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2 unusual facts about St Ignatius


Emmet McDermott

Educated at St Ignatius' College and the University of Sydney where he graduated in dentistry, he earned a doctorate of dentistry from Northwestern University in Chicago and became a leader of the dental profession in Australia.

St Ignatius' College

Before Easter, the current college captain and his vice will write up a short-list on those they believe should take over next year.


Hugh Sheridan

In his youth he sang with State Opera Australia, played football for St Ignatius and studied drama at Unley Youth Theatre.

Kelvin Okafor

Kelvin Okafor is a British artist who was educated at St Ignatius' College in Enfield and Middlesex University, graduating in Fine Art in 2009.

Turkey Street railway station

The trains are often used by St Ignatius' College and Lea Valley High School (prev The Bullsmoor School) pupils and is popular with commuters due to the amount of local parking.


see also

Church of the Gesù

The Church of the Gesù was the model of numerous churches of the Society of Jesus throughout the world, starting from the Church of St. Michael in Munich (1583–1597), the Corpus Christi Church in Niasviž (1587–1593), as well as the Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola in Buenos Aires (1710–1722) (Pagano 1947:18).

Cyril Desbruslais

Apart from St Ignatius, Pedro Arrupe sj has inspired him most.As Cyril puts it,"He helped the Society come alive for me. He taught me about the inseparable link between faith and justice. He was a true contemplative in action. He was able to meet this charismatic personality twice, when he visited DNC and one of my treasured possessions is a book with his signature in it. Just to re-read one of his writings (especially “On Our Way of Proceeding”) fires me with enthusiasm and fervor all over again."

Francis Xavier Williams

He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from St. Ignatius College (now known as the University of San Francisco) in 1903, a BA from Stanford University, his MA from the University of Kansas in 1912 and his Doctorate of Science from Harvard University in 1915.

Georg Joseph Kamel

Among others, Kamel was also the first person to describe the now well known Bean Of St. Ignatius (Strychnos ignatia), used in homeopathy and to extract the poisonous strychnine from its fruit.

Kalenborn-Scheuern

Saint Ignatius’s and Saint Wendelin’s Catholic Chapel (branch chapel; Filialkapelle St. Ignatius und St. Wendelin), small aisleless church from 1552 and 1642.

Magnificat High School

Students take part in activities such as tutoring, serving food at food banks, Habitat for Humanity, Arrupe (hosted by St. Ignatius High School), Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and visiting patients at hospice homes like Malachi House.

Marondera High

Previous Headmasters have been Mr. Aeneas Chigwedere, Mr. Mutsigwa, Mr. Mufambisi and Mr. Chinake, a former St Ignatius Chishawasha student.

Moleli High School

In the seventies, it was one of the only three African schools which played softball together with St. Ignatius and Kutama College.

Trudeau

Stephanie Trudeau (1986), Miss USA beauty queen from St. Ignatius, Montana