I am writing this edition of the NileView because this month marks 40 years since I graduated from high school—Collège de la Sainte Famille (CSF). Together with many of my schoolmates and lifetime friends from Promotion ’83—who live in different parts of the world today—we plan to have a class reunion in Egypt this coming October to celebrate this special occasion.
The college has a long history and a legacy of shaping generations of movers and shakers who make a difference in society. It is a private French college for boys established in Cairo in 1879 based on a request from Pope Leo XIII (1810–1903), who reigned as Pope from 1878 until 1903. The goal of establishing the college was to avail a seminary to educate Coptic and Catholic priests and promote the education of young Egyptians as an integral element of its portfolio of community development services in Egypt.
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