St Catherine's School (now called Saint Catherine's College-) Founded in 1923
Carcar’s parish priest, Father Anastacio del Corro, who was fondly called “Padre Tatyong”, had the desire to put up an all-girl school. He wanted to educate the young in Carcar, Cebu. He fulfilled this envisioned commitment and founded St. Catherine’s school on June 15, 1923 with the assistance of four Belgian sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) congregation headed by Sister Marie Alix.

When the school opened, it initially had 57 students coming from the North and South of Carcar and Cebu City as well. The school year 1924-1925 was a period with steady growth as Kindergarten, complete Elementary Course (Grades 1 to 7) and First Year High School were offered. It was in 1927 that the first commencement exercise was held. St. Catherine’s College was like a boarding school it housed its students especially those who lived in far-off places. The population of students was increasing and to meet the demand of the growing population they constructed additional buildings in 1927. The school wanted to expand and improved its curricula, they opened a Secondary Course with dual curricula, and the General and the Bureau of Education approved the Vocational Secondary Courses. Enrollees in the Vocational Secondary Course earned units in Business English, Geography, Bookkeeping, Typing and Stenography. But students were not enough to support the curricular offering and therefore it concluded in 1930. Even with the sudden turn of events, the school continued to offer few vocational courses to answer the request of parents who wished their daughters to be trained in becoming refined ladies skilled in home management