ST. CHARLES HIGH SCHOOL is a Religious Unaided Minority
Institution, envisaged under Article 30 (1) of the Indian Constitution. This
institution was established in 1996 by the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo. It
caters to the education primarily of the Catholic community, yet from the very
beginning the school has been open to all the communities irrespective of caste
or creed. The School is managed by the Allard Educational Society, Bangalore,
registered under the Mysore Societies Registration Act No. 17 of 1960.
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo was founded in 1684
by Fr. Adrien Bresy, Parish Priest of Wez ( Diocese of Tournai, Belgium ) to
impart Christian education to the poor children of his parish. The year 1684, the
foundation year of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Charles, coincided with
the death centenary of St. Charles Borromeo. Therefore, Fr. Adrien Bresy
envisaged to St. Charles Borromeo, the illustrious Cardinal of Milan, who had
inspired him and whom he admitted; who had the same ideals and the same
spirit as he who followed the hard and narrow way to reach the heights of
sanctity, as the patron of the new born congregation. He wished that the Sisters
would follow his footsteps, live up to his ideals and be guided by his way of
life.