Santa Isabel College, Manila
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Santa Isabel College is a former all girls Catholic
school and university
in Ermita
in the city of Manila
, Philippines
(they are now accepting boys of all levels), offering courses at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. The school is currently operated by the Daughters of Charity
.
On July 22, 1862, fifteen Daughters of Charity
of St. Vincent de Paul arrived in the Philippines
from Spain
. Two years after, the Daughters of Charity took over the administration of the Real Colegio de Santa Isabel. The College was then in Intramuros
until it was totally destroyed by fire during the liberation of Manila
. After losing the Colegio, the Sisters sought refuge at St. Rita’s College which was fortunately spared from the ravages of war.
The Sisters taught in St. Rita’s College to support themselves, determined to keep alive the name of this illustrious college. The zealous Sisters left no stone unturned until they found a temporary home for the students. It was through the kindness of the benevolent and compassionate Monsignor Vicente Reyes, then Parish Priest of San Miguel Parish, who offered some rooms in the convent so that the Sisters were able to start anew their apostolate of educating the young. The sisters were not contented with the temporariness of the situation, so these courageous women led by Sr. Juana Zabalza, Superior of the College at that time, and the indefatigable principal Sr. Candida Ocampo, who later became the first Filipina Superior of the College, were able to acquire the former St. Rita at 210 Taft
Avenue, Manila. These dedicated Sisters put Santa Isabel College on solid ground again. The post-war Santa Isabel College owes partly its reason for being to them.
It was sometime after the war when the name of the Colegio de Santa Isabel was changed to its English equivalent, Santa Isabel College.
From 1968, all through the advent of the new millennium, Santa Isabel College has been improving and expanding its physical facilities. Since then, four buildings have risen in the Santa Isabel skyline. The school auditorium, built in 1953 was modernized. The Sister Catalina Ledesma Mini Recital Hall was constructed from the funds provided by the Sister Catalina Scholarship Foundation.
In 1982, Santa Isabel College celebrated its 350th Foundation Anniversary. After three and a half centuries, Santa Isabel College has expanded its educational programs.
The courses, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Elementary
/Secondary
Education, and Music
are still being offered, but the curricula were updated and enriched according to the demands of the times. Teacher Certificate Program (TCP) for Professionals was opened. The Music Program, likewise, has expanded and now gives short term courses.
The Bachelor of Science in Public Relations was given government recognition in 1981. Santa Isabel College then is the only school in the Philippines offering Bachelor of Science in Public Relations. Aside from the said offerings, the school’s four courses were given recognition by the government. They are: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Information Management, Bachelor of Science in Office Administration, and Bachelor of Arts in Human Development. With the opening of the courses, Santa Isabel College opened its portals to male students, which was not actually new because the Music Program has always been accepting male students since it opened after the World War II
.
Santa Isabel College continuously re-invented itself to address the challenges of the times. Intensive curriculum revision, realigning and mapping for more cohesive and relevant offerings were undertaken in order to answer current needs. Thus, new programs were conceived: two-year Associate in Computer Technology, two-year Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, and two-year Certificate in Accountancy. The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management and evening classes for working students.
In 2004, the Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management was offered. To comply with the practicum requirements of the course, the Chateau
Santa Isabel Practicum Center was built. The practicum center serves as the in-house training ground of the Hotel and Restaurant Management students. It was inaugurated on March 15, 2005 and was opened to the public on May 1, 2005. Still part of the reinvention, the internet café was inaugurated and became operational for use of the students and personnel. Eventually, the internet café became part of the facilities of Chateau
Santa Isabel Practicum Center which was opened on May 1, 2005.
The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Evening classes with course offerings such as: Associate in Computer Technology, Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, and Certificate in Accountancy which are ladderized courses and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Marketing Management.
The Alternative Learning System (ALS) was introduced by the Office of the Community of Extension Services.
The Music Department, this year, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (75 years). The Opening concert was held at the Philamlife Theater and the Closing Concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
On October 24, 2007, Santa Isabel College marked its 375th Foundation Anniversary. The celebration was highlighted by a stage play entitled “Vincent and Louise in the city”. It was performed by selected students and faculty at the Sto. Cristo del Tesoro Auditorium. A High Mass was also presided by His Eminence Archbishop Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales at the Manila Cathedral
.
The school has extension services. Just after the Vietnam War
, Santa Isabel College opened the Center for Assistance to Displaced Persons. The refugees and boat people from Vietnam
, Laos
and Cambodia
were assisted by the Center under the Sisters and Staff. The Louise de Marillac
Foundation, Inc. caters to the needs of an adopted community in Paliparan, Dasmariñas, Cavite and one in Barangay
736, Zone 80, Quirino
Avenue, Manila
.
Santa Isabel College has a strong well-organized alumni association. They hold meetings every month to plan what they can do for the school. They hold fund-generating projects to help improve the school plant, give scholarships and help those who are materially deprived. Every year those Manila-based alumni join their fellow alumni in the United States and Canada in a grand reunion.
The Higher Education Department has organized a Parent’s Council for the whole department. Officers and members are parents and guardians of students from all programs. Parents are organized as partners of the school in educating the young.
