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Two thousand people "sing" Ramon Llull at the Sagrada Família to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Blanquerna

Thanksgiving Eucharist

The Eucharist for the celebration of the 75th anniversary gathered more than 250 people at the Basilica of Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona.

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«Si no ens entenem per llenguatge, entenam-nos per amor»

75 years: Blanquerna-URL

With the beginning of the 2023-24 academic year, Blanquerna-URL is celebrating its 75th anniversary with two very special events that will take place during this quarter, and with the publication of a Miscellany that will bring together various contributions and testimonies linked to the history of the institution, to be published during the second semester.

Santa Maria del Mar

Eucharist at the Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar.
Open to the entire university community.
Presided over by the Auxiliary Bishop of Barcelona Dr. David Abadías.

15/12: Sagrada Família

Concert at the Basílica de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona.
Open to the entire university community.
The cantata composed by Bernat Vivancos especially for Blanquerna-URL will be performed.

Looking back to build the future

[...] Over the years, we have become a benchmark in teaching excellence and in the inseparable dimension of a comprehensive and personalized education. For Blanquerna, teaching is not only the transmission of knowledge from technical learning, it also implies the expression of values of the global education of students, which, as stated in Blanquerna-URL's mission statement, "is understood as a pluralistic university community inspired by the principles of Christian humanism, whose mission is the integral education of people so that they become competent, ethical professionals committed to social transformation, creating knowledge at the service of justice and the common good". [...]

- Josep Maria Carbonell

President of Blanquerna-URL

Participating in the concert:

Bernat Vivancos

Composer

Dr. Albert Soler Llopart

Literary consultancy

Edmon Colomer

Orchestra conducting

Juan de la Rubia

Organist

Ferran Mitjans

Tenor

Vallès Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra

Choirs

Coral Càrmina

Cor Jove - Amics de la Unió

Cor Bruckner Barcelona

Cor de Cambra de Granollers - Amics de la Unió

Amb la col·laboració especial del Cor Blanquerna-URL

Committed to the integral education of the human being since 1948

Our history is our essence. Blanquerna was born in the spirit of training teachers committed to the integral education of the human being, at a time when innovative proposals committed to social transformation were needed. This is why, even today, Blanquerna offers a comprehensive quality education that goes beyond academics, with a unique and personalized methodology.

1948

Creation of the Bishopric of Barcelona's Normal School of Teachers.

1971

It takes its name from Blanquerna, Ramon Llull's pedagogical work.

1990

Inauguration of the building at c. Císter, 34, new site of the University School for Teachers and their Continuing Education.

1991

Unanimous approval by the Parliament of Catalonia of the Ramon Llull University of which the Blanquerna Foundation is a founding member.

1992

Creation of the University School of Nursing and Physiotherapy at c. Santaló, 37. The diplomas in Nursing and Physiotherapy started being imparted.

1994

Creation of the School of Communication Sciences at c. Valldonzella, 21.

1997

Inauguration of the Tamarita Tower on pg. de Sant Gervasi, site of the Blanquerna Foundation and the Ramon Llull Chair.

2010

Inauguration of the building at c. Valldonzella, new library of the School of Communication Sciences.

"If we do not understand each other through language, let us understand each other through love" - Ramon Llull

The composer Bernat Vivancos describes the creative process in this wonderful text. Among other interesting aspects, he explains, by way of introduction, that "Musically, the text was very seductive to me, and I immediately wanted to illustrate in music the idea of this great "Canticle of canticles" that is the "Book of the Friend and Beloved", in which the friend (Blanquerna) dialogues, flirts, falls in love, etc. with the beloved (God)."

From 1948 to 2023

Since our beginnings, at Blanquerna-URL we have been working to achieve a global education based on the principles of humanism. We are committed to high-quality training, in which knowledge, education and values go hand in hand and make the difference.