During the 19th century, many young girls came to train for religious life with the Sisters of Puy. This gave rise, among other things, to The Congregation of the Sisters of the Child Jesus.
In 1804, Marie Maisonobe bought a house in Aurillac with the goal of founding a school. Three of her companions offered to help her. On the advice of Bishop Belmont, bishop of Saint-Flour, they went to train with the Sisters of Le Puy. The congregation became autonomous in 1843 under the name of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus of Aurillac. They merged with the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus of Le Puy in 1952.
After starting its literacy activities on Rue du Salut, Mairie Maisonobe moved to Rue du Collège, where the Lycée Saint-Géraud is currently located. Long known as Sainte-Geneviève, this institution was then reserved for young girls.
Birth of the Communication High School
It was in the early 1980s that the establishment took on the name it is known by today, and at the end of that decade that it specialized, first in Communication and then in Applied Arts.
Over the years, the infrastructure has adapted to the opening of new programs: construction of a boarding school, renovations and optimization of old buildings, compliance with accessibility standards, creation of new connected classrooms, and a more functional dining area.
The Externat Enfant Jésus school was taken over in 2004 by the Ogec of the high school, which then became: OGEC Saint Géraud-Enfant Jésus. The school complex was born.
