12 July, 1859
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
The Jesuits returned to the Philippines for the first time since their expulsion on April 2, 1767.
After they returned in 1859, they took over a municipal school, Escuela Pia, which later evolved as the Ateneo de Manila, a school run by Jesuits until this day.
Their first school in the Philippines, however, was not Ateneo de Manila but Colegio de Manila, dating back to 1601. This institution later became Colegio de San Jose and now exists as the San Jose Seminary.
(Ref: Philippine news agency; Photo from sanjoseseminary.org)
