DeSales High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
| DeSales High School | |
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| Address | |
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425 West Kenwood Drive Louisville, (Jefferson County), Kentucky 40214 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°09′44″N 85°46′28″W / 38.16230°N 85.77440°WCoordinates: 38°09′44″N 85°46′28″W / 38.16230°N 85.77440°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, all-male |
| Motto | "Faith + Brotherhood + Tradition" |
| Religious affiliation(s) |
Roman Catholic, Carmelite Brothers |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Francis DeSales |
| Founded | 1956 |
| CEEB code | 181604 |
| President | Doug Strothman |
| Dean | Lance Hammond |
| Principal | Anastasia Quirk |
| Chaplain | Rev. Thomas Gentile |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Houses | Abbati, Brandsma, Elijah, Kalinowski, Mazzinghi, Pereira, Rabata, Spagnoli and Thomas |
| Color(s) | Brown, Orange, & White |
| Slogan | "Stand up, Stand out, Stand proud!" |
| Athletics | 12 KHSAA Sports Intramurals |
| Athletics conference | Kentucky High School Athletic Association |
| Mascot | Colt |
| Team name | DeSales Colts |
| Rival | Holy Cross, Christian Academy of Louisville |
| Yearbook | The Yearling |
| Director of Advancement | Joshua Blandford |
| Director of Athletics | Don Bowers '81 |
| Director of Finance | Laura Price |
| Website | www |
DeSales High School is a self-sufficient archdiocesan-sponsored Catholic high school for boys, serving families in and around the Louisville area.
Located near Iroquois Park in the center of Louisville, Kentucky, DeSales provides a standards-based college-prep curriculum in a small, all-male environment.
Francis DeSales was born in 1567 in the backwoods of the lower Alpine mountain ranges in France. At the age of 15 he traveled to Paris to study at the Jesuit University College of Clermont, near the Sorbonne. In 1593 he was ordained a priest, and in 1602 he was consecrated Bishop of Geneva. He died in December 1622.
Francis DeSales is best remembered for his unique ability to spread the Christian message to people of many different cultural backgrounds, from the hardy people of his native mountains to the learned and sophisticated men and women of the French capital. King Henry IV described him as: "A rare bird indeed; devout, learned and a gentleman into the bargain… He does not know the art of flattery: his mind is too sincere for that…He is gentle, good and humble, deeply pious, but without useless scruples."
The patron of writers and journalists, Francis DeSales holds an honored place in French literature. His great work, Introduction to the Devout Life, was popular in his day and remained a widely read piece for centuries. The book was a pioneer piece of literature in showing that the Christian life is the challenge of every baptized Christian, of whatever rank or state of life, of whatever spiritual insight.
DeSales strives to imitate his dedication to the Christian message, his scholarship, his spiritual heroism, and his love for all people.
The four quadrants of the coat of arms are separated by a cross, a symbol of Christianity. DeSales is a Christian school which seeks to promote and encourage the Christian way of life as expressed in the message of Jesus and in the history and traditions of the Catholic Church.
In the upper left quadrant is the shield of the Carmelite Order, which helped found DeSales in 1956. The arched line represents Mount Carmel in Palestine where the Carmelite friars began; the three stars represent Elijah and Elisha – prophets of the Old Testament – and Mary, the mother of Jesus, three persons whose way of living has influenced the history and traditions of the Carmelite Order.
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