History
The St. Anthony College of Roxas city is one with St. Anthony Hospital in terms of purposes, policies and practices. The hospital was founded in 1956 by Mr. and Mrs. Pio Bernas who having realized the need for more health care facilities in Roxas City and Capiz, initiated the project with the help of Dr. Gaudencio Ortañez. Having given his blessings for the project, His Grace, most Rev. Antonio Frondoza, suggested to ask the assistance of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, to which the owners aged.
Two years later, in 1958 the school was established. This institution of learning, dedicated to the formation of Catholic Midwives and to the service of Filipino mothers and children, elderly and the sick, was initiated by Sr. Alicia Ongsuco, D.C. and Sr. Paula Vargas., D.C. together with a group of doctors, nurses, midwives and other educators. They began to mold the first young women who had chosen the school's Midwifery program. The curriculum included training in the skills of deliveries, patient and environmental care.
In 1959, the school graduated its first 27 midwives. Milagros Dogillo-Lajo, one of its first graduates, topped the 1959 Midwifery Board examination.
Due to the consistent increase in enrolment and new demands for future health professionals, a three-year Graduate Nurse (G.N) Program was opened in June 1963 through the initiative of Sr. Ricarda Mendoza, D.C.
In the following years, as the school continued to grow, another course Liberal Arts, major in Sociology, was opened in June 1975 by Sr. Aniana Matalote, D.C.
Sr. Norma Ysaac, D.C. moved to phase out the three-year G.N. program to introduce the Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, was granted it recognition on June 13, 1978 . With this new program, the name of the school was officially changed in 1980 to St. Anthony College of Roxas City. In 1994 the College offered two new courses: Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy and Health Aide; in 1998, Respiratory Therapy and Food Technology and in June 2003, the culled opened a six month Health Care Giver course. However, the demand for physical Therapists went down in the early 2000, thus, the Physical Therapy course was discontinued for lack of takers. For the same reason. The Food Technology and Respiratory Courses were frozen.
The college is committed and continues to provide quality education and training as envisioned here by the Daughters of Charity in pursuit of the Vincentian ideal of service to humanity especially to the most deprived members of the community.
Because of the increase in the enrolment in Nursing, the Health Care Giver Course was temporarily frozen. The Health Aide Course is intended to prepare Nursing assistants, but because the Health Care Course, which includes Home Management, is in demand worldwide, in 2006 (this year) the two courses are to be combined. This is how flexible the College is in its desire for excellence and relevance. With the change, Health Aide graduates will be able to work not only in hospitals, but also in the homes and in other places.
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