Convent of the Sisters of the Sacré Coeur in Zbylitowska Góra

The Convent of the Sisters of the Sacré Coeur in Zbylitowska Góra, today within the boundaries of Tarnów, was founded in 1901 by the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. A school with a boarding house for girls formerly operated here.

History of the congregation in Zbylitowska Góra

The congregation bought the land from Stanisław Żaba. The sisters arrived from a dissolved convent in Lyon at the invitation of Bishop Leon Wałęga. In 1903 a secondary school with a humanities profile was opened, and in 1908-1910 a church was built to a design by Janusz Rypuszyński. The complex was an educational and agricultural centre in which about 180 peasant children learned free of charge and acquired practical skills.

The wars and later times

In 1915 the church and convent were badly damaged by artillery fire. After the Second World War the state took over most of the buildings and set up agricultural and technical schools in them. In 1957 the sisters opened a three-year school of home economics, and in 1980 an unofficial kindergarten.

Today

The former convent church has been the parish church of St Stanisław Kostka since 1980, and since 2015 a kindergarten and school have operated in the complex as part of the Sacré Cœur educational complex. It is a few kilometres to the town centre, including to the cathedral in Tarnów.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Pszenna, Tarnów-Zbylitowska Góra.
• Check visiting of the complex and the times of services with the parish.