St. Ursula Catholic School

SMK Santa Ursula in Jakarta
This article is about the school in Jakarta. For other Catholic schools, see Saint Ursula (disambiguation).

St. Ursula Catholic School or Sekolah Menengah Katolik Santa Ursula is an all-girl Catholic school located in Jakarta, Indonesia.[1] It is located next to Jakarta Cathedral and Filateli Post Office. It also has a branch in the BSD, Tangerang. After its initial establishment as an Ursuline Convent in 1859, the Ursulines established the Prinses Juliana School in Batavia in 1912. Now the school is known as St. Ursula Catholic School.

History

The school in early 20th-century, back then known as Prinses Juliana school.

The Order of St. Ursula from Rotterdam was the first of the many groups of sisters who entered the Dutch Indies.[2][3] In 1858 they founded a convent by the name of Ursulinen Klooster, with their first convent in Nordwijk (Jalan Juanda) named St. Mary Convent. A year later the first convent located in Noordwijk became overcrowded and some activities were moved to a bigger house in Postweg (Jalan Pos). A new building was eventually developed and became known as Kleine Klooster ("small cloister"), to distinguish it from the older Saint Mary's convent, known as Groote klooster ("big cloister").[4]

A Neogothic chapel was added later in 1888 and finally the Prinses Juliana school in 1912.[5] After the independence of Indonesia, the school became known as St. Ursula Catholic School.

Facility

Monastery chapel

The school consisted of a kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, and high school. The kindergarten and elementary school allows boys and girls. St. Ursula junior high school and high school in Jakarta only admits girls, and the one in BSD admits boys and girls.

See also

List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta

References

  1. ↑ , ucanews.com
  2. ↑ Steenbrink, Karel A. (Jan 1, 2007). Catholics in Indonesia, 1808-1942: The spectacular growth of a self-confident minority, 1903-1942. Leiden: KITLV Press. p. 579. ISBN 9789067182607. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ursulin Susteran, Jakarta.go.id
  4. ↑ Santa Ursula, Jakarta.go.id
  5. ↑ "De Prinses Juliana school, een HBS van de Zusters Ursulinen in Batavia". Tropenmuseum. Tropenmuseum. Retrieved February 22, 2015.

Coordinates: 6°10′07″S 106°50′03″E / 6.168618°S 106.834143°E / -6.168618; 106.834143

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