Bicentenary

Es Cubells (Ibiza), 4 June 1855.                                                                                 


To the Administrative Board of the School of Virtues, Barcelona


The most important objects of the School of Virtues were transferred from Barcelona to the island and kept carefully, including the image of the Virgin. He relates thus: She escaped and crossed the sea and took refuge among these large rocks. She receives prayers, canticles, worship and services of the islanders; honoured by her devotees, the fishermen, the peasants and the uneducated. Where my teacher is, there I will be, ready to follow wherever she goes.