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Colombia - Education Institutes Flags - Part 1

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Asociacion de Colegios Jesuitas

11 college flags of Asociacion de Colegios Jesuitas can be seen at <www.acodesi.org.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 3 June 2001

The flags of the colleges, shown on a map of Colombia in the refered link, are simple but elegant. All of them are represented with proportion 2:3.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Jose


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided blue-white.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Instituto San Jose


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided blue-white-blue.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Pedro Claver


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided yellow-blue.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús en Bucaramanga.. The flag of the College is horizontally divided yellow-blue. The College was founded on 30 October 1896 in Bucaramanga. see <www.acodesi.org.co>.
Ivan Sache, 24 January 2002

San Ignacio


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided white-green-blue.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Mayor de San Bartolome


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided blue-red-blue.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Bartolome La Merced


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Vertically divided yellow-red-yellow, 1:2:1.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Luis Gonzaga


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided white-yellow with a blue diagonal stripe.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Santa Luisa


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided white-blue.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Santa Catalina


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided green-yellow.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Juan Berchmans


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Quartered yellow-green-green-yellow.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

San Francisco Javier


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Horizontally divided blue-green with a yellow triangle pointing to the midfly.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001


Colegio Bethlemitas


by Ivan Sache, 25 December 2002

Colegio Bethlemitas is located in Medellin. It was founded on 10 February 1947, as Colegio del Sagrade Corazo'n de Jesu's (School of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), and renamed Colegio Bethlemitas in 1972. The flag has a white field with two red triangles placed in upper hoist and lower fly, respectively, and the shield of the school placed in the middle of the flag. Red stands for the Sacred Heart, symbol of love, and dynamism and creativity. White stands for peace, purity and candor.
The shield is tierced per bend. Its upper part, in chief, is yellow with the red Sacred-Heart crowned with  spines. Yellow symbolizes the sun, the fire, nobleness and charity. Its lower part, in point, is blue with a yellow lamp, which symbolizes the scientific thought. Blue symbolizes justice, gentleness, innocence and devotion. The bend bears the Latin motto Virtus et Sapientia (Virtue and Wisdom), in blue capital letters. Bethlemitas and Medellin are written above and below the shield respectively, in blue capital letters. The whole is inscribed on a grey coat.
Source: <www.bethlemitas.edu.co> located by Dov Gutterman .
Ivan Sache, 25 December 2002


Colegio Champagnat


by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio Champagnat - 2:3 (by default) flag, horizontally divided light blue-white. The flag is shown on <www.voluntad.com.co>, located by Dov Gutterman. The flag is a symbol of life and grace, placed under Mary's protection. White stands for power and purity (state of grace). Blue stands for wisdom and infinity.
Blue has been used as Mary's color in religious iconography for the Middle Ages. White is of course the colour of virginity.Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Cooperativo 'Alejandrino Restrepo'


by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001

Flag of Colegio Cooperativo 'Alejandrino Restrepo' is based on <www.multired.com>.
Dov Gutterman, 3 June 2001

Colegio Cooperativo 'Alejandrino Restrepo' is located in the municipality of Ciudad Bolívar, in Colombia. The flag of the college is horizontally divided orange-green. Proportion cannot be infered from the waving image shown on the website. 2:3 used by default.
Ivan Sache, 3 June 2001


Colegio de La Salle


by Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003

Colegio de La Salle, Bogotá, Colombia (La Salle School, Bogota) - This is my school, so I know how the flag looked like, and I checked with a black and white picture.  A yellow field with a blue band bellow, in the middle there is the Star of the school (every La Salle institution has its own star), with the words COLEGIO DE LA SALLE above the star and BOGOTA bellow.
Carlos Thompson, 17 March 2003


Colegio de Santa Librada


by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio de Santa Librada - 1:2 (apparently), quarterly divided green-white-white-green The flag is shown on <www.santalibrada.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Federico Ozanam


by Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002

The College was founded in 1946 as Escuela (School) Federico Ozanam. I have not been able to find out where it is located, however. Frédéric Ozanam (Milano, 1813 - Marseilles, 1853) was a French historian and writer. In 1833, he founded the St. Vincent-de-Paul Society. He rejoined the French Republic in 1848 and founded with Lacordaire the Christian-Democrat newspaper L'Ere Nouvelle (The New Era, 1848-1849).
The flag of the College is described but not shown as horizontally divided yellow-blue (amarillo-azul). Therefore I have used default 2:3 proportion in my image.
Source: <www.educame.gov.co>.
Ivan Sache, 14 August 2002


Colegio Franciscano Fray Rafael de La Serna


by Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001

The flag of the Franciscan College Fray Rafael de la Serna is horizontally divided yellow-green. From the flying flag shown on <www.frayrafael.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman, the default proportion of the flag seems to be 1:2.
The college was founded in 1941 in Medellin, Antioquia and its first name was Instituto Cristobal Colon. By ministerial order #1610 from 6 June 1953, the college was renamed as a tribute to the Franciscan friar who founded the University of Antioquia. Yellow symbolizes the wealth of [mente], spîrit and department of Antioquia. Green symbolizes the hope in the youth and the exuberant vegetation of Antioquia. It is said that the dimensions of the flag are precise, but not what they are indeed.
Ivan Sache, 10 July 2001


Colegio Lacordaire


by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio Lacordaire (Cali) - 2:3 flag, horizontally divided black-white-yellow. <www.lacordaire.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman, gives a detailed explanation of the colour symbolics (in Spanish): Black and white are colours specific to the Dominican Order. Yellow is specific to the Collegio Lacordaire. Black is the colour of penitence and mortification, necessary to reach triumph and perfection, black absorbs light as well as prayer, study and communitiy life absorb truth. White is the colour of purity, joy, truth etc. and constitutes the invisible armour that shall protect the young students from error and evil. Yellow is the colour of light and spiritual wealth etc.
More information from 'Petit Larousse Illustre': The Dominican Order (also called Order of Preaching Friars) was founded in 1215 by St. Dominic, a Castilan monk (c.1170-1221, canonized in 1234) and confirmed by Pope Honorius III in 1216. The Order was founded to fight the Cathar heresy, and its rule was a community democratic life totally devoted to predication of God's World. Henri Lacordaire (1802-1861) was a French priest who took the Dominican cloth in 1827 and restored the Order in France in 1830. He was elected deputy in Marseilles in 1848 and founded the Christian-Democrat review 'L'Ere Nouvelle' ('The New Era'), Because of the political troubles of May-June 1848, he abandoned politics and journalism and devoted the rest of his life to the restoration of the Dominican Order, establishing several schools and colleges.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Nacional Deogracias Cardona


by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio Nacional Deogracias Cardona - 2:3 flag with five horizontal stripes green-white-greeen-white-green. Flag shown on <www.deogracias.edu.co>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio San Pablo


by Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001

Colegio San Pablo (Guadalajara de Buga) - 2:3 flag, horizontally divided white-blue-red. Flag shown on < <www.pablus.net>, located by Dov Gutterman.
Ivan Sache, 9 June 2001


Colegio Santa Catalina Laboure


by Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002

Image based on <www.acodesi.org.co>
Dov Gutterman, 21 July 2002


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