St. Bonaventure's College
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2A Bonaventure Avenue St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1C 6B3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 47°34′03.89″N 52°42′43.64″W / 47.5677472°N 52.7121222°WCoordinates: 47°34′03.89″N 52°42′43.64″W / 47.5677472°N 52.7121222°W |
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| Type | Jesuit (Roman Catholic) |
| Motto | "From Here to A Just World" |
| Established | 1856 |
| President | Mr. Thomas McGrath |
| Principal | Dr. Greg O'Leary |
| Staff | 39 |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Enrollment | ~350 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Maroon, Navy Blue, Gold |
| Athletics | Hockey, Basketball, Ultimate Frisbee |
| Website | www |
St. Bonaventure's College (commonly called St. Bon's) is an independent kindergarten to grade 12 Catholic School in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is located in the historic centre of North America's oldest city, adjacent to the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John The Baptist.
The school was founded by the Franciscans in 1857, and from 1889 was administered by the Irish Christian Brothers. In 1999, St. Bon's became an independent Roman Catholic School in the Jesuit Tradition. In 2003, St. Bon's became a member of the Jesuit Secondary School Association.
In 1855, there was a public auction to sell more than 30,000 building stones from Waterford, Ireland, which had been imported to build the local penitentiary. The Catholic Bishop of the day, Right Rev. John Thomas Mullock, took advantage of plans to build a smaller penal institution and purchased sufficient surplus stones to construct a Franciscan monastery. (The building was designated as a Registered Heritage Structure on May 15, 1989 by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador and is listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.)
In April 1857 the bishop laid the cornerstone of the college named after the Franciscan Order's most scholarly and famous theologian, St. Bonaventure. A year later, in March 1858, the new facilities opened. Dormitories were installed upstairs as the institution operated as a seminary. Seven years later in 1865 the college began to admit secular students and, in 1889, the Irish Christian Brothers assumed administrative responsibilities for the school.
The school was closed in 1998 due to the end of denominational education in the province. In 1999, the school was reopened with the Society of Jesus, from their local St. Pius X Church, offering administrative help; it is now the only K-12 private school, and the only Catholic school, in the city.
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