Nazareth College, Alicante, is a work that was initiated by the

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in 1957 to tend to the educational and other needs of at-risk youth and their families in the community of

Alicante Alicante ( ca-valencia, Alacant) is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Spain. It is the capital of the province of Alicante and a historic Mediterranean port. The population of the city was 337,482 , the second-largest in t ...

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History

In September 1957,

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Francisco Javier Fontova initiated Nazareth in response to the minors with problems of social marginalization in Alicante. He began by feeding 32 children, two of whom lived at the facility. The "Catholic Mothers" of the Marian Congregation helped with teaching the children.''NAZARET,'' ''Monthly publication of the "Child Crusade of Charity"'' (1957) By 1977 there were 190 boys aged 5 to 17 living in the boarding school, with 4 teachers.

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