The College of the Immaculate Conception of Concordia ( es, Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia) commonly known as Concordia College Manila is a

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basic and higher education institution run by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in

Paco, Manila Paco, formerly known as Dilao, is a district of Manila, Philippines located south of the Pasig River, and San Miguel, west of Santa Ana, southwest of Pandacan, north of Malate, northwest of San Andres Bukid, and east of Ermita. According ...

, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1868. With enrollment increasing every year, Concordia College prospered towards the end of the nineteenth century.

History

was established by Doña Margarita Roxas de Ayala by converting her three-and-a-half-hectare villa, the La Concordia Estate in

, into a school. She requested eight nuns from the Daughters of Charity from Spain to come to the Philippines to administer the school. They arrived on May 3, 1868, and operated the free school or . Sixty students enrolled and were taught

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

, good manners, reading and writing, simple arithmetic, culture, and arts like sewing, embroidery, cooking, needlecraft and household work. The medium of instruction was Spanish. In 1868, the school officially adapted a new name, , the same year that it became the Central House of the Daughters of Charity in the Philippines. Significant periods in the development of the Concordia College, such as the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the American era, brought about education reform.

Etymology

Name

According to the student manual, the name "Concordia" means "in accord with" or "in accordance to the above"

Logo

White Easter Lily

Stands for purity in thought, word, and deed

Letter M and crown

Stands for

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, a prominent figure in the Catholic religion, who is the patroness of the school. The crown which adorns the top of the letter represents her queenship of heaven.

Twelve stars

The twelve stars which surround symbolize the twelve apostles, which represent the disciples as a whole. "It shows

's role in leading people to her son,

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious ...

The colors

Blue and white are the colors which represent Mary. Blue stands for loyalty and white for purity or chastity. Green stands for perpetual growth, symbolizing the school that copes with the best and worst of times.

Notable alumni

Among its well-known former students was Sister Asuncion Ventura-Horcoma Bautista, who was the first Filipino to found an orphanage, the Asilo de Looban. Additionally, there was Maria Paz Mendoza-Guazon, the first Filipino woman doctor, who was also an educator, a writer and a feminist. Although her studies were interrupted by the Revolution, she was able to resume them when she transferred to the American School in 1901. Other notable students were Saturnina, Soledad, and Olympia Rizal, the sisters of Philippine national hero

Jose Rizal Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Gali ...

Gallery

File:IJVConcordia4.jpg, Facade File:IJVConcordia2.jpg, Monument in front of the school File:IJVConcordia5.jpg, Historical marker File:IJVConcordia7.jpg, U-shaped building

References

External links

La Concordia College
early photo of La Concordia {{DEFAULTSORT:Colegio De La Inmaculada Concepcion De La Concordia Educational institutions established in 1868 Education in Paco, Manila Concordia College Concordia College Concordia College Girls' schools in the Philippines Women's universities and colleges in the Philippines Universities and colleges in Manila 1868 establishments in the Spanish Empire