit high school and one of the pre-eminent Catholic college preparatory schools in the United States. Campus. Saint Ignatius College Prep is designated on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
- 1869; 154 years ago
- Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J.
- Dr. Sterling Brown
- Chicago, Illinois
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St. Ignatius College Preparatory is a Catholic, Jesuit school serving the San Francisco Bay Area. Through a rigorous and integrated program of academic, spiritual, and co-curricular activities, SI challenges its students to lead lives of faith, integrity, and compassion.
It is hard to imagine a less auspicious start for St. Ignatius College Preparatory. When Fr. Anthony Maraschi, SJ, first opened the doors of the brand-new St. Ignatius Academy on San Francisco’s Market Street, expecting to see a crowd of Catholic boys eager for Jesuit education, only three small faces peered at him on that October day in 1855.