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2. From 1864...
Saint Francesc Coll i Guitart was
born in Gombrèn – Ripollès- in 1812
and died in Vic –Osona- in 1875. He
joined the order of Sant Domènec
and founded the congregation of
the Dominiques de l’Anunciata in
1856.
He toured Catalonia as a missionary
and visited Guissona where some
people
suggested
him
the
foundation of a school of his nuns.
The purpose became real and the
school began the teaching tasks the
academic year 1864 – 65.
3. The convent and the school
were settled in Raval del
Coma, in a house that
belonged to Ramon Folch.
The first nuns of that
community of Guissona were
Josefa Vidal and Agnès Arbó,
with the collaboration of
sisters Eulàlia and Teresa.
Soon they moved to the
present building known as the
Convent of Santa Mònica. In
1900 Joan Folch i Bellet
donated the convent-house.
The sisters had to pay all the
repair works. The Bishop of La
Seu,
Cardinal
Casañas
contributed with a donation
of 1500 pessetes ( 9 euros).
Later, the community hosted
Ms Rosa Puncernau Begué;
when she died in the convent
school, the nuns got her
heritage.
4. On the 24 July 1936, during
the Spanish civil war, the
committee of Guissona
ordered the nuns to leave
the convent and school.
Several homes in the town
welcomed the nuns, and
from there they could
reach
the
respective
families. The building
(convent
and
school)
served as housing for
refugees from war first,
then barracks of soldiers of
the republic. After the civil
war in February 1939 the
Dominiques reached to be
resettled in her school.
5. THE BUILDING
In 1638, Sant Josep de Calassanç sent two
Scolopi to Guissona to found the first
house of the Escoles Pies in Spain.
The Segadors war made it go wrong , and
in 1641 they stopped the works. The
village of Guissona agreed to give a term
of six years to follow with that foundation
or, otherwise, the site would be offered to
another order.
Once the deadline finished the site was given to the Agustins Descalços de Santa
Monica in Barcelona who restarted the work and took possession in 1651 with the
name of the convent of Santa Monica, where they took care of the sick and dying.
In 1700 was laid the first stone of a new church, and work was completed in 1745. After
Mendizabal’s confiscation in 1835, the site passed to private hands, the church was
occupied by a garage while the convent was used as a school by the Dominiques
Sisters.
6. In the building behind the convent, first had care
of the children secular priests: from 1907 to 1933
the Germans de les Escoles Cristianes (or Germnas
de La Salle); from 1945 to 1971 the Germans
Maristes. In September 1971 the Germans Maristes
left and the academic year of 71-72 was the first
year that the Dominiques sisters had
all classes mixed.
To 2014...
Now the school belongs to the DOMINIQUES
PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION PARE
COLL, for short FEDAC.
The foundation was approved on the 14 April 2009,
the year of the founder Father Coll canonization.
7. The academic year of 2010-11 begin the studies of ESO (secondary school), in
the centre and also begin the works of the new building next to the older
one.
On 9th October 2011 is the official opening of the new centre and there are
gradually added all the levels.
The academic year of 2013-14 the whole ESO cycle is completed in the new,
roomy building.
