Established 2006 | Location Balanga City | |
Motto Sapientia, Bonitas, Caritas Motto in English "Wisdom, Goodness, Charity/Love" Type Private, Catholic, Coeducational President Sr. Teresita Cruz Babaran, SFIC | ||
St. Joseph's College of Balanga (SJCB) is a Catholic private college located in Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines. It caters to students from Balanga City and its neighboring towns in the province of Bataan. It is managed by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception.
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The college is the third branch of four St. Joseph's Colleges (the other three are from E. Rodriguez Blvd, Quezon City; Mactan, Cebu and Toril, in Davao City).
History
St. Joseph's College was founded by then Most Reverend Bishop Socrates B. Villegas, DD when he was the newly installed bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Balanga (now the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan) in 2006 with then SFIC Provincial Superior Sr. Josephini P. Ambatali, SFIC. It is the first Catholic school in Balanga.
The school pioneers were Sr. Teresita C. Babaran as directress, Sr. Agnes Labitoria as principal, Sr. Annalisa Cabrera as guidance counselor, Sr. Josefina Miguel as health officer, Sr. Lolita Oria as CFP teacher, Sr. Redempta Navalta as sewing room manager and Sr. Jocelyn Sulse as bookkeeper.