St. Joseph College Olongapo

St. Joseph College - Olongapo
Kolehiyo ng San Jose

logo of St. Joseph College Olongapo
Former names
St. Joseph's School
Motto Christus in centro (Latin)
Motto in English
Christ in the center
Type Private sectarian
Established 1945
Affiliation Roman Catholic
Principal Dr. Leonor B. Dizon, Imelda Tulio-Lampazo
(High School)
Director Fr. Hanival G. Brucelas
Students approx 2,000 (all levels)
Location Olongapo City,  Philippines
Alma Mater Song St. Joseph College Hymn
Colors Green      and      yellow
Nickname SJC, St. Jô

St. Joseph College (SJC-O), Olongapo City is a diocesan institution under the Prelature of Iba, Zambales. It is the oldest Catholic school in the city.

Location

The school is located in Barangay East Bajac Bajac and is bounded at the north by 20th Street, at east by Elicano Street, and at the west by Canda street.

History

St. Joseph College is the first Catholic School in the city. Established in 1945 with Rev. Fr. Restituto M. Canda as the first School Director. The school was given government recognition in 1949. In S.Y. 1950-1951 the Columban Fathers and Sisters from Missionary Society of St. Columban of Ireland took over the management of the school with Rev. Fr. Joseph Coneely as the director and Sis. Mary Consuelo as the Principal. During the Martial Law years all Columban Sis. left the country for reassignment in foreign missions and the management of the school was temporarily assigned to the Sis. of the Daughters of Charity.

Abiding by the Filipinization of the Philippine parishes scheme, the Columban Missionary Society handed over the parish and school management to the diocesan priest of the Prelature of Iba,Zambales in school year 2000-2001.

The city where it is located is Olongapo City. St. Joseph is ready for Grades 11 and 12 and contains an elementary dept. and a high school dept. [2015]

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, March 27, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.