Reinventing Santa Isabel College was the main challenge of the last three school years. Intensive curriculum revision, realigning and mapping for more cohesive and relevant offerings were undertaken in order to answer current needs. Thus new programs were conceived: two-year Associate in Computer Technology, two Year Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, two-year Certificate in Accountancy, and short term computer courses. The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management and evening classes for working students.
The Santa Isabel College administrators believe that accreditation of the courses is one way of maintaining quality education. After the PAASCU visit last February 27–28, 2000, the school was granted reaccreditation for a period of five years, effective April 2002-2007.
The Higher Education Department passed the Level 2 PAASCU Accreditation on January 25, 2005 during the Interim Visit. The visit was conducted for Liberal Arts, Education and Business Administration programs.
In strengthening its response to God’s call of Discipleship and the Church’s mandate of “education in the faith”, Santa Isabel College continues to respond to the challenges of the times by inscribing in its academic community life planning sessions that, in part, actualize its vision-mission. In the school year 2003-2004, the entire school community underwent sessions on the revision of the institution’s vision-mission statement, an integration of the vision-mission statements of the MAPSA (Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association) and the SLMES (St. Louise de Marillac Educational System), as well as scenario building and strategic planning. All of these are aimed for continuous growth and improvement, harnessing the capacity for continual transformation. Today, the school stands a testament to the marvel of charitable works in the Philippines with it's coming 380th Foundation on October 24, 2012.
Santa Isabel College has carried on its mission for more than three centuries.… The soul is immortal… The mission goes on to spread the Word and uphold the Standard of Truth.
, Humilitas-Humility
, Sapientia-Knowledge
, and Disciplina-Discipline
. The school instills in the young, benevolent love, humility, and self-control in relation to themselves, their peers, and specially the less-privileged. The students are given equal opportunities to acquire and interpret knowledge of truth about the realities around and most especially, the reality of God’s providence to human beings, through the different programs. These four aspects of the seal are integrated in the context of the student’s Christian
and human development.
The colors in the seal are maroon and gold. The cross is colored gold, and the letters and lines are maroon. Gold symbolizes the Church dedicated to the cause of Christian Education. Maroon is the symbol of royalty. Santa Isabel College was founded out of the Spanish Queen’s unselfish devotion to the welfare of others. She provided free education to the orphaned daughters of the Spanish soldiers and later to deserving Filipino
young girls.
ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WHO ARE POOR
COMMITMENT TO VINCENTIAN EXCELLENCE
COMPASSIONATE SERVICE
CO-RESPONSIBILITY
RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
SOCIAL COMMITMENT
SIMPLICITY
SOLIDARITY WITH THE POOR
How it came to its present shrine involves a loving story beginning as far back as 1631. This year marked the arrival of the image in the Philippines from Acapulco for the Real Casa de La Misericordia. It was a gift of Don Juan Lopez, a captain who gave up the career of the sword, for that of charity. He was then bookkeeper of the above mentioned charitable institution. The crucifix was placed in a shrine near the treasury of the Real Casa de La Misericordia as a guardian keeping a vigilant eye on the treasures of his beloved children. In fact, the crucified Christ proved that the treasury remained inexhaustible in spite of the many poor whose cries for alms and mercy were unfailingly answered. Day in and out, the number of grateful devotees to the image increased. The Walled City of Manila counted the Santo Cristo del Tesoro among the images of popular devotion.
What began as the poor’s material treasure became an infinite treasury of divine grace, open to all who seek the Lord’s mercy in their needs. Even in the mission fields of China and Japan, the missionaries have attributed the conversion of the pagans to Santo Cristo del Tesoro. In times of drought, the Archbishop of Manila with his parishioners joined in a solemn procession in honor of this image, imploring for rain, and the events that followed did not fall short of the trust he and the people of Manila had placed in the Black Christ.
During the Japanese occupation, devotion to Santo Cristo del Tesoro found its way into the dreaded Fort Santiago and other places of torture. Freed or liberated prisoners form the fort went to the chapel of Santa Isabel College in Intramuros to bend their faltering knees before His image in fervent and humble thanksgiving.
Much of Santo Cristo del Tesoro is written in the secret pages of the human heart and much is kept in the unfathomable depths of many human souls that has gone along the road to Calvary under the protective wing of the Holy Cross of Christ. In the Book of Life, we will find sometimes the complete history of three hundred and sixty years that has formed a part of an epoch of grace that will end in eternity. Every year, we see glimmer of the exuberant life of grace in the hundreds of eyes that are lovingly raised to Santo Cristo del Tesoro, for on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14), people from all walks of life flock to the chapel of Santa Isabel College to pay homage to the only true treasure they possess in their life.
Saint Vincent de Paul
September 27
Founder of the Daughters of Charity
and the Congregation of the Mission
It was in the 16th century when France was terribly ravaged by political and religious wars when Vincent de Paul, who later became an ardent Apostle of Charity, was born. That was on April 24, 1581, in a remote village of Pouy
, Landes at the southernmost part of France
near the border of Spain
. At an early age, he exhibited the qualities of kindness, generosity and great compassion for the poor. He was not only a bright but also a pious boy. He was only fifteen when he went to college, sixteen when he received the tonsure and at 20, he was ordained priest. That was on September 23, 1600. He offered his first mass in a small chapel in Buzet where he often prayed as a child. At 40, he was a wholly man of God; ready to give himself to the point of heroism in relieving the spiritual and material needs of the poor he saw everywhere. “ I belong,” he said “ to God and to the poor”.
