Loyola Catholic School history

The first Catholic school in Mankato was started at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in 1865.

In 1895, a Tudor-style mansion was built by the Garrett family in north Baltimore.

The first Catholic high school in Mankato was founded as Loyola High School in 1908.

In addition, Good Counsel Academy was opened as a boarding school for girls in 1912.

Loyola's official mascot, the Greyhound, was adopted in 1927.

John Ozazewski, a 1940 graduate, and composed by Felice S. Iula, the director of Loyola's glee club at that time.

The Sellinger School receives AACSB Accreditation in 1988—a distinction held by fewer than 10% of business schools nationwide and fewer than 1.5% worldwide.

The story begins in the early 1990’s.

The BSA Fashion Show began at Loyola in 1998 as a campus-wide event to showcase black talent and culture.

Since 2001 Father Sebastian has been making yearly trips to our parish in November to thank everyone for making a parochial education a reality for the children of the Chiche.

In 2005, all students in grade 4 and grade 5 were moved to the Fitzgerald campus to join grades 6-8 who were already at that campus.

Mily, the first principal of the school who visited in November 2007 with Father Sebastian, also expressed her appreciation to the people of St Ignatius.

April 2008: Father Sebastian, who has visited our parish annually for the past 6 years, will be transferred from St Tomas parish (the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe School), effective April 15.