St. Paul College, Pasig, also referred to as SPCP or SPC Pasig, is a

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Pasig Pasig, officially the City of Pasig ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasig), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. It is located along the ...

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run by the Congregation of

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, a

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founded as the Daughters of the School. St. Paul College, Pasig, is located in St. Paul Road, Brgy. Ugong, Pasig, Philippines. It was established in 1970 when

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(then St. Paul College, Manila) decided to relocate their kindergarten, grade school and high school departments to a different area.

History

The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres first arrived in the Philippines on October 29, 1904, on the invitation of Bishop Frederick Z. Rooker of Jaro,

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to open a school in

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for the "protection of faith". Other invitations followed and more Sisters arrived for a hospital in Iloilo, schools in

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, and

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, and a

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. The Congregation is now serving forty schools all over the Philippines aside from hospitals and pastoral communities.

Administration

Directresses

*Sister Marie Marcelle Navarro, SPC (1979-1982) *Sister Mary Magdalen Torres, SPC (1982-1995) *Sister Teresita Baricaua, SPC (1995-1997, as acting directress; 1997–2000, as directress) *Sister Bernadette Racadio, SPC (2000-2005) *Sister Teresita Baricaua, SPC (2005-2012) *Sister Dedicacion Rosario, SPC (2012–2021) *Sister Felicitas Bernardo, SPC (2021-Present) Source:

Notable alumnae

* Krissy and Ericka Villongco - music duo *

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- actress, member of the Salvador family of thespians *

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- actress *

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and

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- actress *

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- actress, daughter of

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and

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board member, daughter of

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and

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board member, daughter of

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and

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- actress

References

External links

* Educational institutions established in 1970 Catholic elementary schools in Metro Manila Catholic secondary schools in Metro Manila Schools in Pasig Girls' schools in the Philippines {{Philippines-school-stub