Vincent suffered countless tribulations; he was sold in a slave market and accused as thief. The piety he practiced was simple, nourished on the words and example of Christ, and oriented towards action. He had excelled in practical judgment, but his gift, inspiring and working with others was, in a special way, the fruit of humility. He once said, “I have tried over and over again to find out the best means of living in union with God and in Charity with my neighbors, and I have never found anything that helped as much as humility- the lowering of oneself below everyone else, with the sense that is really worse than others, and the refusal to judge anyone”. He made it a practice that, whenever two ways of saying something came to his mind, he chose the less brilliant.
In one of the many dialogue-conferences preserved in priceless notes by the Sisters, he said, “God has given me such a high esteem for simplicity that I call it my Gospel”. He was always himself, whether with galley slaves or in the Council of Conscience, the selecting bishops for France. He was a great influence in the spiritual formation of St. Louise de Marillac who received from St. Francis de Sales the care of the Visitation nuns in Paris
.
In 1625, he founded the Congregation of the Mission, also called Vincentians or Lazarists, to preach and educate priests. In 1633, he founded the “little company” of the Daughters of Charity
which numbered around 54,000 all over the world. More than 600 are in the Philippines
today.
ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC
MARCH 15
St. Vincent’s co-founder of The Daughters of Charity
St. Louise de Marillac, co-founder of St. Vincent de Paul of the Daughters of Charity
, is declared Patroness of those who do social work. She was born on August 12, 1591. She married a relatively rich man who left her a widow with a young son while she was very young.
She became increasingly under the influence of St. Vincent who discovered, along with her scruples and complexes, great generosity and burning desire to love God and be of help to others. He put her in-charge of the young women he was organizing to care for the poor sick in their homes. Under him, she trained the first recruits in the Parish home and drew up the original rules for the Company of the Daughters of Charity. She reinforced St. Vincent’s desire to keep the Sisters out of the standard requirement of enclosure. She strongly supported St. Vincent’s exhortation to the sisters: “Your convent will be the house of the sick; your cloister, the streets of the city and wards of the hospital; your enclosure, obedience, your grille, the fear of God; your veil, holy modesty”.
St. Louise died on March 15, 1660. On her deathbed, St. Louise pleaded with her sisters,’’ Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honor them my children, as you would honor Christ himself”.
ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY
November 17
Elizabeth was the daughter of the King of Hungary
. She married Louis IV, Duke of Thuringia, at the age of 14. She was a mother with three children.
Her life is an example of devotion to her husband and to the poor. She set up three hospitals, and spent the best years of her life in piety and services to the poor and the sick. She became a widow at the age of 24 and thereupon entered the Third Order of Saint Francis where she practiced heroic works of charity. She spent the remaining years of her life administering to the poor, the destitute and the sick.
Amidst great deprivations and even rejection by her own household, she continued her works of charity, mercy, and kindness. She died on November 17, 1231 and was canonized four years after her death.
There are two well-known miracles during the lifetime of St. Elizabeth. One is the Miracle of Roses. Elizabeth was coming from the royal kitchen with bread for the poor which she bid under her apron when she met Louis who asked her what she was hiding. She said, “Roses my Lord”. When Louis gestured to see, she let go her apron and down fell, fresh red roses. And there are no roses on winter.
There was a story about a leper whom St. Elizabeth brought to the Master’s Bedroom, to keep him warm and comfortable. When the royal household learned about it, there was a commotion. Louis could not believe Elizabeth could do such thing, so he led the members of the household to see for themselves… to prove that there was no leper. There was a wounded Christ in the room.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
is the patroness of Santa Isabel College and our school is named after her.
ST. CATHERINE LABOURE
November 28
“The Saint of Silence”
On July 27, 1947, His Holiness Pius XII among the number of Saints, St. Catherine Laboure whom she was pleased to name: THE SAINT OF SILENCE.
Zoe Laboure was born on May 2, 1806 in the town of Fainles-Moutiers, of peasant parents who nurtured their children with love and mutual help and allowed God to reign in the family. At a tender age of nine, Zoe lost her dear mother, but this loss led her to take refuge in the boundless love of Mary.
Even in her younger years, Zoe manifested a great love for prayer and penance and at the age of nineteen, she strongly felt the call of God through a strange dream picturing an old priest beckoning her to offer herself to God through the person of the sick poor. This old priest in her dream became very important to her in her life because she discovered later that he was St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Daughters of Charity, where she was admitted as a postulant on April 21, 1830 and was consequently named Sister Catherine.
As a seminary Sister (novice in other congregations), she was a model of humility, simplicity, charity, renunciation and holy obedience. A special and ordinary favor dawned upon her life on that wonderful night of July 19, 1830 when the Blessed Mother appeared to her, seated in the Director’s chair in the chapel of the Daughters of Charity Motherhouse in Rue de Bac, Paris
. Sister Catherine kneeling with her hands resting on the Blessed Mother’s knees listened carefully and prayerfully during the intimate conversation on the mission entrusted to her by our Lady. “Come to the foot of this altar, there graces will be poured on all those who ask for them with confidence and fervor. They will be poured out on the great and the humble…” the Lady assured her.
