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transformation of the mission into a teaching college. Antoura's beginnings were quite modest, in
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college, is a documentation center which is used by students and teachers to further their research. In 1982, the boarding school was opened. The college then counted 2,500 students. In 1996, thet chapel was restored. The Saint Joseph Sports center was opened in 2006.
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