Ralf Brooks'
Villa St.-Jean Remembrances
1963-1965

PHOTO Historical Postcard with 4 photos of Villa Saint Jean College 1
PHOTO Historical Postcard with 4 photos of Villa Saint Jean College 2
Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean 1914-1915	Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean 1918 - 1919
Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean 1921
Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean 1930-1931	Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean circa 1935
Père Ceppi with Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean 1939-41	Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean during World War II
Student Group PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean late 60s (?1966?)	FRIBOURG VILLA St JEAN PAVILLON CHAMINADE (Catholic Seminary)
PHOTO FRIBOURG VILLA St JEAN PAVILLON CHAMINADE (Catholic Seminary) In Foreground et Gallia Hall (Right Rear of CHAMINADE) 1954
PHOTO Villa Saint-Jean School Fribourg Switzerland Ice Skating on the Sarine	PHOTO Villa Saint-Jean School Fribourg Switzerland Students on Sleds Winter 1951
1923 Sports Football (aka Soccor) PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean	1969_ Villa St.Jean Soccer Standing: Humberto Adrianza (Manager), Steven Childs, (Scorekeeper), Steve Schoeppler, James Kelly, Traver Kennedy, Ron George, Majid Yazdi, Anson Dorrance, Charlie Price, John Rice, Iginio Prozzi (Coach) Kneeling: Alex Delli Paoli, Selim Deringil, John Akers, Allain Hirsh, Marcus Roces, Guive Mirfenderski, Luis Adrianza
1929 Sports Football (aka Soccor) PHOTO at La Villa Saint-Jean
A LOOK BACK Americans at Villa St. Jean, Fribourg, Switzerland, 1949, where many Marianists attended seminary. FRONT: Bro. Justin Burghoff, SM, Bro. Warner Rohrbach, SM, (not known), Bishop Charles Helmsing, Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter, Fr. Emil Neubert, SM (rector of the seminary) and Fr. Carl Dreisoerner, SM (vice rector). BACK: Bro. Charles Neumann, SM, (not known), Bro. Bernard Meyer, SM, (not known). Joseph Ritter was archbishop of St. Louis 1946 � 1967; he integrated all Catholic schools and hospitals in the archdiocese. Photo Courtesy: Jim Lee, whose father, Bob Lee, was founding editor of The Mirror, newspaper of the Springfield/Cape Girardeau (Missouri) diocese

Other Villa Saint Jean Photos/ Images

Rev. Fr. Louis J. Blume the first headmaster of Villa St Jean International School for the 1962-1963 School Term Rev Fr Louis J Blume WEB reference 1 and WEB reference 2 .

In 1965 Father Dave Paul moved to Fribourg, Switzerland, where he taught at Villa St. Jean International School before entering the Regina Mundi Seminary. Although he served at Villa St. Jean only briefly, he made a lasting impact on students there. �This forward-thinking man touched many of our lives at the Villa, and contributed to many of the changes at the Villa that improved our experience there and our lives going forward,� wrote alumnus Brian Lawler. Another alumnus, Jim Craig, wrote: �I am grateful for everything he shared with me, in the very short time I spent with him. Father Paul has had a profound impact on my life. Metaphorically, he lifted a stone from my heart.�

College Villa St. Jean Writing Paper Vertreterkarte Fribourg, Villa St. Jean, Internationale Schule, Gebaudeansicht & Statue Representative map of Fribourg, Villa St. Jean, International School, Building Exterior & Statue Villa Saint-Jean ESCUTCHEON The EAGLE of Saint-Jean offering the "Cross" and promising "Laurels" of success to all who participate "De Toute Son Ame" wholeheartedly.

Present Day (Villa Saint Jean) GALLIA Classroom Building Front Door Present Day (Villa Saint Jean) GALLIA Classroom Building Parking Lot at Side of Building Students Walking from Bossuet Tower Villa St Jean 7th grade classroom (?) Jozef Monitoring the Front Entrance Deliveries to Villa St Jean Antoine de Saint-Exupéry In November 1915 Saint Exupéry and his younger brother, Francois moved to the Villa Saint-Jean school in Fribourg, Switzerland. In the spring of 1917, Saint Exupéry passed his baccalaureate examination. King Don Carlos of Spain while at Villa St Jean François Marchall 1950 at Villa St Jean Student Yearbook Editor François Marchall as per page 5 of 1959-1960 Yearbook Present Day PHOTO of my Villa 7th & 8th Grade Fellow Student Humberto Adrianza My Villa 8th Grade Fellow Students Horace and Virgil Sklar (with their father Alfred) Circa August 1964 Photo from Virgil's Website

The following extracted images are from the Villa Saint-Jean 1918-1919 Yearbook which ran 141 pages in length! Why say in a few words what you can say in many?

College Villa Saint-Jean 1954 -1955 Yearbook pages 2-3   College Villa Saint-Jean 1959 -1960 Yearbook pages 42-43 College Villa Saint-Jean 1959 -1960 Yearbook pages from SPORTS section

Montage of VSJ PHOTOS from Villa St. Jean blog project

Villa photos from the collection established by alumni Thomas Brew's "Villa St. Jean blog project", originally hosted on the blogging platform "Vox" goo.gl/i88hml until the service was closed and the photos auto-migrated by Vox to the photo-sharing site Flikr, which was later acquired by Yahoo. The collection contains a large number of original period photos from our late, great Yearbook Photographer Joe Stivers as well as other contemporary photos.

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Historical PHOTOS of Fribourg

When I first arrived as a student in Fribourg I was amazed at all of the other things -- a bridge, a fountain etc -- that also had the name St. Jean in them. At the time, I thought there must be a connection with Villa St. Jean. Later I learnt that the name of the bridge and the fountain comes from the Commanderie of St-Jean. (Editor's Note: A recent publication: La commanderie de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem à Fribourg. Die Johanniterkommende von Freiburg, Freiburg 2014 (Patrimoine Fribourgeois, no 20). -- thank you Dr. Kathrin Tremp for this reference)

La Nuithonie (ou Nuitonie, en allemand �echtland) est une r�gion de l'ouest de la Suisse qui inclut les villes de Berne, Soleure et Fribourg. Le nom de Nuithonie n'est presque plus utilis� en fran�ais. En allemand cependant, on appelle encore la ville de Fribourg Freiburg im �echtland, mais seulement pour la distinguer de ses homonymes et notamment de la ville allemande de Fribourg-en-Brisgau (Freiburg im Breisgau). Ave des Alpes Fribourg Ville Basse PHOTO Fribourg Hotel De Ville et Tilleul de Morat

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