Missionaries of the Passion and the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  "The Mission Society of Mandeville"
 
[A Public Clerical Association of Diocesan Right (cf. cann 301,302) of the Diocese of Mandeville, Jamaica]
 
     

Saint Vincent Strambi High School goes back almost 4 decades ago when the first Catholic Priest, Father Dunstan Guzinski of the Passionist Order, came to our area and with a courageous first step began projects for the people of Bull Savannah. Apart from building a Church for the newly founded Catholic Community, he quickly endeavoured in building a school and thus was born the Saint Vincent Strambi Trade and Agricultural School.

Father Angelo Jacovone, C.P., well remembered by the local residents of Bull Savannah, took over the School from Father Dunstan Guzinski and demonstrated great capabilities as Headmaster. Despite hard work and dedication to the local community over a prolonged period of time, the school was forced to close due to a lack of priests.

In the early years of the Diocese of Mandeville, a few of the members of our mission society arrived and put into motion a dream of our Bishop founder, Paul M. Boyle: re-open St. Vincent Strambi High School. In 1994 Monsignor Michael Palud opened the school with a staff of volunteer teachers and as the schooling of the first group of students began, the staff of the high school immediately felt a warm response from the local population. The people felt the school was alive once again; a Phoenix reborn from the ashes!

Native Jamaican teachers, as well as volunteers, have worked along side the Mission Society of Mandeville since the school's re-opening. A few of our current teachers are past graduates! Every year we strive to offer excellence to our student population and in 1998, the Ministry of Education formally recognized our school permanently. In recent years we have had the pleasure of having the Governor General come and open the newest wing of our school and in 2004, we were granted the statsu of our own centre for the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) exams.

The subjects we offer to our students include English, French, Religion, Math and Science. Added to those base subjects are classes which prepare the students for CXC exams related to the business world: Office Procedures, Accounting, Principles of Business, Typing, Information Technology.

"Father School" is the name affectionately given to us by the locals and as such, all of what we do is done in the spirit of instilling in the hears of our Jamaican Youth that everything must be done for God's Glory.

   
Children's Home
Parish
   
Retreats
   
School
   
Youth Ministry
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Disclaimer: "The Mission Society of the Passion and the the Immaculate Heart of Mary IS NOT the Congregation of the Passion known as the Passionists nor is it linked with it in any other way - juridical or otherwise - except through the bonds of friendship that exists between autonomous institutes of similar spirituality".
   
The Mission Society of Mandeville  © 2010
Bull Savannah, P.A.
St. Elizabeth, Jamaica W.I.