Lourdes School Quezon City (LSQC) is a private, Catholic school in Quezon City, Philippines. Owned and managed by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins in the Philippines (OFMCap.) - a Catholic, Marian, Capuchin Franciscan school committed to the integral formation of learners.
Our philosophy, “Becoming Like Christ,” focuses on forming Christian leaders imbued with Gospel brotherhood and Marian spirituality.
In the year 1886, Capuchins first arrive in the Philippines, establishing a reputation as missionaries, pastors, preachers, and social workers. The early Capuchins served as itinerant evangelists from one diocese to another. Bishops called on the Capuchins mainly as preachers giving retreats and popular missions. During the World War II, Lourdes Church and the Capuchin motherhouse in Intramuros are destroyed. The lack of personnel and the difficulty of learning different dialects led them to focus on Tagalog-speaking provinces and begin building schools in their Greater Manila parishes.
Lourdes School Quezon City is established in 1955 by the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins (OFMCap.), four years after the inauguration of the new Lourdes Church in Quezon City. Started with just eleven well-selected lay teachers and Fr. Jesus de Ansoain as its first principal. The school is named in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes due to the Capuchins' devotion.
Originally named Lourdes Catholic School, its name was changed to distinguish it from Lourdes School of Mandaluyong. LSQC is located next to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, to whom the school is devoted, and is also under the patronage of St. Francis of Assisi.
Our students and alumni are called "Lourdesians" or "Lourdesiano" (in Filipino).
1967: The high school department moves to its own well-equipped building on Apo Street, separating from the grade school department.
1970: The Capuchin Friars initiate the Financial Assistance Program (FAP) to support poor but deserving students from the parishes of Our Lady of Lourdes and Sta. Teresita.
SY 1978-1979: From being previously exclusive for boys, the school started to accept deserving female students.
1983: A new multi-purpose gymnasium is built to enhance student formation.
1990: The high school annex building is inaugurated, housing the Faculty Room in the Portiuncula Hall, the Chapel (La Verna Sanctuary), and Computer Laboratories.
1991: In pursuit for excellence, LSQC applied for PAASCU accreditation. Formal Survey occured 1993. Re-Survey visits took place the following years, November 1996 & January 2002.
1997: A new five-story building is erected, symbolizing the school's proactive spirit, and the Pax et Bonum bridge way, across Apo street, linking Grade School and High School departments.
2007: The school reached and granted a Level 3 PAASCU accreditation.
SY 2011-2012: Initial implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program beginning with Grades 1 and 7, mandated by DepEd.
2012: The school maintained its Level 3 Status PAASCU accreditation.
2015: LSQC celebrates its 60th anniversary. The Blessed Josemaria de Manila is constructed, a covered courtyard in the Grade School Department.
SY 2016-2017: LSQC offers its Senior High School Program with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and General Academic (GAS) strands.
SY 2017-2018: Additional courses for Senior High School were installed, Accountancy, Business, and Management (ABM) and Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS).
2018: Roofing of the high school grounds, construction of the Annex Building in the hs department, invocation of solar panels around the campus, and launching of the Philanthropic Development office.
SY 2024-2025: LSQC celebrates its 70th anniversary. Strengthening relationships with Almuni, Industry, and its surrounding community. Launching of LSQC's new website. Senior High School's application for PAASCU.
Today, LSQC continues to focus on forming Christian Leaders imbued with Gospel Brotherhood and Marian Spirituality, with education being a major expression of the Capuchins' ministry.
The school commits itself to the integral formation of learners, citizens, and persons, as it provides and nurtures a Christian environment where Man discovers and accepts issues and situations affecting Himself, the Country, and the Church.
Committed to the formation of Christian learners who approach and mirror Christ as they earnestly search for truth, the attainment of academic excellence, and the critical assimilation of culture in the light of faith.
Committed to the formation of citizens who are habitually inclined to self reflection and dialogue, permeated with a deep concern for justice and the common good, and imbued with a strong sense of patriotism and national pride, as they live and lead with integrity and accountability, discipline and hard work for the liberation and transformation of the Filipino people and nation.
Committed to the development of free, human persons actualizing lives of love, joy, peace, brotherhood, simplicity, disponibility, solidarity with the poor, fidelity to the Church and dedication to the realization of the Kingdom of God on earth as exemplified by the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Francis of Assisi.
The call to follow the poor and the crucified Christ, the ideal of a perfect man, as the center of the whole educational endeavor.
Latin phrase that translates to "Peace and All Good," and it's a traditional greeting and farewell used by Franciscans, particularly inspired by St. Francis of Assisi.
Our school shares in the mission of the Church in proclaiming the Gospel, hoping to build a community which fosters Brotherhood and Service, continually striving to balance goodness with academic excellence.
Our Lord Jesus, The Good Shepherd
The Good Samaritan
Mary, the Humble Handmaid of the Lord
The main elements of the school's emblem include two arms, one exposed and the other in a brown sleeve, positioned in a saltire formation. In the foreground, there is a cloud, along with a prominent wooden cross to which the arms are attached, three smaller crosses on each side, all incorporated within a coat of arms.
The image of a Titan in Greek myths speaks of immensity of strength and determination in doing things. A Lourdesian should bear the representation of a Titan, underscores his or her enormous resolve to accomplish the huge task of transforming the Church and the Filipino society inspired by philosophy of Becoming like Christ and powered by the dream to be Christian Leaders and Gospel brothers to all.
Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities, accreditation received in 2024
Private Education Assistance Committee
Education Service Contracting
and SHS - Voucher Program
Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines