Sisters Of St. Paul Of Chartres

If you have visited Dumaguete already and have strolled around the boulevard, there you should have already seen this structure of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres shown in the photo below.

Take a closer look.

You may not notice this structure first because the first thing you'll surely notice is the busy street and sparkling lights of the long line of bars in Dumaguete boulevard. Next would be the beautiful ladies of the night  in their quite thick make up talking to each other in a loud voice.

But if you will look around, you'll see other beauties and one is this structure that has something to do with the Philippine history. Looking back to the first picture, you can see a black stone plague. I took a close shot of it and here it is:

Translation:

The first staff of St. Paul of Chartres arrived by the invitation of Monsignor Frederick Z. Rooker, the bishop of Jaro, Ilolo to help the children education in the island of Negros on 1904. The first nuns/sisters of SPC landed in Dumaguete on October 29, 1904. They are MO. Mathe De St. Paul Legendre, SR. Marie Louise Du Sacre Coeur Nivou, SR. Anna De La Croix Anne, SR. Ange Marie Bannier (French), SR. Marie Josephine Rappeport (American), SR. Catherine De Genes Gutteres (Portuguese) and SR. Charles Aho (Chinese). Maria Echaves (SR. Ambroisine) was the first Filifina staff, 1904. The St. Paul Academy was opened on the 9th of January, 1905. MO. Marie Madeleine Denoga was the first Filipina Superior of the congregation, 1965. The Sisters Congregation of St. Paul of Chartres administered and established over 60 schools, hospitals and other charitable institutions in the Philippines.