About this course
Pilar College is owned and managed by the Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM) founded by Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo. The RVM Sisters pioneered the Catholic education in the Southwestern part of Mindanao as a Cartilla School dedicated to the education of children and youth of Zamboanga and its surrounding municipalities. Three Beatas, Sor Maxima de Leon as Superior, together with Sor Clara Ramirez and Sor Rafaela Galvez, initiated the Zamboanga mission in 1894.