When Jesuit priests founded Loyola University Maryland in 1852, they looked to the very heart of their order for inspiration in choosing a name. They found their inspiration in St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, and that’s how Loyola—our Loyola—became the first institution of higher education in the United States …
Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946, Le Moyne is the second youngest of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States, and the first to open as a coeducational institution. It was named in honor of Simon Le Moyne, S.J., a priest, missionary and teacher with a considerable influence on Central …
Established in 1789, Georgetown is the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit university.
Founded as St. John’s College by Bishop John Hughes, Fordham opened in 1841 to serve the immigrant Church of New York.
The Washington Jesuit Academy opened its doors in 2002 and offers an intensive, rigorous, tuition-free education to economically disadvantaged boys in grades six through eight.
Scranton Prep was founded as an all-boys school in 1944. It became co-educational in 1971 when a fire destroyed Marywood Seminary, a local girls’ school.
Loyola Blakefield, grades six through twelve, was established in 1852 at the same time as Loyola College (now University). Since 1933, the school has been on its present campus north of Baltimore.
St. Joseph’s Prep, founded in 1851, offers a college prep education for approximately 900 boys and is the site of the Victorian-era Church of Gesu.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, founded in 1993, provides boys from low-income families with an excellent tuition-free education in grades six through eight. Our eleven-month program prepares our students for admission to and success in riorous college-preparatory high schools, with 98% receiving a high school degree and 88% enrolling in college. Beginning in 2016, the Academy …
Gonzaga College High School was founded as the Washington Seminary in 1821 and received its charter from Congress in 1858. This all-boys’ school is located near Capitol Hill.