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The school seal bears
a shield with a tricolor background – red, white, and blue. These are the colors
of the flag of France, birthplace of the Congregation of the Sisters
of St. Paul of Chartres, and of the Philippines, the land of our
birth and our people. Red is a call to courage, to sacrifice, to
the tranquil daring that should accompany every Paulinian in the
daily battle of life; white is a reminder of the purity and simplicity
of heart that should be ours in the daily struggle to know and accomplish
the holy will of God. Blue recalls the Paulinian’s quest
for justice and peace among men and the devotion to Our Lady, Mother
of God and Mother of us all.
Within the shield, the lamp of good example with its flame burning
high bids us shine in the world by our endeavors to be a witness
to the faith and the following of Christ. The book signifies pursuit
of knowledge we need to proclaim the Good News to all, wherever
God calls us to be, in the manner that He wants it done. The shield
rests
on a crossed palm leaf and a sword, signifying the palm of martyrdom
that St. Paul, our patron, won when he was beheaded outside Rome.
This is to remind us that, like our patron, we are called to martyrdom – perhaps
not the wet martyrdom that special times and occasions may call
for, but certainly the dry martyrdom of living each day the acceptance
and endurance of the suffering that is our share of the Cross,
while
we await the time of His coming to bring us eternal life.
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Nursing
Program Celebrates First Capping and Pinning Ceremonies The
Nursing Program of St. Paul College of Ilocos Sur celebrated
its first Capping and Pinning Ceremonies with twenty
pioneer nursing students at the famous St. Paul Metropolitan
Cathedral in Vigan City last July 02, 2005.
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