Propagation and associations
In Belgium the association was propagated among others by the Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Boone (1794-1871), who was headmaster of the Saint-Michaels school in Brussels (nowadays known as the Saint-Johns school). In 1841 a first association was founded in “Luik”, Brussels followed the example and V. Scheppers founded an association in 1851 “in Mechelen”
Source: SCHEPPERS, OUR SCHOOL by An Hermans, printed in 2002
