St. Paul's High School (Winnipeg)

Saint Paul's High School
Location
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Coordinates 49°51′24″N 97°13′36″W / 49.8567°N 97.2267°W / 49.8567; -97.2267Coordinates: 49°51′24″N 97°13′36″W / 49.8567°N 97.2267°W / 49.8567; -97.2267
Information
Type Catholic, Jesuit
Motto Sicut Miles Christi
(Soldiers of Christ)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established 1926 (1926)
Faculty 43
Grades 9–12
Gender All-male
Enrollment 585
Colour(s) Maroon and White         
Mascot Captain Cru
Website www.stpauls.mb.ca

St. Paul's High School is a Jesuit Roman Catholic, all-boys university preparatory high school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The school has approximately 600 students attending and has an active alumni community.

History

St Paul's College was founded in 1926 under the Oblate fathers at a location on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg. It has operated since 1931 by the English Canada Province of the Society of Jesus, a religious order of priests and brothers, also known as the Jesuits[1] with Fr. John Holland, SJ, being the school's first rector. This period also saw the school relocated to its second location on Ellice Avenue in Winnipeg with construction being completed in 1939. In 1964, the high school located to its current location on Grant Avenue in Tuxedo, now part of Winnipeg.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "St. Paul's High School : About". www.stpauls.mb.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  • "Significant Dates". St. Paul's High School. Archived from the original on April 4, 2005. Retrieved July 9, 2005.
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