Concordia College Manila

Concordia College Manila

Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia (Spanish)
Former names	Escuela Pia (1868) Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia
Motto	Sciencia et Virtus Veritas et Vita
Motto in English	Knowledge and Virtue Truth and Life
Type	Private basic and higher education institution
Established	May 3, 1868;157 years ago (May 3, 1868)
Founder	Margarita Roxas De Ayala
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic (Daughters of Charity)
Academic affiliations	PAASCU DCSLMES
President	Sr. Ana Janoy Amar, DC
Principal	Nereann Tuaño
Address	1739 Pedro Gil Street , Paco, Manila , Philippines 14°34′52″N121°00′09″E / 14.5812°N 121.0025°E / 14.5812; 121.0025
Alma Mater song	College Hymn
Patroness	Blessed Virgin Mary (Under the title Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception)
Colors	Blue  and  White
Website	laconcordia.edu.ph
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The College of the Immaculate Conception of Concordia (Spanish : Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia), commonly known as Concordia College Manila, is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in Paco, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1868. The institution is affiliated with DC-SLMES (St. Louise de Marillac Educational System).

History

Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia was established by Doña Margarita Roxas de Ayala by converting her three-and-a-half-hectare villa, the La Concordia Estate in Paco, Manila, 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 Escuela Pia. Sixty students enrolled and were taught religion, good manners, reading and writing, simple arithmetic, culture, and arts like sewing, embroidery, cooking, needlecraft and household work. The medium of instruction was Spanish. ^[1]

In 1868, the school officially adapted a new name, Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia, the same year that it became the Central House of the Daughters of Charity in the Philippines. ^[2]

Significant periods in the development of the Concordia College, such as the Philippine Revolution of 1896 and the American era, brought about education reform.

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

Gallery

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  Facade
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  Monument in front of the school
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  Historical marker
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  U-shaped building
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  Gate

References

1. "About La Concordia College". Concordia College. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
2. "About La Concordia College". Facebook. Retrieved 9 April 2015.

External links

• Media related to Concordia College (Manila) at Wikimedia Commons
• La Concordia College, early photo of La Concordia