On the third apparition on November 27, Sister Catherine was commissioned to have a medal struck after the models shown to her. “Those who wear it will receive great graces; abundant graces will be given to those who have confidence” our Lady told her. This is the Miraculous Medal.
Sister Catherine recounted the apparition only to Father Aladel, the Director of the Daughters of Charity, who after much insistence from her brought the matter to Monsignor de Quelen, Archbishop of Paris. The latter found nothing that was conformable to faith and authorized the medal to be struck. In May 1832, the first medal was distributed and soon there were talks of many cures and conversions.
There was no religious life that would be more ordinary and simpler than St. Catherine’s in spite of the special privilege that she experienced. She was given her duties in the Hospice
for old men in Enghien while at the same time she took charge of the poultry yard. All these she accomplished with charity, humility, and simplicity rooted in her union with God and the Blessed Mother. In all the forty-five years of her life in the Hospice, nobody knew that she was the Sister to whom the Blessed Mother appeared.
Then it was 1876. the moment to speak has come; the Blessed Virgin released her from her silence and before her last breath on December 31, 1876, Sister Catherine confided the story to the Superior of the house of Reifully, Sister Dufes.
Fifty-six years later, Cardinal Verdier authorized the exhumation with a view of her beatification
. This took place in the presence of two doctors, the Superior General and other witnesses. Just as she had been laid to rest years ago, her limbs were supple; the pupils of her eyes are blue. Now her body is placed in a glass reliquary in the Chapel
of the Motherhouse
of the Daughters of Charity in Rue de Bac, at the altar of the Blessed Mother in the very place where more than a century earlier, Mary had appeared to her.
is a high rated Department by PAASCU. It teaches advance Lessons compared to other schools. The high school department is Christ Centered and promotes goodness in each student.
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school and university
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in Ermita
Ermita
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in the city of Manila
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, Philippines
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(they are now accepting boys of all levels), offering courses at the primary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. The school is currently operated by the Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church. Its members take simple, private, annual vows...
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History
The Colegio de Santa Isabel was founded on October 24, 1632 with the primary purpose of educating Spanish orphans, daughters of the Spanish soldiers in the service of the King. But in the later years its doors were opened to Filipino girls as well. In 1733, by a royal decree of Queen Isabela II, the name of the college was changed to “Real Colegio de Santa Isabel”.On July 22, 1862, fifteen Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity
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of St. Vincent de Paul arrived in the Philippines
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from Spain
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. Two years after, the Daughters of Charity took over the administration of the Real Colegio de Santa Isabel. The College was then in Intramuros
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until it was totally destroyed by fire during the liberation of Manila
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. After losing the Colegio, the Sisters sought refuge at St. Rita’s College which was fortunately spared from the ravages of war.
The Sisters taught in St. Rita’s College to support themselves, determined to keep alive the name of this illustrious college. The zealous Sisters left no stone unturned until they found a temporary home for the students. It was through the kindness of the benevolent and compassionate Monsignor Vicente Reyes, then Parish Priest of San Miguel Parish, who offered some rooms in the convent so that the Sisters were able to start anew their apostolate of educating the young. The sisters were not contented with the temporariness of the situation, so these courageous women led by Sr. Juana Zabalza, Superior of the College at that time, and the indefatigable principal Sr. Candida Ocampo, who later became the first Filipina Superior of the College, were able to acquire the former St. Rita at 210 Taft
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Avenue, Manila. These dedicated Sisters put Santa Isabel College on solid ground again. The post-war Santa Isabel College owes partly its reason for being to them.
It was sometime after the war when the name of the Colegio de Santa Isabel was changed to its English equivalent, Santa Isabel College.
From 1968, all through the advent of the new millennium, Santa Isabel College has been improving and expanding its physical facilities. Since then, four buildings have risen in the Santa Isabel skyline. The school auditorium, built in 1953 was modernized. The Sister Catalina Ledesma Mini Recital Hall was constructed from the funds provided by the Sister Catalina Scholarship Foundation.
In 1982, Santa Isabel College celebrated its 350th Foundation Anniversary. After three and a half centuries, Santa Isabel College has expanded its educational programs.
The courses, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Elementary
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/Secondary
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Education, and Music
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are still being offered, but the curricula were updated and enriched according to the demands of the times. Teacher Certificate Program (TCP) for Professionals was opened. The Music Program, likewise, has expanded and now gives short term courses.
The Bachelor of Science in Public Relations was given government recognition in 1981. Santa Isabel College then is the only school in the Philippines offering Bachelor of Science in Public Relations. Aside from the said offerings, the school’s four courses were given recognition by the government. They are: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, Bachelor of Science in Information Management, Bachelor of Science in Office Administration, and Bachelor of Arts in Human Development. With the opening of the courses, Santa Isabel College opened its portals to male students, which was not actually new because the Music Program has always been accepting male students since it opened after the World War II
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Santa Isabel College continuously re-invented itself to address the challenges of the times. Intensive curriculum revision, realigning and mapping for more cohesive and relevant offerings were undertaken in order to answer current needs. Thus, new programs were conceived: two-year Associate in Computer Technology, two-year Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, and two-year Certificate in Accountancy. The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management and evening classes for working students.
