Bicentenary

16 November 1851                                              

With the approval of Bishop Costa y Borrás, the School of Virtue was opened as a Diocesan work on this date at the Church of St. Augustine, one of the largest parishes in Barcelona, where the school usually held its functions. Fr. Palau sought help from priests and laity, and the solidarity of other existing religious organizations. Likewise, the school was promoted in several places by distributing invitations in the homes. (Positio, p. 187). "