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n unforgettable birthday party has ju s t been


launched in the Ribble


Valley, where Stonyhurst College is celebrating twin milestones in a remarkable 400-year history. The festivities, lasting


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into July of next year, mark both the foundation of the college at St Omer, in France, four centuries ago, and its move to the Ribble Valley in 1794.


OUR front-cover photograph captures the pomp and ceremony as Stonyhurst College celebrated Mass to launch 400 days of events to mark 400 years of Jesuit teaching — 200 of them at the college itself. There are several people to thank for helping us


month during a High Mass attended by nearly 1,000 pupils, staff and guests, the Centenaries year is the culmination of four years of planning and a £2 million appeal which has drawn support from all


Inaugurated earlier this


ment, initiated the idea; reporter Elizabeth Huff­ man entered into the assignment with a refresh­ ing enthusiasm, helped immeasurably in her research by Peter Anwyl, the college’s Centen­ aries Appeal director; and our photographer, John Barry, put his professionalism, into play to take all the present-day pictures — apart from the centre spread photograph, which is the impressive work of Pye’s of Clitheroe. The result, we are sure you will agree, is


an excellent record of a distinguished history which proudly spans the centuries.


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will include everything from sumptuous banquets and historical exhibits to solemn masses and long- awaited reunions.


over the globe. The marathon of events


and the people of Hurst Green, as well as many others throughout the Ribble Valley, will all be involved in different acti­ vities during the four sea­ sons of celebration.


Pupils, staff, old boys


serve as a tribute not only to the Centenary extrava­ ganza, but also to the extraordinary past of the college, its present vitality and plans for the future.


The following pages


in the English-speaking world, Stonyhurst and its preparatory school, St Mary’s Hall, also hold an important place in the hearts of many Ribble Valley families, whose children have been and continue to be educated there. •


The oldest Jesuit college


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celebrate in the fact that Stonyhurst is flourishing in 1993 — a miracle that the Jesuit priests who founded the college under the dark cloud of religious suppression 400 years ago could hardly have hoped for.


All have something to


THE full history of Stonyhurst College has finally burst into print on the pages of a s tr ik in g new book published on the eve of the Centenaries.


proved to be the light at the end of that tunnel where, for the first time in its already long history, the college was finally free f rom the thr ea t of persecution.


The Ribble Valley


be an exciting time for everyone, from the most distinguished old boy to the smallest St Mary’s Hall pupil, as the college and community join to g e th e r in a joyous celebration.


The coming months will


history and politics Mr Thomas Muir, “Stonyhurst College 1593-1993” provides the f ir s t complete account of the col­ lege’s extraordinary past.


in c lu d in g m a p s , photographs and dia­ grams, balance the fascinating text with a c a p t iv a t in g visual


Ample illustrations, Written by head of


insight into the life of pupils and staff over four centuries.


l i s t of d a te s and e v e n ts , th e book places S to n y h u rs t within the context of European and English history, as well as the development of the Catholic community and Society of Jesus.


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ters, such as heating p r o v i s i o n a n d favourite pastimes, are recounted in often humorous anecdotes which make the past sparkle with life.


accurate and highly readable, “Stonyhurst College 1593-1993” is a particularly fitting commemoration of the Centenaries.


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