In 2004, the Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management was offered. To comply with the practicum requirements of the course, the Chateau
Château
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Santa Isabel Practicum Center was built. The practicum center serves as the in-house training ground of the Hotel and Restaurant Management students. It was inaugurated on March 15, 2005 and was opened to the public on May 1, 2005. Still part of the reinvention, the internet café was inaugurated and became operational for use of the students and personnel. Eventually, the internet café became part of the facilities of Chateau
Château
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Santa Isabel Practicum Center which was opened on May 1, 2005.
The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Evening classes with course offerings such as: Associate in Computer Technology, Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, and Certificate in Accountancy which are ladderized courses and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration major in Marketing Management.
The Alternative Learning System (ALS) was introduced by the Office of the Community of Extension Services.
The Music Department, this year, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee (75 years). The Opening concert was held at the Philamlife Theater and the Closing Concert at the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Cultural Center of the Philippines
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On October 24, 2007, Santa Isabel College marked its 375th Foundation Anniversary. The celebration was highlighted by a stage play entitled “Vincent and Louise in the city”. It was performed by selected students and faculty at the Sto. Cristo del Tesoro Auditorium. A High Mass was also presided by His Eminence Archbishop Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales at the Manila Cathedral
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The school has extension services. Just after the Vietnam War
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, Santa Isabel College opened the Center for Assistance to Displaced Persons. The refugees and boat people from Vietnam
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, Laos
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and Cambodia
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were assisted by the Center under the Sisters and Staff. The Louise de Marillac
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Foundation, Inc. caters to the needs of an adopted community in Paliparan, Dasmariñas, Cavite and one in Barangay
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736, Zone 80, Quirino
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Avenue, Manila
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Santa Isabel College has a strong well-organized alumni association. They hold meetings every month to plan what they can do for the school. They hold fund-generating projects to help improve the school plant, give scholarships and help those who are materially deprived. Every year those Manila-based alumni join their fellow alumni in the United States and Canada in a grand reunion.
The Higher Education Department has organized a Parent’s Council for the whole department. Officers and members are parents and guardians of students from all programs. Parents are organized as partners of the school in educating the young.
Reinventing Santa Isabel College was the main challenge of the last three school years. Intensive curriculum revision, realigning and mapping for more cohesive and relevant offerings were undertaken in order to answer current needs. Thus new programs were conceived: two-year Associate in Computer Technology, two Year Certificate in Hotel and Restaurant Management, two-year Certificate in Accountancy, and short term computer courses. The school year 2005-2006 ushered in new programs: Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management and evening classes for working students.
The Santa Isabel College administrators believe that accreditation of the courses is one way of maintaining quality education. After the PAASCU visit last February 27–28, 2000, the school was granted reaccreditation for a period of five years, effective April 2002-2007.
The Higher Education Department passed the Level 2 PAASCU Accreditation on January 25, 2005 during the Interim Visit. The visit was conducted for Liberal Arts, Education and Business Administration programs.
In strengthening its response to God’s call of Discipleship and the Church’s mandate of “education in the faith”, Santa Isabel College continues to respond to the challenges of the times by inscribing in its academic community life planning sessions that, in part, actualize its vision-mission. In the school year 2003-2004, the entire school community underwent sessions on the revision of the institution’s vision-mission statement, an integration of the vision-mission statements of the MAPSA (Manila Archdiocesan and Parochial Schools Association) and the SLMES (St. Louise de Marillac Educational System), as well as scenario building and strategic planning. All of these are aimed for continuous growth and improvement, harnessing the capacity for continual transformation. Today, the school stands a testament to the marvel of charitable works in the Philippines with it's coming 380th Foundation on October 24, 2012.
Santa Isabel College has carried on its mission for more than three centuries.… The soul is immortal… The mission goes on to spread the Word and uphold the Standard of Truth.
- April 6, 1594 – Institution founded as a Charitable Brotherhood
- October 24, 1632 – Institution becomes the Colegio de Santa Isabel beginning its educational history
- May 25, 1636 – Rules and regulations governing the college were drafted
- March 25, 1733 – Philip V of SpainPhilip V of SpainPhilip V was King of Spain from 15 November 1700 to 15 January 1724, when he abdicated in favor of his son Louis, and from 6 September 1724, when he assumed the throne again upon his son's death, to his death.Before his reign, Philip occupied an exalted place in the royal family of France as a...
orders the college be called "Real Colegio de Santa Isabel" (Royal College of Saint Isabel) - 1852 - Isabella II of SpainIsabella II of SpainIsabella II was the only female monarch of Spain in modern times. She came to the throne as an infant, but her succession was disputed by the Carlists, who refused to recognise a female sovereign, leading to the Carlist Wars. After a troubled reign, she was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of...
orders the Daughters of Charity to the Philippines - July 22, 1862 – Daughters of Charity arrive in the Philippines
- 1866 - Real Colegio de Santa Isabel merges with Colegio de Santa Pontencian
- August 13, 1933 – A fire destroys almost half of the college
- February 7, 1945 – A fire destroys the college during the Battle for the Liberation of ManilaBattle for the Liberation of ManilaThe Battle of Manila, also known as the Liberation of Manila, fought from 3 February to 3 March 1945 by American, Filipino and Japanese forces, was part of the 1945 Philippine campaign...
