Barranquilla (Colombia), 05/07/2017, Sr. Lina María Quintero.- San Miguel del Rosario High School prepares to commemorate 125 years of its foundation with a special ceremony on May 31, in the metropolitan cathedral, María Reina.
The School Community will initiate its celebration in the atrium of the cathedral at 10 o’clock in the morning on May 31, 2017, by offering homage to the country and the institution, with the accompaniment of the naval base band. This will be followed by the Eucharistic celebration presided by Msgr. Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve, Archbishop of Barranquilla. This celebration will be prolonged till June 1 when there will be a cultural program in the stadium of Nuestra Señora de Lourdes High School, in the presence of the specially invited guests from the district secretariat of education and ex-alumnae who keep in touch with the School. There will be an acknowledgement for the long period of services rendered by this educational institution. Generations of people from Barranquilla, who were educated in this institution and received the spiritual basis of our foundress Marie Poussepin through the services of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation, give witness that the practice of Christian virtues carries weight in the midst of the negative influences of our present world.
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