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 image by Ivan Sache, 12 November 2014
image by Ivan Sache, 12 November 2014
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Unidad Educativa Particular de La Inmaculada, located in Ambato (Tungurahua 
Province), is managed by the Sisters of the Divine Providence, a congregation 
established in 1767 by Blessed Jean-Martin Moyë (1730-1793, blessed on 21 
November 1954 by Pope Pius XII). The Sisters of the Divine Providence founded 
their first school in Ambato in 1881. Colegio de La Providencia, approved by 
Resolution No. 218 of 4 October 1941, was renamed Colegio de La Inmaculada in 
1963.
Ivan Sache, 12 November 2014
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-celestial blue, with the 
institute's seal in the middle. The flag's hoist shall be coffee brown.
Source:
http://lainmaculada.edu.ec/web/pagina.php?id=2&id1=10&id2=22&submenuheader=6 
- Institute's website
The seal of the institute, adopted on 11 May 2007, was designed by Sister Enma 
Astudillo, Director of the institute. It is made of a yellow oval inscribed with 
the institute's name and place, containing five elements:
- in the upper right part, a yellow, five-pointed star representing Mary 
Immaculate;
- in the middle, a coffee brown cross representing Christ Redemptive;
- in the lower left part, a bronze brown oil lamp, symbolizing faith and 
science;
- at the lower right base of the cross; the Bible, with white pages and a brown 
cover, symbolizing the Gospel;
- in the lower right part, a whitish iris representing the Divine Providence, 
the institute's spirituality.
Source:
http://lainmaculada.edu.ec/web/pagina.php?id=2&id1=10&id2=12&submenuheader=6 
- Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 12 November 2014