- September 14, 1947 – A marker is unveiled commemorating the new, English name of the college
Courses offered
- Bachelor in Music
- Bachelor in Arts
- Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Religious Education, English and Computer Education
- International Hotel and Travel Management Program (HRM)
- Bachelor of Science in Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Human Resource Management, Marketing Management
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
College seal
The Cross at the center of Santa Isabel College’s seal symbolizes Christ, the Center, whose charity urges the institution in its mission of educating the youth. The even arms of the cross stand for the school’s freedom from bias in the choice of her students. In between the arms are inscribed four Latin terms, namely: Caritas-CharityCharitable organization
A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization . It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A charitable organization is a type of non-profit organization (NPO). It differs from other types of NPOs in that it centers on philanthropic goals A...
, Humilitas-Humility
Humility
Humility is the quality of being modest, and respectful. Humility, in various interpretations, is widely seen as a virtue in many religious and philosophical traditions, being connected with notions of transcendent unity with the universe or the divine, and of egolessness.-Term:The term "humility"...
, Sapientia-Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something unknown, which can include information, facts, descriptions, or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject...
, and Disciplina-Discipline
Discipline
In its original sense, discipline is referred to systematic instruction given to disciples to train them as students in a craft or trade, or to follow a particular code of conduct or "order". Often, the phrase "to discipline" carries a negative connotation. This is because enforcement of order –...
. The school instills in the young, benevolent love, humility, and self-control in relation to themselves, their peers, and specially the less-privileged. The students are given equal opportunities to acquire and interpret knowledge of truth about the realities around and most especially, the reality of God’s providence to human beings, through the different programs. These four aspects of the seal are integrated in the context of the student’s Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
and human development.
The colors in the seal are maroon and gold. The cross is colored gold, and the letters and lines are maroon. Gold symbolizes the Church dedicated to the cause of Christian Education. Maroon is the symbol of royalty. Santa Isabel College was founded out of the Spanish Queen’s unselfish devotion to the welfare of others. She provided free education to the orphaned daughters of the Spanish soldiers and later to deserving Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
young girls.
Vision
An audacious Christ-Centered educational institution committed to empowering communities of learners into inner–directed Vincentian leaders and advocates of persons who are poor.Mission
At Santa Isabel College, we commit ourselves to:- Courageously pursue value innovative educational programs and services anchored in Christ.
- Interdependently accelerate leadership and professional development through continuing education and intensive Vincentian Formation.
- Synergistically facilitate the integral development of the learners towards transformation through current researches, relevant curricular offerings and responsive community extension services.
- Relentlessly generate a new breed of self-directed, global and environmentally caring Vincentian leaders.
- Ardently support one another in sustaining the shared mission.
Core values
To ensure the realization of the Santa Isabel College Vision and Mission, the following core values are given focus and integrated in the institution’s endeavors.ADVOCACY FOR PERSONS WHO ARE POOR
- Directs us to empower the marginalized sector through one’s personal preferential option for the poor in building a society that promotes truth and justice.
COMMITMENT TO VINCENTIAN EXCELLENCE
- Dedication to the highest ideals in the continuing pursuit of global excellence for quality education that motivates and infuses the spirit of St. Vincent de Paul in the learning community.
COMPASSIONATE SERVICE
- Sensitivity to the needs of others and zealous response of caring and sharing with the needy and the disadvantaged, out of loving and humble heart.
CO-RESPONSIBILITY
- Spirit of dialogue, partnership, participation, teamwork and collaboration in all endeavors for the good of all.
RESPECT FOR HUMAN DIGNITY
- Reverence for every person and concern for the promotion of life, human rights and total human development.
SOCIAL COMMITMENT
- Audacious love of country and dedication to the transformation of communities and society by change of personal attitudes and unjust social structures through peaceful means.
SIMPLICITY
- Loving and living out in truth and freedom, honesty and transparency in relationships; modest and simple lifestyle in solidarity with the less-privileged.
SOLIDARITY WITH THE POOR
- Sense of communion with persons, and families centered in the Eucharist, regardless of gender, race, color, creed and socio-economic status, and a firm determination to promote the common good.
Attributes of an Isabelan
- CHARITABLE
- COMPASSIONATE
- CREATIVE
- COMPETENT
- CHRIST-CENTERED
History of the Santo Cristo del Tesoro de Manila
The venerable image of Sto. Cristo del Tesoro is enshrined in the main Altar of the Santa Isabel College ChapelHow it came to its present shrine involves a loving story beginning as far back as 1631. This year marked the arrival of the image in the Philippines from Acapulco for the Real Casa de La Misericordia. It was a gift of Don Juan Lopez, a captain who gave up the career of the sword, for that of charity. He was then bookkeeper of the above mentioned charitable institution. The crucifix was placed in a shrine near the treasury of the Real Casa de La Misericordia as a guardian keeping a vigilant eye on the treasures of his beloved children. In fact, the crucified Christ proved that the treasury remained inexhaustible in spite of the many poor whose cries for alms and mercy were unfailingly answered. Day in and out, the number of grateful devotees to the image increased. The Walled City of Manila counted the Santo Cristo del Tesoro among the images of popular devotion.
