Belen Jesuit Preparatory School

St. Joseph the Worker

Teresa Martinez | Director of Communications
Each year the school community celebrates the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker and recognizes employees celebrating milestone anniversaries. St. Joseph has two feast days on the liturgical calendar. The first is March 19—Joseph, the Husband of Mary. The second is May 1—Joseph, the Worker.

“Our teachers and staff are committed to Jesuit Education,” said Jose E. Roca, principal. “They truly believe that teaching is a vocation and live their faith on a daily basis.” 

Nineteen employees were acknowledged for their years of service:
 
  • Fraga, Eduardo - 35 years
  • Aparicio, Angel - 30 years     
  • Williams, Leo J. - 25 years
 
  • Manrara, Ana - 20 years
  • Montesi, Daniel - 20 years
  • Venegas, Augusto - 20 years
 
  • Alonso, Maria D. - 15 years
  • Lara, Shyara - 15 years
 
  • Jimenez, Andres - 10 years
  • Jimenez, Zilkia - 10 years
  • Leanez, Maria Ines - 10 years
  • Martinez, Mario - 10 years
  • Ortiz, Karen - 10 years
  • Real, Marlin - 10 years
  • Ruiz, Ana - 10 years
  • Sancerni, Jose - 10 years
  • Blanco, Melissa - 10 years     
  • Svetliza, Ruben - 10 years
  • De Aguiar, Maria - 10 years
 
“My family and I have been blessed to be a part of the Belen Family for 20 years,” said Ana Manrara. “It is a gift to work with people I consider my friends and who share in the same vision of helping others.”
 
“I am truly blessed to have been at Belen for 35 years and it's a great honor to have both my sons at the school,” said Eduardo Fraga. “Fr. Willie’s homily today about our new Dean of Men exemplifies the spirit of prayer and discernment that I feel makes this school so special. I am very grateful for what Belen has meant to me and my family.”
 
Click here to view pictures from the Mass.
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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
phone: 305.223.8600 | fax: 305.227.2565 | email: webmaster@belenjesuit.org
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow.  Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.