The Society of the Divine Word and Saint Jude Catholic School
The Chinese presence in the Philippines dates back even before the arrival of the Spanish missionaries in the country. When Spain formally took possession of the Philippines in 1565, the evangelization and pastoral care of the Chinese in Manila was primarily under the Dominicans with some under the Jesuits. Eventually, the Chinese parish was attached to the Binondo Parish. This arrangement lasted until 1954 when Manila Archbishop Rufino J. Cardinal Santos obtained from the Roman Consistorial Congregation the faculty to erect three more parishes for the Chinese–one of these was St. Jude Parish.
本校簡史
馬尼拉天主教崇德學校於一九六三年三月間，由天主教聖言會曹故院長金鎧蒙席與楊故校長博德神父所創立。並依照辦校程式向菲教育局申請備案立案。該校佔地總面積約為6,602.28sqm。
辦校之主要宗旨是弘揚天主教教義及中華優美之傳統文化。使華裔從小就能夠信奉天主教並培養他們效法孔孟之倫理道德，使他們養成了高尚的人格和健全的身心，故本校中文取名【崇德】，寓意即崇尊天主與孔孟至德。
一九六三年七月開學，計設小學一年級一班，幼稚園四班，合計五班，中·英文教師六位，學生一百九十二名。第二年增設至八班，學生達四百七十六名。此後逐年遂學生升級，循序往上增設新班級。至一九六九年，本校已設立了完全小學並增辦中學一年級，至一九七二年始成為完全中學。計十年間，學生人數躍升二千九百九十八人， 班數增設六十六班，教職員也有一百多位，當初校舍是以河畔醫院的病房充作臨時教室，如今校舍新穎,設備齊全，師資雄厚， 學生滿滿。
本校是一所自幼稚園至高中十二年級（K-12）及國際文憑大學預科班(IBDP)之學校。創校迄今，已屆五十六年，現在全校教職員已有二百多位，學生三千一百多人。不忘初心,牢記使命,本校堅信華文與英文教育同等重要，因此本校規定華文為必修科目，與其他學科同樣排入每天課程中，依照所訂計畫實行施教。蓋本校自開創以來，英、華文部學制及課程之編排適當，師資選拔嚴格，學生素質日漸提高，因此近幾年來經菲教育局考察之結果，本校之教學成績屢受嘉獎，深獲各方人士之佳評。但本校今日能有如此卓越之辦學成果，除熱心教育之神父領導有方，擘畫周詳外，家長和校友及友好人士的鼎力支持，各教職員的戮力同心，不辭勞苦地朝著理想之方向邁進，使校務得以蒸蒸日上，其功績亦不可磨滅，而校友散佈菲國各地和世界每個角落，也都有傑出之表現，因而校譽更是遠播四處。
School Year 1963 – 1964
June 23, 1963
Blessing of the existing building by Msgr. Juan Velasco, OP Classes started with 192 students; 6 classes: Grade I- 1; Kinder II- 1 (AM only) Kinder 1- 4 (2 AM & 2 PM) and 9 teaching staff
Fr. Peter Tsao, SVD served as the director; Fr.Peter Yang, SVD, principal; Fr. Dominic Kuo, Dean of Discipline.
School Year 1965 – 1966
June
Nursery was offered, 1 AM class and 1 PM class. Fr. Charles Tchou joined the school as Dean of Discipline.
September 26
SJCS Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) was formed and the 1st set of officers was elected.