Saint Mary's University Senior High School. 

Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines

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     At first, it is the initiative of Msgr. Constant Jurgens, the CICM, then parish priest of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya and one of the eraliest CICM missionaries to arrive in the Philippines who wants to establish a Catholic school for the children in his parish. However, Jurgens was recalled to Europe to become the Director of the Bishop Hammer Institution in the Netherlands. It was Achilles de Gryse, Jurgens' successor, who pursued his dream through. Thus, Saint Mary’s Elementary School was inaugurated in June 1928.Then, Godfrey Lambrecht as director and MargarethaHermus as principal opened the Saint Mary’s High School in 1934.

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     In 1947, Saint Mary’s College was opened by offering programs in Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Arts, and Junior Normal.Gradually, the course offerings expanded with Bachelor of Science in Commerce (1951), Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (1955), and the Graduate School(1962). Then the Belgian missionary congregation Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae took over the ownership and also the management of Saint Mary’s College in 1967.

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   The college’s physical expansion program started with the purchase and development of the campus by the Magat River in 1968. The college was transferred to its new site in 1969.Saint Mary’s College was granted university status under the presidency of Rev. Fr. John Van Bauwel, CICM, and became known as Saint Mary's University. Now, the president of Saint Mary’s University is Rev. Renillo H. Sta. Ana, CICM.

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