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| CSF Collège de la Sainte Famille | |
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Egypt | |
| Coordinates | 30°05′25″N31°20′09″E / 30.0903°N 31.3358°E /30.0903; 31.3358 |
| Information | |
| Type | PrivateCatholic international basic education institution |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Jesuit) |
| Established | 1879; 146 years ago (1879) |
| Status | Open |
| Principal | P. Philippe Faragallah SJ |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age range | 5 - 18 years |
| Average class size | 20 students |
| Language | |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Website | www |
TheCollège de la Sainte Famille (English:School of the Holy Family;Arabic:مدرسة العائلة المقدسة), often abbreviated asCSF and referred to asJésuites, is a privateFrench Catholicinternational school for boys run by the Near East province of theSociety of Jesus inCairo,Egypt. It was founded in 1879, following a request byPope Leo XIII for aseminary to help prepare students to become priests.[1]
The college began with 16 pupils, in 1879, at the Boghos Palace ofMouski. In 1882 today's college was inaugurated inFaggala. The current Ramses Street was occupied by the Ismailia Canal. The transportation of students was byfiacres. The college had 112 students.
Thereafter was built: the church (1891), the theatre (1892), the current building of Preparatory Cycle (1925), the Primary Cycle inDowntown Cairo (1930), and the Primary Cycle inHeliopolis (1934). In 1930, the college had 600 students from 14 nations:Egypt,France,Lebanon,Syria,Italy,Greece,England,Switzerland,Spain,Yugoslavia,Turkey,Czechoslovakia,Russia,Persia.[1]
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