Discover what CSFJ truly is...

Colegio de San Francisco Javier is the only catholic school runned by the Daughters of Charity not only in our town; Palompon Leyte but in the whole Region of 8.

It is located at the back of the St. Francisco Javier Parish Church.It is located there because of it is the only catholic school in palompon leyte & as far as i now, it is located there so that God together with His Saints, will guide & protect our school & the students in it.

Colegio de San Francisco Javier is the school where you cannot only learn academically but also it will make you become a better person in the society because there you can learn more values in life that will bring you more closer to our almighty father; GOD .

Colegio de San Francisco Javier is a complete facility school.

Information center

Registrar

Accounting

Faculty Room

Paging System

Wi-Fi access free

Computer Laboratory (with more than 20 internet access)

Science Laboratory (with complete laboratory wares)

TLE Laboratory (with complete cooking & arts materials)

Canteen (with delicious, nutricious & affordable foods)

Audio Visual Room (which you can make Film Viewings & short programs in an Air-conditioned Free)

4 Comfort Rooms (2 Cr in each gender)

& a Fresh-Aired Mini Park :)

CSFJ has 8 students classrooms.Each year levels is composed of 2 sections.Each year level is called GRADE.& Saints named sections.

Grade 7: Blessed Frederick Ozanam & Blessed Rosalie Rendu

Grade 8: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton & St. John Gabriel Perboyre

Grade 9: St. Justin De Jacobis & St. Catherine Laboure

Grade 10: St. Vincent de Paul & St Louise de Marillac

Colegio De San Francisco Javier as far as we know is just an ordinary catholic school.But, now, Colegio de San Francisco Javier is now being supervised by Colegio dela Inmaculada Conception of Cebu City.

CIC-Cebu is one of the most Highly Respected School in Cebu City.So, whatever the CIC has, CSFJ have.

CSFJ has sister which we called the Daughters of Chariy servants.

Daughters of Charity is the oldest conregation in the whole world that is composed of sisters (madre)

They have been sent here to spread the Goodness of Sts. Vincent & Louise.& without them, ofcourse CSFJ is NOTHING !

St. Vincent de Paul & St. Louise de Marillac are the Patron saints of the Daughters of Charity.And because of that, Sts. Vincent & Louise are also the Patron Saints of all Daughters of Charity School.

St. Vincent de Paul is the Patron Saint on the POOR

St. Louise de Marillac is the Patron Saint of the Laborers.

The mission of our school is to follow the footprints of St. Vincent de Paul & St. Louise de Marillac.& to spread out thier goodness, we do Hospital Visitations & Barangay Exposures. There, we sell used clothes, cathecisms, feedings, & garage sale.

Colegio de San Francisco Javier is a school where you can meet Good Friends0.The teachers of CSFJ are well-trained and fair to all sudents.

Colegio de San Francisco Javier is a Semi-Private school but, the tuition fee is too affordable when you're a member of ESC.

ESC is givin to us by the government so that our tuitions will not be too hard for us to pay :)

CSFJ also accepts MGs or Marillac Grantees. In which you'll just serve the DC sisters with all your heart & they will be the one who will pay your daily bills including your tuitions in school.

COLEGIO DE SAN FRANCISCO JAVIERis a school, which will complete your life !