What began as the poor’s material treasure became an infinite treasury of divine grace, open to all who seek the Lord’s mercy in their needs. Even in the mission fields of China and Japan, the missionaries have attributed the conversion of the pagans to Santo Cristo del Tesoro. In times of drought, the Archbishop of Manila with his parishioners joined in a solemn procession in honor of this image, imploring for rain, and the events that followed did not fall short of the trust he and the people of Manila had placed in the Black Christ.
During the Japanese occupation, devotion to Santo Cristo del Tesoro found its way into the dreaded Fort Santiago and other places of torture. Freed or liberated prisoners form the fort went to the chapel of Santa Isabel College in Intramuros to bend their faltering knees before His image in fervent and humble thanksgiving.
Much of Santo Cristo del Tesoro is written in the secret pages of the human heart and much is kept in the unfathomable depths of many human souls that has gone along the road to Calvary under the protective wing of the Holy Cross of Christ. In the Book of Life, we will find sometimes the complete history of three hundred and sixty years that has formed a part of an epoch of grace that will end in eternity. Every year, we see glimmer of the exuberant life of grace in the hundreds of eyes that are lovingly raised to Santo Cristo del Tesoro, for on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14), people from all walks of life flock to the chapel of Santa Isabel College to pay homage to the only true treasure they possess in their life.
Saint Vincent de Paul
September 27
Founder of the Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church. Its members take simple, private, annual vows...
and the Congregation of the Mission
It was in the 16th century when France was terribly ravaged by political and religious wars when Vincent de Paul, who later became an ardent Apostle of Charity, was born. That was on April 24, 1581, in a remote village of Pouy
Pouy
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, Landes at the southernmost part of France
France
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near the border of Spain
Spain
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. At an early age, he exhibited the qualities of kindness, generosity and great compassion for the poor. He was not only a bright but also a pious boy. He was only fifteen when he went to college, sixteen when he received the tonsure and at 20, he was ordained priest. That was on September 23, 1600. He offered his first mass in a small chapel in Buzet where he often prayed as a child. At 40, he was a wholly man of God; ready to give himself to the point of heroism in relieving the spiritual and material needs of the poor he saw everywhere. “ I belong,” he said “ to God and to the poor”.
Vincent suffered countless tribulations; he was sold in a slave market and accused as thief. The piety he practiced was simple, nourished on the words and example of Christ, and oriented towards action. He had excelled in practical judgment, but his gift, inspiring and working with others was, in a special way, the fruit of humility. He once said, “I have tried over and over again to find out the best means of living in union with God and in Charity with my neighbors, and I have never found anything that helped as much as humility- the lowering of oneself below everyone else, with the sense that is really worse than others, and the refusal to judge anyone”. He made it a practice that, whenever two ways of saying something came to his mind, he chose the less brilliant.
In one of the many dialogue-conferences preserved in priceless notes by the Sisters, he said, “God has given me such a high esteem for simplicity that I call it my Gospel”. He was always himself, whether with galley slaves or in the Council of Conscience, the selecting bishops for France. He was a great influence in the spiritual formation of St. Louise de Marillac who received from St. Francis de Sales the care of the Visitation nuns in Paris
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Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
In 1625, he founded the Congregation of the Mission, also called Vincentians or Lazarists, to preach and educate priests. In 1633, he founded the “little company” of the Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church. Its members take simple, private, annual vows...
which numbered around 54,000 all over the world. More than 600 are in the Philippines
Philippines
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today.
ST. LOUISE DE MARILLAC
MARCH 15
St. Vincent’s co-founder of The Daughters of Charity
St. Louise de Marillac, co-founder of St. Vincent de Paul of the Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity
The Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, sometimes simply referred to as Daughters of Charity, is a Society of Apostolic Life for women within the Catholic Church. Its members take simple, private, annual vows...
, is declared Patroness of those who do social work. She was born on August 12, 1591. She married a relatively rich man who left her a widow with a young son while she was very young.
She became increasingly under the influence of St. Vincent who discovered, along with her scruples and complexes, great generosity and burning desire to love God and be of help to others. He put her in-charge of the young women he was organizing to care for the poor sick in their homes. Under him, she trained the first recruits in the Parish home and drew up the original rules for the Company of the Daughters of Charity. She reinforced St. Vincent’s desire to keep the Sisters out of the standard requirement of enclosure. She strongly supported St. Vincent’s exhortation to the sisters: “Your convent will be the house of the sick; your cloister, the streets of the city and wards of the hospital; your enclosure, obedience, your grille, the fear of God; your veil, holy modesty”.
St. Louise died on March 15, 1660. On her deathbed, St. Louise pleaded with her sisters,’’ Be diligent in serving the poor. Love the poor, honor them my children, as you would honor Christ himself”.
ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY
November 17
Elizabeth was the daughter of the King of Hungary
King of Hungary
The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.The style of title "Apostolic King" was confirmed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 and used afterwards by all the Kings of Hungary, so after this date the kings are referred to as "Apostolic King of...
