Our Foundress
Mary Grace D’Lima (Sr.Teresa of St. Rose of Lima) was born on 29 January 1858, in Madras, South India. Parents were proud of their daughter’s achievements, but little did they anticipate the impact their daughter would have on thousands of lives. She was an extraordinary human being whose vision of empowering women has shaped and moulded many a future.
After her Matriculation and Teacher’s Higher Grade Examination, she joined St. Joseph’s School for girls in Allepey. While working under the guidance of the Carmelite Missionaries, she felt called to dedicate her life at the service of the poor and the marginalised. She became a Carmelite sister, taking the name of Sr. Teresa of St. Rose of Lima was asked to start a Convent and an English Medium School for girls at the age of 29.
Thus was born the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Teresa (C.S.S.T.) in 1887 at Ernakulam, in Kerala. Within a span of fifteen years Mother Teresa had taken enormous strides towards fulfilling her goals. Besides founding a community of sisters, she started three schools, including an industrial school for orphaned children. Her passion for quality education made to send the sisters to Edinburgh for Higher Studies at the University.
She cared for the destitute and abandoned children in the orphanage she founded; sheltered wayward women and initiated a well-planned programme to rehabilitate them with respect and dignity. She found the time to care for the aged, the destitute, the unwed and unwanted women at her Institute. She started a dispensary with a qualified doctor to take care of the medical needs of the people around, helped the Government during the Famine in Relief Programmes, in Ernakulam in 1897, and catered to the needs of the prisoners. She even was responsible in starting a School for the boys, thus simultaneously catering to the education of bothgirls and boys.
Mother Teresa met with a tragic and untimely death in a train accident on September 12, 1902, leaving behind a community of 12 sisters. Despite their bereavement, the sisters kept the spirit of their Foundress. The varied ministries she started continue to empower generations of young girls and women from all strata of society.
The Institute began to expand to other states of India and overseas. Today there are Colleges and Training Institutions of renown, several Higher Secondary, Higher Primary and Nursery Schools, Homes for the Aged, several Childrens’ Homes, Dispensaries, Crèches, Rehabilitation Centers, Homes for the HIV and Hospices for the terminally ill. Mother Teresa had unbounded energy and a single-minded dedication. Today, her ‘SPIRIT’ lives on through her followers who carry the good News of Hope through their multifarious services.
Our College
The management of the college believes in providing holistic education to the students. It caters to the intellectual, psychological, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of the students. The staff takes keen personal interest in the students’ performance and wellbeing. The student mentorship creates a conducive atmosphere for both the students and the parents to interact with the staff and apprise themselves of their wards performance.
Our education goes beyond the class room teaching. Organizing inter collegiate debate competition, public speaking, talent contest, provide career counseling, seminars and Guest lectures, CET, NEET & JEE Coaching.
We are proud of the fact that St. Paul’s is the only Pre-University College in the Davangere District to hold intercollegiate Science and Commerce exhibition with working models and host a Cultural Fest with a difference. Folk art and folk songs are an integral part of learning. Students learn Janapada, Bhavageethe & classical music. Yoga and other exercises of physical fitness are a daily feature.
Training & Participation in Sports is our specialty. Students have done credibly at the Taluk and District level. Our students have represented at the State and National level. In a short span of time St. Paul’s has achieved a lot and we move on……………………
Our Vision :
Empower students through value based, quality and integral education; to empower others especially the socially and economically marginalized and create a ‘civilization of Love’..
Our Mission :
To promote a value based education,To contributed to the transformation of society by being socially conscious & Socially responsible,To empower students specially girls / women and the less privileged regarding their basic human rights,To promote inter-cultural and inter-religious harmony and concern for the human welfare,To facilitate leadership among the students enabling them to proactively involve themselves in social liberation,To provide quality, integral and vocational training and create a climate for human and educational excellence,To equip the staff and students with latest knowledge in information, communication technology and make them adept at the digital world,To make our stake holders gender sensitive,To work towards the integrity of creation and foster interconnectedness, kinship and eco justice.