Our Patron Saints

St. Vincent de Paul

Patron Saint of the Poor

Vincent was born at Pouy in Gascony, in the south of France, in 1580 or 1581, the third child in a family of four sons and two daughters. His family was a solid peasant family capable of making ends meet only through hard work and frugality. His father encouraged and helped him toward the priesthood, to which he was ordained on September 23, 1600, at the age of nineteen or twenty. Among his chief reasons for becoming a priest was his desire to get an office in the Church from which he could obtain enough money to retire early, return home, and provide for his family.His early hopes for advancement came to nothing (two trips to Rome, promises of a bishopric, money from a will). In 1608, Vincent moved to Paris, where he came under the influence of Father (later Cardinal) Pierre de Bérulle, whom he took as his spiritual director, and Father André Duval, a professor of the Sorbonne, who was to be his "wise man" for the next three decades. This marked a turning point in Vincent's spiritual journey: ambition was receding, and attention to God and vocation were advancing.Accused of theft by his roommate, Vincent did not defend himself, showing himself to be more like the Lord and less interested in self-advancement and public image — the real thief confessed years later. In 1612, he was named pastor of Saint-Medard in Clichy, a poor rural parish just northwest of Paris. As pastor, he experienced the priesthood in a way unknown to him to that point, and told the bishop he was happier than the bishop himself, and even the pope.However, in less than a year Bérulle recalled him to Paris to become chaplain to the Gondi family and tutor to their children. In January of 1617, Vincent was on the Gondi estates in Picardy, and heard the confession of a dying man, who told Madame de Gondi that he would have been damned without Vincent's ministry. She urged Vincent to preach a sermon on general confessions, which produced such a response that other priests were called to help hear all the confessions.Now, very conscious that the poor were not being evangelized or helped, Vincent felt called to a more pastoral ministry. With Bérulle's help, he became the parish priest in Châtillon-les-Dombes in the southeast of France, helping his fellow priests to a more faithful way of life, as well as ministering to and teaching the people. In August 1617, as he was preparing for Sunday Mass, a parishioner brought news of the illness and destitution of an entire family in the parish. He preached on their need, and that afternoon the people responded in overwhelming numbers by carrying them food and supplies. Vincent then called a meeting of interested women, and urged them to put order into their generosity by taking turns. With rules drawn up by Vincent, they established a group which became the first Confraternity of Charity.By December, 1617, Madame de Gondi prevailed in her request that Vincent return to their family by giving him freedom to preach missions in various towns and villages. In 1619, at the urging of Monsieur de Gondi, King Louis XIII, appointed Vincent chaplain general of the galleys with responsibility for the spiritual well-being of all the galley convicts of France.During this period Vincent experienced a twofold conversion. First, he was being converted to the poor, who were becoming the center of his life. Second, he was also being converted to his priesthood, seeing it not as a career, but as a personal relationship with Jesus. However, his "conversion" does not seem to rest on one dramatic moment, but rather on a gradual opening to the power of God's grace working in him, and allowing him to see his world more clearly in the light of Christ.1617-1660Toward the end of 1618, the bishop of Geneva, Francis de Sales, arrived in Paris, and inspired Vincent with the power of humility and gentleness. Vincent reflected: "How good you must be, my God, if Francis de Sales, your creature, is so gentle and lovable." Vincent's disposition was naturally moody and melancholy, but he now decided that he could not simply say he was made that way and could not change. He went to Soissons to make a retreat, asking God to help him change. His prayer was answered, not immediately, but gradually as he came to understand the direction his priesthood should go and the beauty of serving others.Vincent continued giving local missions to the people. Madame de Gondi, seeing the effect of these missions, set aside money for a community to preach such missions on a wider scale, and asked Vincent to find a community able and willing to do so. Vincent asked the Jesuits and several other communities, but none were able to accept this additional apostolate. Vincent went to his old mentor, Father Duval, to share his concern and ask for advice. Duval told him that God was clearly calling Vincent himself to do the work of the missions. Vincent accepted the call, and in April, 1625, founded the Congregation of the Mission to evangelize the poor people of the countryside.The Archbishop of Paris approved the Congregation, giving them the Collège des Bons Enfants for a motherhouse. Members were secular priests who made simple vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and stability. In 1628, the Congregation gave its first retreat to candidates for the priesthood in preparation for their ordination. This gradually led to additional efforts to help priests in their vocation. In 1633, the motherhouse moved to the former priory of Saint-Lazare, north of the city. Beginning in 1635, additional houses were established, in France, in other European countries, and in Africa. Vincent also served as spiritual director for a growing number of people, one of whom was a widow, Louise de Marillac, in whom Vincent saw leadership potential. The Ladies of Charity, a coalition of noblewomen Vincent had organized to serve poor people, had grown and spread, as had the Confraternities of Charity. Vincent found it impossible to oversee all these groups, so he turned to Louise. Despite frail health, Louise traveled from town to town, visiting, guiding and encouraging the fledging organizations.Vincent assumed direction of the Hôtel-Dieu, a large hospital in Paris. Both Vincent and Louise realized that greater commitment would be needed to give the necessary care with consistency and love. Young women from rural areas began to appear, ready to assist. In 1633, Louise welcomed several of them into her own home for training, and they became the nucleus of a new type of religious community, the Daughters of Charity. They lived in houses, not convents; their cloister was the city streets; their enclosure was their commitment to God and service. They gave their lives to visiting the sick in the homes, ministering in hospitals, caring for prisoners, orphans, the mentally ill, and the homeless of Paris. They also taught catechism to rural children.In 1639, Lorraine was devastated by war. Vincent collected money and other forms of aid, sending members of his Congregation to distribute the aid and organize relief, and sending Daughters of Charity to minister to victims and refugees. This ministry continued during the 30 years war, and a brutal civil war called the Fronde.In June of 1643, Vincent began serving on the Queen's Council of Ecclesiastical Affairs. There he exercised significant influence on the selection of good and worthy bishops, oversaw the renewal of monastic life, dealt with Jansenism, and was able to keep the plight of the people and the poor before the government of France.Vincent continued his work until his death on September 27, 1660. A witness tells us, "At the moment of his death, he surrendered his beautiful soul into the hands of the Lord, and seated there, he was handsome, more majestic and venerable to look at than ever."

St. Louise de Marillac

Patron Saint of all Laborers

The woman St. Louise had been born out of wedlock in 1591 to Louise de Marillac, a member of the prominent Marillac family and a widower. Her brother was a major figure in the court of Queen Marie de' Medici and though she was not a member of the Queen's court, she lived and worked among the French aristocracy. Louise grew up amidst this affluent society of Paris but without a stable home life. She did not know her mother who died soon after giving birth to Louise. After her father's remarriage, her stepmother refused to accept Louise as part of the family. Nevertheless, she was well looked after and received her education at the royal monastery of Poissy near Paris, where her aunt was a Dominican nun. Louise was educated among the country's elite and introduced to the arts and humanities as well as the spiritual life. She felt drawn to the cloistered life and made application to the Daughters of Passion in Paris, but was refused admission. It is not clear if her refusal was due to her continual poor health or other reasons, but her spiritual director's prophetic response to her application was that God had "other designs" for her.Devastated by this refusal, Louise was at a loss as to the next step in her spiritual development. Her family convinced her that marriage was the best alternative and an uncle arranged for her marriage to Antoine Le Gras, an ambitious young man who seemed destined for great accomplishments. Louise took the marriage in her stride and in 1613 the couple had their only child in their first year of marriage. Though devoted to her family, Louise still longed for a life of service to God. Soon after the birth of their child, Antoine contracted a chronic illness and eventually became bedridden. Louise lovingly cared for her husband and child but always wondered if being a wife and mother was her true vocation.Louise suffered for years with this internal doubt and prayed for resolution, which she finally received during an inner experience of divine communication with God. In 1623 she wrote, "On the feast of the Pentecost during Holy Mass or while I was praying in the church, my mind was completely freed of all doubt. I was advised that I should remain with my husband and that the time would come when I would be in the position to make vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience and that I would be in a small community where others would do the same." She also received insight that she would be guided to a new spiritual director (St. Vincent de Paul) and that this grace was coming to her from her recently deceased confessor, St. Francis de Sales.Two years after this experience, Antoine died and left Louise to fulfill her next great mission in life. She now took on the task of her own spiritual development. Being a woman of great energy, intelligence, determination and devotion, Louise wrote her own "Rules of Life in the World" which detailed a structure for her life. Times were set aside for reciting the Offices of the Blessed Virgin, attending Mass, receiving Holy Communion, meditation, spiritual reading, fasting, penance, reciting the rosary, and special prayer. Still, Louise managed to find time to maintain her household, entertain guests and nourish her son, now thirteen years old. This great enthusiasm was a boon for Louise, but she also needed guidance and a tempering of her energy. This came from her relationship with Monsieur Vincent de Paul.

Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

In 1633, a French widow named Louise de Marillac and a French priest named Vincent de Paul founded the Daughters of Charity to serve the poor of France.Saint Vincent de Paul had organized the first "Charities" (or Confraternities) in 1617. The Confraternities were composed of women from relatively modest backgrounds, who wished to devote themselves to the service of the poor and the sick in their villages or parishes.Saint Vincent de Paul brought these Confraternities to Paris, where the number of young women serving in them grew. In 1630, Saint Vincent de Paul entrusted these young girls to Louise de Marillac, who was already assisting him in the organization, visitation and follow-up of the Confraternities. The young women were then dispersed throughout Paris, each one serving in a different Confraternity.Louise de Marillac quickly realized the need to bring the young volunteers together so that she could give them a better formation and accompany them in their corporal and spiritual services. With Saint Vincent de Paul’s authorization, Louise de Marillac brought the young women together, and on November 29, 1633, she received the first six Daughters into her home. This date marks the official "birth" of the Company of the Daughters of Charity.The Daughters of Charity were unlike the established religious communities at that time. Up to this point, all religious women were behind cloister walls and performed a ministry of contemplative prayer. Saint Vincent de Paul, however, wanted the Daughters to be free to walk the streets of Paris in response to the needs of the poor, and to live among the people society had most abandoned. He recommended that his Daughters care for the poor in their homes, so that they might get to know the poor in their natural setting.Almost two centuries later, Elizabeth Seton, the American founder of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph, adapted the rule of the French Daughters of Charity for her Emmitsburg, Maryland community. In 1850, the Emmitsburg community united with the international community based in Paris, thus beginning the first American community of the Daughters of Charity.