Education

The town has for the past four decades been noteworthy for College Mathieu

College Mathieu

College Mathieu is a small french language Roman Catholic college based in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada that provides post-secondary education.-History:...

, a francophone boarding school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

 for boys and girls who wish to acquire or retain fluency in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

. The school has attracted students from throughout the southern part of the province as well as other areas of Canada and overseas.

Great Plains College formally known as Cypress Hills College

Cypress Hills College

Great Plains College is a regional college based in Swift Current, Saskatchewan that provides post-secondary education in the southwest region of the province. GPC was formed via a 2008 merger between Cypress Hills Regional College and Prairie West Regional College. The new name reflects both the...

 operates a satellite campus in Gravelbourg.

Gravelbourg High School is located on 1st ave in Gravelbourg. Principal Jody Lehmann.

Religion

The town was for many years the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic diocese of Gravelbourg and there was a francophone bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 in residence. Pope John Paul II, however, suppressed the diocese in 1998. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Our Lady of Assumption Co-Cathedral

The cathedral of the francophone former Roman Catholic Diocese of Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, for sixty-eight years, and originally dedicated to St. Philomena, the parish church of Gravelbourg became the Cathedral of St. Philomena July 27, 1930 and was renamed the Cathedral of Our Lady of the...

 was at that time designated a "co-cathedral" of the archdiocese of Regina although in practical terms this has little real meaning. The United Church in Gravelbourg had as its minister, Lorne Calvert

Lorne Calvert

Lorne Albert Calvert, MLA was the 13th Premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert, was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter.In 1975, Calvert married Betty Sluzalo of Perdue, Saskatchewan. After attending...

, Premier of the Province of Saskatchewan. There are also the Gravelbourg Lutheran Church and the Church of Christ.

Climate

See also

• CFRG-FM
  CFRG-FM
  CFRG-FM is a French language radio station that operates at 93.1 FM in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan. It retains the call sign formerly used by CFRG, a now-defunct private affiliate of Radio-Canada which aired in Gravelbourg from 1952 to 1975....
  
   - French Language Radio Station in Gravelbourg
• List of communities in Saskatchewan
• List of towns in Saskatchewan

External links

• Town of Gravelbourg website
• http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/gravelbourg.html Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan