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Address Jl. Pos No.2, Ps. Baru, Sawah Besar, Kota Jakarta Pusat, DKI Jakarta 10110, Indonesia Profiles | ||
St. Ursula Catholic School or Sekolah Menengah Katolik Santa Ursula is an all-girl Catholic school located in Jakarta, Indonesia. 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.
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History
The Order of St. Ursula from Rotterdam was the first of the many groups of sisters who entered the Dutch Indies. 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").
A Neogothic chapel was added later in 1888 and finally the Prinses Juliana school in 1912. After the independence of Indonesia, the school became known as St. Ursula Catholic School.
Facility
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.