Immaculate Heart of Mary College
| Immaculate Heart of Mary College Kolehiyo ng Malinis na Puso ni Maria |
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Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines |
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| Type | Private, Roman Catholic |
| Motto | Where Love is Service |
| Established | February 2, 1949 |
| Principal | Sr. Nicetas M. Favorito, D.C. |
| Color(s) | Pink & Blue |
| Nickname | Inmacordista |
| Affiliations | PAASCU, DepEd |
| Website | ihmc |
Immaculate Heart of Mary College is a Catholic school established in June 1949 and is administered by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac. The school offers Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education open for boys and girls (CoEd). It is located at 54 Aurora Boulevard, Quezon City, Philippines.
IHMC had its beginnings in 1750. It was then a pious young lady named Mother Paula, of the Third Order of St. Dominic, sailed from Spain to Philippines. Her mission was to provide a home for the poor and abandoned children. She Took care of them in a house she called Beaterio de Santa Rosa, named in honor of St. Rose of Lima.
After Mother Paula's death, the house was placed under the Royal Patronage. The Royal Audencia, through its regent, His Excellency, D.S. Travino, sought the assistance of the Daughters of Charity to continue the work of Mother Paula. In 1866, Sister Gervasia, Carmen and Eustaquia de Lara took over Beaterio, and with the approval of its Board of Directors, changed its name to Colegio de Santa Rosa. Aside from providing home for the young girls, the Sisters see to it that the girls received thorough Catholic Education.
The school enjoyed the support of the Spanish government and the wealthy families of that time. It was able to withstand the revolution and the earthquake that rocked the period. Through the passing of years, it grew into an elite school for girls. in 1933–34, the High School Home Economics was opened. Two years later, the Junior Normal College was inaugurated.
However, in the fateful day of December 27, 1941, a bomb dropped by the Japanese reduced the school into shambles. The Sisters then sought refuge in Concordia College, the provincial house of the Daughters of Charity by that time. In spite of the war, the Sisters still kept on with their mission of looking after the homeless children, and teaching catechism in the neighborhood. They engaged in needlework to support themselves.
When liberation came in 1943, Mrs. Warner, an American who stayed with the Sisters, offered her home at Manga Avenue in Santa Mesa, Manila as a new school site. The house was a total mess. It had neither doors nor windows and the walls were dilapidated. However they were able to reopen the primary school and offer a special course in needlework and handicraft.
In 1946, with Sister Carmen Reta, D.C. as Visitatrix, a building located at 142 Sociego Street in Santa Mesa was bought and there the Sisters resumed their operation. In October, the Board of Directors of Santa Rosa proposed for the Sisters' return to the former site Intramuros. But the Sisters refused the offer because of certain modifications on some conditions of the proposal, which they could not accept. Much to their regret, they had to relinquish the name Colegio de Santa Rosa. Instead, they adopted the name Immaculate Heart of Mary College.
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