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Pilar College
- Address: Zamboanga City, Zamboanga Del Sur, Philippines
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- Overview
A school owned and administered by the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM), pioneered Catholic education in the Southwestern part of Mindanao. Dedicated to the education of the children and the youth of Zamboanga City and the surrounding provinces, today it offers three levels of learning: elementary, secondary and college. Pilar College was founded in 1894 as a Cartilla School by the Beaterio Sisters who evacuated from Tamontaca, Cotabato.One of the two sisters who started the Cartilla School in 1894 was Mother Ma. Antera Cruz, RVM. [1]
The school was originally located in front of Plaza Pershing where the City Theatre now stands. The lot and the house belonged to the Lerenzo family of Zamboanga City. The Philippine Revolution of 1896 brought the Sisters back to Manila, where they were reunited with the RVM Sisters in the Beaterio Convent in Sta. Lucia, Intramuros, Manila. The educational ministry, started in Zamboanga, was disrupted during the years that followed. Those were years of waiting, of preparing the “seed of sowing”. In 1903, upon the request of the Rev. father Superior of the Jesuit Mission in Mindanao, the Sisters returned to Zamboanga to resume their work in the school and in the parish as catechists. Mother Severina Santos was the Superior of the RVM Community in Zamboanga. Her companions were M. Rafael Galvez, M. Jaojoco, and a Junior Sister, Justina Rais. The Cartilla School admitted both boys and girls. Classes included the following: Bible Study (Historia Sagrada), Christian Doctrine (Catecismo), Christian Manners (Urbanidad Cristiana), Spanish Grammar (Gramatica Espanola), Arithmetic (Arithmetica), Geography (Geographia), and Home Arts, Flower-making, and House-keeping (Labores for girls). From the Cartilla and advanced Spanish lessons, the Sisters gradually worked to open the Primary and Elementary Courses in 1914. Government Recognition for the Elementary Graduation was granted in 1918. From the first graduates were chosen teachers for the Primary and Intermediate Grades, Mother Josefa Regino, among them. She joined the RVM congregation in 1926. The Association of ‘Ex-Alumna” was organized in 1914 with Mother Pilar Fernanadez as Moderator. Miss Manuela Rodriguez was secretary for many years. Among the first members of the association were Mrs. Encarnacion Enriquez-Barrios, Mrs. Ramona Alvarez-Lledo of tetuan, Mrs. Aurelia Asuncion-Lledo, Mrs. Zoila Domingo-Enriquez, Josefina Silve Camins, Rosario Silva Solis and Mother Josefa Regino. These former students were very active in parish religious activities. At present the name, “Ex-Alumna”, has been changed to “Pilar College Alumnae Association”. In 1920, the school was transferred to the old “Hospital Senora del Pilar” in Cawa-Cawa Boulevard. The girls High School was opened, with Mother Candelaria Tarcela as the first Principal. The school was named “Pilar Institution”. The Government Recognition for the High School was granted in 1928 permit to open the Junior Normal College was given in 1940. [1]
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