E.N.A.1943
E.N.A.
FUNDADO EM 1943 PROF. SEBASTIÃO SANTANA

A school was taken. A hospital can take its place.

E.N.A. opened in 1943, closed in 1998, and was sold off for a fraction of its worth.

What happened, year by year

Every claim below can be documented.

1943

The school opens

E.N.A. became the second most important IASD school in Brazil. Its principal founder was Professor Sebastião Santana, who is buried in its gardens. Students came from every state and from abroad; among them were doctors, engineers, congressmen and a state governor.

1990s

The Theology College is taken away

The first piece of the campus to go, years before anyone spoke of closing the school.

1998

Closed for political reasons

E.N.A. shut its doors while financially self-sufficient, with R$ 500,000 in the bank and a strong name in the education market. No financial justification was given at the time, because there was none to give.

2000

A reason is invented, two years late

A flood of the Rio Panelas was offered as the cause of a closure that had already happened. The claim is false, and I will answer for that statement anywhere in the world. Details available on request.

After

Abandoned, then sold to a friend of the local leader

The sale was irregular and arbitrary. The buyer had neither a plan nor the money for one, and the neglect continued under him.

Today

Public property, profane use

The local government took the site over for $19,000. The church building now serves as a party venue and political auditorium.

“This justification is false, and I am available to challenge it anywhere in the world.”

Son of Professor Sebastião Santana, founder of E.N.A.

What it was worth, and what it went for

Sold to the local government for
$19,000

The whole property.

Estimated value today
$10,000,000

Roughly 500 times what the public purse paid for it.

In the bank the year it closed
R$ 500,000

The school was never insolvent.

The plan for the site

The buildings are still standing.

  1. A philanthropic children’s cancer hospital

    Free treatment for children in the region.

  2. A research centre

    Attached to the hospital.

  3. A medical school

    Accreditation once the hospital is running.

The challenge to Adventist entrepreneurs

The founder’s son is taking this to the 2025 General Conference in Saint Louis.