St. Paul University Manila

St. Paul University Manila (SPU Manila)
Motto	Caritas Christi Urget Nos
Motto in English	"The charity of Christ urges us"
Type	Private Roman Catholic
Established	1912
Affiliation	Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres
President	Sr. Evangeline Anastacio, SPC
Location	680 Pedro Gil St., Manila, Philippines
Campus	Urban
Colors	Green and Gold
Affiliations	SMIIC
Website	www.spumanila.edu.ph

Saint Paul University Manila , 680 Pedro Gil St., Manila

9th President, Sr. Ma. Evangeline L. Anastacio, SPC, Solemn Investiture, Installation June 27, 2014, Sr. Lilia Thérèse L. Tolentino, SPC

Chapel of the Crucified Christ

St. Paul University Manila (also known as SPU Manila) is a private, previously a women's college and recently turned co-ed beginning school year 2005-2006 in Manila, Philippines. The college was established in 1912 by the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC), a Congregation founded in Chartres, France in 1698.

1904 – On October 29, 1904, seven Sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, France established its first foundation in the Philippines in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines. The Sisters, coming from their mission in Vietnam, responded to the invitation of Bishop Frederick Rooker of the Diocese of Iloilo, to which Dumaguete then belonged. The seven Sisters were Mother Marthe de St. Paul, Superior, Sr. Marie Louise du Sacre Coeur, Sr. Ange Marie, Sr. Anne de la Croix, Sr. Charles de Genes, Sr. Catherine, and Sr. Josephine. St. Paul’s College, Dumaguete was founded as St. Paul Academy, becoming the first St. Paul’s College in the Philippines.

St. Paul Academy which was located near the Cathedral, accepted boys and girls and prepared them for their First Holy Communion. The Sisters were installed in the old Convent of the Augustinian Recollects that Bishop Rooker had offered. The parish priest transferred his residence somewhere else.

January 9, 1905, the new school opened with 30 girls (15 of whom were aged 15 to 20), four of them were boarders, and six boys. Children, women, and young men came to the school for religious instruction. Besides the regular academic courses, there were supplementary classes in music, drawing, painting, French, sewing, and embroidery. The medium of instruction was English. However, since the Americans had been in the Philippines only for five years, very few pupils were acquainted with the language. Hence, the Sisters were obliged to learn Visayan and Spanish to be able to communicate with their charges.

Notable alumni

Charo Santos-Concio - ABS-CBN president and host of the country's longest drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya.
Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera - Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1979 to 1992.
Cecilia Guidote-Alvarez - founder of the Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA). She was declared as a National Artist for Theater in 2009. She is a former executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the arts and has been described as a “cultural caregiver”. Some of her awards include: Bantayog Awardee – Hall of Fame in 1997, CCP Gawad Sining for Culture, Ninoy Aquino Awardee for nationalism.
Sharon Cuneta - actress, TV host and singer
Lovely Rivero - actress
Jessey Guiam (Raqi Terra) - DJ of 90.7 Love Radio
Anna Larrucea - actress

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Courses offered at St. Paul University Manila

Paulinian universities and colleges in the Philippines

St. Paul University System	Tuguegarao (Mother School) Dumaguete Iloilo Manila Quezon City Surigao Ilocos Sur

University Belt

Universities	Adamson University Arellano University Centro Escolar University De La Salle University Far Eastern University FEATI University Lyceum of the Philippines University Manuel L. Quezon University National University Philippine Christian University Philippine Normal University Philippine Women's University Polytechnic University of the Philippines Santa Mesa St. Paul University Manila Technological University of the Philippines Universidad de Manila University of the City of Manila University of the East University of Manila University of the Philippines Manila University of Santo Tomas

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South Manila Inter-Institutional Consortium

Adamson University De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde De La Salle University Emilio Aguinaldo College Lyceum of the Philippines University Philippine Christian University Philippine Normal University Philippine Women's University St. Paul University Manila St. Scholastica's College Manila Technological University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Manila

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St. Paul University Manila

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