Saint Paul University Manila
, 680 Pedro Gil St.,
Manila
9th President, Sr. Ma. Evangeline L. Anastacio, SPC, Solemn Investiture, Installation June 27, 2014, Sr. Lilia Thérèse L. Tolentino, SPC
Chapel of the Crucified Christ
St. Paul University Manila (also known as SPU Manila) is a private, previously a women's college and recently turned co-ed beginning school year 2005-2006 in Manila, Philippines. The college was established in 1912 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC), a Congregation founded in Chartres, France in 1698.
1904 – On October 29, 1904, seven Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, France established its first foundation in the Philippines in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The Sisters, coming from their mission in Vietnam, responded to the invitation of Bishop Frederick Rooker of the Diocese of Iloilo, to which Dumaguete then belonged. The seven Sisters were Mother Marthe de St. Paul, Superior, Sr. Marie Louise du Sacre Coeur, Sr. Ange Marie, Sr. Anne de la Croix, Sr. Charles de Genes, Sr. Catherine, and Sr. Josephine. St. Paul’s College, Dumaguete was founded as St. Paul Academy, becoming the first St. Paul’s College in the Philippines.
St. Paul Academy which was located near the Cathedral, accepted boys and girls and prepared them for their First Holy Communion. The Sisters were installed in the old Convent of the Augustinian Recollects that Bishop Rooker had offered. The parish priest transferred his residence somewhere else.
January 9, 1905, the new school opened with 30 girls (15 of whom were aged 15 to 20), four of them were boarders, and six boys. Children, women, and young men came to the school for religious instruction. Besides the regular academic courses, there were supplementary classes in music, drawing, painting, French, sewing, and embroidery. The medium of instruction was English. However, since the Americans had been in the Philippines only for five years, very few pupils were acquainted with the language. Hence, the Sisters were obliged to learn Visayan and Spanish to be able to communicate with their charges.
Notable alumni
- Charo Santos-Concio - ABS-CBN president and host of the country's longest drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya.
- Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 to 1992.
- Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez - founder of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). She was declared as a National Artist for Theater in 2009. She is a former executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the arts and has been described as a “cultural caregiver”. Some of her awards include: Bantayog Awardee – Hall of Fame in 1997, CCP Gawad Sining for Culture, Ninoy Aquino Awardee for nationalism.
- Cristina Ponce Enrile
- Katrina Ponce Enrile - Business Executive
- Sharon Cuneta - actress, TV host and singer
- Lovely Rivero - actress
- Jessey Guiam (Raqi Terra) - DJ of 90.7 Love Radio
- Anna Larrucea - actress
- Lorraine Schuck - Mutya ng Pilipinas title holder
- Janet basco - singer
- Ivy Violan - singer
- Lara Melissa De Leon - singer / actress
- Celeste Legazpi - singer
- Pinky Marquez - singer / actress
- Cynthia Patag - singer /actress
- Maniya Barredo - ballet dancer
- READ: Empowered Paulinian Women
See also
External links
- St. Paul University Quezon City
- St. Paul College Makati
- St. Paul College of Pasig
- St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur
- St. Paul College of Parañaque
- St. Paul University, Dumaguete
- St. Paul University, Iloilo
- St. Paul University, Surigao
- St. Paul University Philippines, Tuguegarao
- St. Paul College of Bocaue
- Courses offered at St. Paul University Manila
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