A Special Educational Centre, led by the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy of St. Charles Borromeo, is located in Katowice. A building was erected in 1904 on the initiative of the priests Konrad Ściborski and Karol Abramski. From the very beginning it has served as the house for orphans.

 

It is a red-brick building, built on the hill, next to the byway leading to the cemetery. The building is situated on the outskirts of the city, near the St. Hedwig’s Roman-Catholic Parish.  

On the premises of the Centre there are among others:

– residential rooms,

– playrooms,

– gym,

– dining room,

– chapel,

– garden,

– playground.

 

In the vicinity there is a city of Mysłowice.