Leweston School

Leweston School is a Catholic independent school for girls near Sherborne in Dorset, UK. It consists of coeducational Pre-Prep (ages 2-7) and Prep (ages 7-11) departments and a girls-only Senior School (11+). It is the sister-school of St Teresa's School in Surrey.

History

Leweston School was founded as St Antony's school in 1891 by the Sisters of Christian Instruction. St Antony's School moved to the Leweston Manor estate in 1948 and became known as St Antony's-Leweston School. The school name was changed to Leweston School in 2007. The Prep School became coeducational in 2010.

The main school building is a Palladian manor house built in the late eighteenth century. The school grounds occupy 46 acres (190,000 m²), and include the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, a Grade I listed building, built in 1616. The Trinity Chapel is the oldest building on the school site and is used regularly for smaller services. There is another chapel situated in the main school.

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Saint Anthony

Saint Anthony, Antony, or Antonius may refer to:

People

Miracles of Jesus

The miracles of Jesus are the supernatural deeds attributed to Jesus in Christian and Islamic texts. The majority are faith healing, exorcisms, resurrection of the dead and control over nature.

In the Synoptic Gospels (Mark, Matthew, and Luke), Jesus refuses to give a miraculous sign to prove his authority. In the Gospel of John, Jesus is said to have performed seven miraculous signs that characterize his ministry, from changing water into wine at the start of his ministry to raising Lazarus from the dead at the end.

To many Christians and Muslims, the miracles are actual historical events. Others, including liberal Christians, consider these stories to be figurative. Since the Enlightenment scholars have taken a highly skeptical approach to claims about miracles.

Types and motives

In most cases, Christian authors associate each miracle with specific teachings that reflect the message of Jesus.

In The Miracles of Jesus, H. Van der Loos describes two main categories of miracles attributed to Jesus: those that affected people, e.g., the Blind Man of Bethsaida and are called "healings", and those that "controlled nature", e.g., Walking on Water. The three types of healings are cures where an ailment is cured, exorcisms where demons are cast away and the resurrection of the dead. Karl Bath said that, among these miracles, the Transfiguration of Jesus is unique in that the miracle happens to Jesus himself.