March 2, 2010 marked a historical day for St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo (SPHI). The Hospital celebrated its Centennial Launching with a program and unveiling of the centennial countdown board and was finished in the evening with a musical program and a luscious dinner for the members of the committees and their chairpersons involved in making the event possible: the Steering Committee with Sr. Linda Tanalgo, SPC; Professional Updates Committee with Sr. Wilsonia Laxina, SPC; Liturgy Committee with Sr. Edith June Pesirla; Cultural Committee with Sr. Hazel Tabada, SPC; Outreach Committee with Sr. Edna Tagmolila, SPC; Awards and Recognition Committee with Mrs. Maria Lida Villanueva and the Documentation Committee with DB Trimañaz.          

The whole day event began at 8:00 in the morning of March 2, 2010 with the Iloilo Prima Galaw opening the day with a doxology and the Pambansang Awit in front of the CADMA Building. Sr. Mary Hazel Tabada, SPC, Chairman of the Cultural Committee, presented the Centennial Logo, while Sr. Linda Tanalgo, SPC, Hospital Administrator and Centennial Celebration 2011 Chairman of the Steering Committee, Sr. Wilsonia Laxina, SPC, Superior Sister St. Paul of Chartes Iloilo Community and Centennial Year Chairman of the Professional Updates Committee and Dr. Vicente Pido, SPHI Medical Director did the honors of unveiling the Centennial Countdown Board (currently visible in front of the Hospital) and Fr. Paul Salomia, hospital chaplain, blessed the countdown board. Sr. Linda Tanalgo, SPC also officially declared the start of the countdown.           After the program at the Hospital, a concelebrated mass was held at the Jaro Cathedral with Archbishop Angel Lagdameo as the main celebrant and celebrating the mass along with him are priests from parishes all over the province Iloilo. The mass was graced by the Hospital’s doctors, nurses, employees, staff, SPC Sisters, different organizations and guests.  Within the mass, Sr. Mary Aquinas Lluch, SPC officially declared the centennial year open.           

The evening of the event was highlighted by a cultural musical show entitled “100…Celebrating Milestone Through Music” in cooperation with the Iloilo Prima Galaw (IPG) with the show directed by Mr. Romie John Delariarte. The cast and crew of the show was composed of the members of the IPG, St. Paul University Iloilo students and completed by the nurses and doctors of St. Paul’s Hospital Iloilo.            The night reminisced the past of how the SPC Sisters came to Iloilo to establish a hospital; celebrated the present SPHI in its on-going mission to provide quality healthcare and in the hopes that the future may become brighter for the Hospital to continue to innovate and maintain its quality service.           The whole day celebration was blissfully closed with a relaxing dinner at the back garden of St. Paul University Iloilo attended by the doctors, nurses, staff, administrators, guests and the different committee members.  

          This event is just the primer of many more affairs that will be held throughout the year.