Infrastructure
San Gabriel Private Educational Unit combines academic education with sports, arts, and extracurricular activities within extensive facilities, including its campuses in Quito, the San José de Checa Retreat House, and the La Dolorosa Hermitage in Cruz Loma. These spaces foster reflection, spiritual growth, and the strengthening of values, supporting the comprehensive development of students in an environment that inspires connection and introspection.
Spiritual Retreat House
CHECA
Located in Checa, north of the Metropolitan District, the Casa de San José offers spacious facilities designed for encounter and reflection. Its peaceful natural surroundings provide an ideal setting for meetings, seminars, workshops, retreats, and spiritual exercises.
The facility includes group meeting rooms with internet service, private single rooms with bathrooms, extensive green areas, a chapel, sports courts, a swimming pool, and a designated camping area.
La Dolorosa Hermitage
CRUZ LOMA
At 4,100 meters above sea level, at the summit of Cruz Loma, stands a small chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows. It was inaugurated on December 13, 2008, by Monsignor Raúl Vega Chiriboga, former Archbishop of Quito, and is considered one of the highest chapels in the world.
Inside the hermitage, visitors can find a mosaic of La Dolorosa made of granite, marble, and colorful stones, created in the Al Bagdadhi workshop in Damascus, Syria. It was commissioned by the Class of 1983 alumni.