St. Peter’s College of Toril, Inc. (SPCT) is a private Filipino Catholic school in Toril, Davao City. It is owned and administered by the Presentation of Mary Sisters, and guided by foundress St. Marie Rivier.
SPCT is a member of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the largest organized group of Catholic schools in the country, with about 1,194 members as instituted in 1941.
The history of the Saint Peter’s College of Toril (SPCT) dates back to July 1, 1948 when the PME (Pere des Mission Etrangeres) priest missionaries of Foreign Mission of Quebec, Canada opened up a Catholic school known as Saint Peter’s High School. The school was a twin project of Santo Rosario Parish as the priests began their task of evangelization and formal program of religious instruction to the youth of Toril. Father Jean Bernard Bazinet, P.M.E. was the first Parish Priest and the first School Director. In 1950, the school produced its 32 high school graduates.
Realizing an urgent need for a more permanent management of the school, Msgr. Clovis Thibault, Bishop of Davao, offered the administration of the school to the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary (P.M). The offer was accepted in 1952 but the P.M Sisters arrived in Toril only on May 25, 1953. Sister Marie de Angeles became the principal and at that point, the name of the school was changed to St. Peter’s College of Daliaon.
St. Peter’s College of Toril, Inc., conforms to the PM Philosophy of Education, which believes that the formation of the total person is rooted in the person of Jesus Christ. Offered and sent as baptized and evangelized evangelizers, we enrich a culture of excellence that is dynamic and responsive to needs of the times, as we work to develop the total person through quality and transformative Christian Education.
Inspired by the passionate love for Jesus Christ, the SPCT community, faculty, students, and graduates commit to:
An educational community of evangelizers inspired by the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Marie Rivier, that envisions its students and graduates to be Christ-centered, academically competent, proud of the Filipino culture, actively involved and responsive to social and global issues and concerns.
SPCT aims to develop the total person through quality and transformative Christian education.
