Sixty years ago, in 1943, religious from the US Province of Holy Cross arrived in Chile and began St. George's College, an educational ministry that anchors the Holy Cross commitment in Chile to this day. Outspoken advocates of the poor, Holy Cross saw its faith-based education challenged by the government of General Pinochet which intervened at St. George's College in 1973 and took control. This led to a focus on other ministries and enabled the congregation, in 1976, to assume responsibility for a school situated among the poor, Colegio Andacollo. In 1986, Holy Cross was allowed to return to the administration of St. George's, and today the twenty-three Holy Cross religious in Chile minister in these schools, in parishes, and in two orphanages.

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District of Chile
St. George's College - Santiago Chile
Colegio Nuestra Senora de Andacollo
Hogar de Ninos San Jose - Talagante, Chile
Holy Cross in Chile