Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia (Spanish) | |
 | |
Former names |
|
|---|---|
| Motto |
|
Motto in English |
|
| Type | Private basic and higher education institution /Women's college (until 1985) |
| Established | May 3, 1868; 157 years ago (May 3, 1868) |
| Founder | Margarita Roxas de Ayala |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic (Daughters of Charity) |
| President | Ana Janoy Amar |
| Principal | Nereann Tuaño |
| Address | ,, 14°34′52″N121°00′09″E / 14.5812°N 121.0025°E /14.5812; 121.0025 |
| Patroness | Mary, mother of Jesus (Under the titleOur Lady of the Immaculate Conception) |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | laconcordia |
_location_map.svg)  Location in Manila Show map of Manila Location in Metro Manila Show map of Metro Manila.svg) Location in Luzon Show map of Luzon.svg) Location in the Philippines Show map of Philippines | |
TheCollege of the Immaculate Conception of Concordia (Spanish:Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia), commonly known asConcordia College, is aprivateCatholic basic and higher education institution run byDaughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul inPaco, Manila, in the Philippines. The college was founded in 1868.
TheColegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion de la Concordia was established by Margarita Roxas from theZóbel de Ayala family who converted her three-and-a-half-hectare villa, the La Concordia Estate inPaco, Manila, into agirls' 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 orEscuela Pia. Sixty students enrolled and were taughtreligion, 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][2][3]
The existing structure was expanded. By the early 1900s, five sixth of the Concordia complex was added since 1868. It also became the headquarters of the Daughters of Charity in the Philippines.[4]
The school building was damaged during the 1945Battle of Manila ofWorld War II.[5]
The Concordia College's higher education department began admitting male students in 1985 becoming co-educational.[6]
Media related toConcordia College (Manila) at Wikimedia Commons