| Saint Paul University Iloilo | |
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| Pamantasang San Pablo ng Iloilo | |
| Motto | Caritas Christi urget nos |
| Motto in English | "The charity of Christ impels us" |
| Religious affiliation | St Paul University System |
| President | Sr. Carolina Agravante, SPC |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Nickname | Paulinians |
| Website | www.spuiloilo.edu.ph |
St. Paul University Iloilo is a private Catholic university. It is located at General, Luna Street, Iloilo City 5000, Iloilo, Philippines. It is a member school of Saint Paul University System.
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Impelled by the love of CHRIST, and on the invitation and support of His Eminence Denis Cardinal Dougherty, Bishop of Jaro, The Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres began their apostolic activities in Iloilo by establishing St. Paul’s Hospital in 1911. Their primary aim was to care for the poor and the sick, However, the care of the poor and the sick was not the only apostolic mission of the Sisters of St. Paul; they have also been founded for the purpose of training and educating the young. So it was, with the great desire emboldened by the formative component of their mission, coupled with the pressing need of the hospital for trained competent Catholic nurses, the Sisters under the leadership of Mother Josephine de Jesus opened the School of Nursing in June, 1946. Seventy (70) students were admitted into the first Graduate Nurse Training Program, sixty-eight (68) females and two (2) males, and early sign of the openness and the universality which is a mark of St. Paul. Sr. Marie Louise Limbaga, SPC became Dean from 1946-1947.
Sr. Marie Madeleine soon took the leadership of the new School of Nursing.
The beginnings were difficult, the struggles to grow arduous, but with God’s blessings and through hard work, the school, like the proverbial good seed, progressed and blossomed. Some high points of its developments can be chronicled.
1948 – Recognition of the School of Nursing was granted by the government for the 3-year diploma program leading to the title of Graduate Nurse under the leadership of Sister Marie Madeleine Denoga, SPC.
1950 – A 4-year basic collegiate course in Nursing was opened; this was closed in 1954 due to school’s financial difficulties.
1961 – The Marian Hall building was constructed, more facilities such as the Speech Laboratory, the Refectory, and the Auditorium with its “state of the art” sound, light and stage equipment were acquired through the efforts of Sr. Mary James Taguinod, SPC .
1970 – Consortium with the University of San Agustin was forged to comply with the Department of Education’s requirement to professionalize all Nursing Schools with the able leadership of Sr. Mary Incarnacion de Manuel, SPC as Superior-Administrator of SPH. This was discontinued for a more practical administration of the College. [1]
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