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St. Joseph's School – Pandacan
St. Joseph's School – Pandacan, Manila (SJSP) is a private parochial school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila. It is located in the district of Pandacan, Manila, Pandacan in the City of Manila, Philippines, established by Cardinal Rufino Jiao Santos, D.D. in 1955 to provide a school that would enable the children of Pandacan, Manila, Pandacan and its neighboring towns an opportunity to receive good Roman Catholic oriented education. History of St. Joseph's School The collaboration of Cardinal Rufino Jiao Santos, the Mother Marie Louise De Meester, Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM), who were also planning to build a school in Pandacan, and Sto. Niño Parish Priest Guilermo Mendoza led to the establishment of St. Joseph's School's very first building at the adjacent vacant lot to the Sto. Niño Parish Church. The school's first few years saw the rapid growth in the population of the school, and in 1959, under the direction of Sister Marie Alice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandacan, Manila
Pandacan is a district in Manila, Philippines which is known in recent history for its former Pandacan oil depot which supplies the majority of oil exports in the country. Profile In 2000, Pandacan had a total population of close to 82,194. The original residents of the district are Tagalog migrants from the province of Bulacan. When the district grew and progressed as a manufacturing center for Manila, several ethnic groups from other parts of the country migrated into the district after the Second World War. The district is bounded to the north and northeast by the Pasig River, the Estero de Pandacan to the west and south and the district of Santa Ana to the southeast. Socioeconomically, the majority of the residents of Pandacan range from lower- to upper-middle class. Original residents are gainfully employed as blue-collar workers in the nearby factories and oil depots, while those in the service sector are generally employed in nearby Makati, the country's central busin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
