page_title: St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Dindigul
section_title: Jesuit Madurai Province
hierarchical_section_title: St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Dindigul / Jesuit Madurai Province
caption_attribution_description: English: The Chairperson of Madurai Jesuit Province
context_page_description: St. Mary's Higher Secondary School in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India, was established in 1850 by the Society of Jesus order in the Catholic church to educate the poor. In early India education was rarely available to the common people. Foreign Jesuits initiated the school to remedy this problem. It began as a high school and later added higher secondary, under the accreditation of the Government of Tamil Nadu Education Board. It is government-aided but also receives funds from Jesuits abroad. It has an experienced academic and sports staff.
context_section_description: The Madurai Province includes the entire State of Tamil Nadu. It is led by Fr. Sebasti L. Raj, S.J., whose office is in Dindigul.
  Some of more prominent institutions of the Jesuit Madurai Province are:
  
  St. Joseph's School and St. Joseph's College, Tiruchy (1844), St. Mary's School, Dindigul (1850), St. Mary's School, Madurai (1855), St. Xavier's School (1880) and College (1923), Playamkottai, St. Francis Xavier School, Tuticorin (1884), Loyola College, Chennai (1925), De Britto School, Devakottai (1943), and St. Xavier's College of Education, Palayamkottai (1950). The Jesuits run 15 colleges and 11 secondary schools in Tamil Nadu.
caption: Fr. Sebasti Raj
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