Saint Joseph's College of Balanga

For other schools of the same name, see Saint Joseph's College (disambiguation).

Saint Joseph's College of Balanga

Kolehiyong San Jose ng Balanga
Motto	Sapientia, Bonitas, Caritas
Motto in English	"Wisdom, Goodness, Charity/Love"
Type	Private, Catholic, Coeducational
Established	2006
President	Sr. Teresita Babaran, SFIC
Location	Balanga City
Colors	Maroon and White

St. Joseph's College of Balanga (or simply SJCB) is a Catholic private school managed by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Concepcion. It is the third branch of the St. Joseph's College (the other two are from Quezon City and Mactan, in Cebu). It caters partly to students from the near upmarket of Balanga City and its neighboring towns.

St. Joseph's College was founded by then Most Rev. Bishop Socrates Villegas (now the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan) in July 2004, when he was the newly-installed bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Balanga, he saw the need for more educational institutions to cater to the education and religious formation of the youth. He noted that while majority of the province's population is Catholic, there was no Catholic college that would promote and sustain the Christian Formation and serve as possible partner of the diocese in the performance of its service function of evangelization.

Programme offerings

Bachelor of Arts

Major in:

• Psychology
• Philosophy- the first ever course offered in the province

Bachelor of Science

• Social Work
• Secondary Education (with major in special education, values education and mathematics)

Other notes

• The college will have its first high school graduates this school year (2009-2010). It will also have its fifth elementary graduation rites this coming March for the school year 2009-2010.
• Every year, the school has its Sacrament of Confirmation and their recollection.
• Also annually, the school holds their theatre presentation about Christmas, named "operetta", directed by Prof. Albert Saldejano. The students then act as the main cast, with a special cast called the "lead cast". The school's faculty also participate here.