Xavier High School, Chuuk

MICRONESIA, 2002, the 50th anniversary of the school, Scott. 504

Following the World War II, the United Nations entrusted the Micronesian Islands to the United States, and in 1952 American Jesuits of the Buffalo Province established Xavier High School. It became coed in 1976, and was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1994.

Church of the Sacred Heart, Koror

PALAU, 1991, a century of Christianity, Scott 288

This miniature sheet shows, besides the reigning pontiffs, the three Jesuit martyrs of Palau, and Jesuit Father Edwin McManus, two images of Sacred Heart Church in Koror. The first was of the original church founded by the Capuchins and taken over by the Jesuits from their arrival on the island in 1921 until the church's destruction by a typhoon in 1927 (Scott 288b); in front of the church is the high chief at Koror for forty of those 100 years. The second image is of the new church, designed by Fr. Elias Fernandez, SJ, and dedicated in April 1935 (Scott 288e).

 
PALAU, 1991, Scott 288b and 288e

Ponape Agricultural and Trade School, Pohnpei

MICRONESIA, 1990, Scott 216-220

The stamps show the main building of the Jesuit-founded and run school, the Ponape Agricultural and Trade School, Fr. Hugh Costigan and students at P.A.T.S., Fr. Hugh Costigan, SJ, founder of P.A.T.S., Fr. Hugh Costigan with Ispahu Sam Handley, and a New York City Police Department badge, a symbol of the generous support the New York police gave to Fr. Costigan and to P.A.T.S.. We have already seen somewhat of Ponape Agricultural and Trade School when treating its founder Fr. Costigan.

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