. She married Louis IV, Duke of Thuringia, at the age of 14. She was a mother with three children.
Her life is an example of devotion to her husband and to the poor. She set up three hospitals, and spent the best years of her life in piety and services to the poor and the sick. She became a widow at the age of 24 and thereupon entered the Third Order of Saint Francis where she practiced heroic works of charity. She spent the remaining years of her life administering to the poor, the destitute and the sick.
Amidst great deprivations and even rejection by her own household, she continued her works of charity, mercy, and kindness. She died on November 17, 1231 and was canonized four years after her death.
There are two well-known miracles during the lifetime of St. Elizabeth. One is the Miracle of Roses. Elizabeth was coming from the royal kitchen with bread for the poor which she bid under her apron when she met Louis who asked her what she was hiding. She said, “Roses my Lord”. When Louis gestured to see, she let go her apron and down fell, fresh red roses. And there are no roses on winter.
There was a story about a leper whom St. Elizabeth brought to the Master’s Bedroom, to keep him warm and comfortable. When the royal household learned about it, there was a commotion. Louis could not believe Elizabeth could do such thing, so he led the members of the household to see for themselves… to prove that there was no leper. There was a wounded Christ in the room.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
Hungary
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is the patroness of Santa Isabel College and our school is named after her.
ST. CATHERINE LABOURE
November 28
“The Saint of Silence”
On July 27, 1947, His Holiness Pius XII among the number of Saints, St. Catherine Laboure whom she was pleased to name: THE SAINT OF SILENCE.
Zoe Laboure was born on May 2, 1806 in the town of Fainles-Moutiers, of peasant parents who nurtured their children with love and mutual help and allowed God to reign in the family. At a tender age of nine, Zoe lost her dear mother, but this loss led her to take refuge in the boundless love of Mary.
Even in her younger years, Zoe manifested a great love for prayer and penance and at the age of nineteen, she strongly felt the call of God through a strange dream picturing an old priest beckoning her to offer herself to God through the person of the sick poor. This old priest in her dream became very important to her in her life because she discovered later that he was St. Vincent de Paul, the founder of the Daughters of Charity, where she was admitted as a postulant on April 21, 1830 and was consequently named Sister Catherine.
As a seminary Sister (novice in other congregations), she was a model of humility, simplicity, charity, renunciation and holy obedience. A special and ordinary favor dawned upon her life on that wonderful night of July 19, 1830 when the Blessed Mother appeared to her, seated in the Director’s chair in the chapel of the Daughters of Charity Motherhouse in Rue de Bac, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Sister Catherine kneeling with her hands resting on the Blessed Mother’s knees listened carefully and prayerfully during the intimate conversation on the mission entrusted to her by our Lady. “Come to the foot of this altar, there graces will be poured on all those who ask for them with confidence and fervor. They will be poured out on the great and the humble…” the Lady assured her.
On the third apparition on November 27, Sister Catherine was commissioned to have a medal struck after the models shown to her. “Those who wear it will receive great graces; abundant graces will be given to those who have confidence” our Lady told her. This is the Miraculous Medal.
Sister Catherine recounted the apparition only to Father Aladel, the Director of the Daughters of Charity, who after much insistence from her brought the matter to Monsignor de Quelen, Archbishop of Paris. The latter found nothing that was conformable to faith and authorized the medal to be struck. In May 1832, the first medal was distributed and soon there were talks of many cures and conversions.
There was no religious life that would be more ordinary and simpler than St. Catherine’s in spite of the special privilege that she experienced. She was given her duties in the Hospice
Hospice
Hospice is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms.In the United States and Canada:*Gentiva Health Services, national provider of hospice and home health services...
for old men in Enghien while at the same time she took charge of the poultry yard. All these she accomplished with charity, humility, and simplicity rooted in her union with God and the Blessed Mother. In all the forty-five years of her life in the Hospice, nobody knew that she was the Sister to whom the Blessed Mother appeared.
Then it was 1876. the moment to speak has come; the Blessed Virgin released her from her silence and before her last breath on December 31, 1876, Sister Catherine confided the story to the Superior of the house of Reifully, Sister Dufes.
Fifty-six years later, Cardinal Verdier authorized the exhumation with a view of her beatification
Beatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a dead person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in his or her name . Beatification is the third of the four steps in the canonization process...
. This took place in the presence of two doctors, the Superior General and other witnesses. Just as she had been laid to rest years ago, her limbs were supple; the pupils of her eyes are blue. Now her body is placed in a glass reliquary in the Chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
of the Motherhouse
Motherhouse
The term motherhouse is used by religious Orders and religious congregations to designate the principal house or community for that group. It can be either for the entire institute or for a region....
of the Daughters of Charity in Rue de Bac, at the altar of the Blessed Mother in the very place where more than a century earlier, Mary had appeared to her.
High school
Santa Isabel College's High SchoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
is a high rated Department by PAASCU. It teaches advance Lessons compared to other schools. The high school department is Christ Centered and promotes goodness in each student.
External links
- http://www.santaisabel.edu.ph/history.php - History of Santa Isabel College (Official Website)