Headmistress of new Jesuit school… in the heart of Molenbeek: “No, it won’t always be roses and moonshine here, but that’s not the case at any school”

A new school will open tomorrow in a so-called difficult neighbourhood, Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. A Catholic school, of the Jesuits. Without the signs of the cross on the walls, but with Christian values. “Many of our students will be Muslims, but we are not missionaries who want to win souls here,” says director Corine Versteylen (50). How does she handle it then?

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