Sagrada Família Schools the commission of the Devout of San José which was presided over by Josep Maria Bocabella, founder of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. Its principal promoter was Gil Parés, the first parish priest of the Sagrada Familia, who was the school's principal until 1930. At first he followed the pedagogic method of Andrés Manjón, founder of the school of Ave Maria de Granada, but from 1915 on he applied the Montessori method. The schools were inaugurated on November 15, 1909 by the bishop of Barcelona, Juan José Laguarda y Fenollera. It was originally located on ground destined to face
FAMILIA (lay apostolate) the leaders and provides different helps to improve family life. FAMILIA usually exists as part of parish or diocesan structures in a variety of parishes throughout Canada, the USA, and the Philippines. FAMILIA (lay apostolate) FAMILIA is an apostolate, founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, designed to strengthen Christian family life. It stands for "FAMIly Life In America". As the director in Edmonton summarized it to the "Western Catholic Reporter", "Familia was put together from what Pope John Paul II said about family." Familia was founded in 1993 by Paul and Libbie Sellors as a four-year program of catechetical formation. The series