While his uncle, Bishop of Huesca Don Basilio, was alive, his nephew remained with him in the episcopal palace, in Barbastro and Huesca. Upon his uncle's death, Don Saturnino moved into a house he had purchased a few years earlier in Plaza Nueva in Huesca (now Plaza de Lizana). Don Saturnino acquired it from Don Felipe Nasarre y Ortega, a resident of Villa y Corte de Madrid and the civil governor of the province of Cáceres, with the ownership being registered in his favor on May 29, 1870. Refer to the notarial protocol of the sale.

The building, which has been renovated, belonged to Father Saturnino López Novoa until his death. The members of "his family" were the usufructuaries of the house. Since 1880, Don Saturnino's family consisted of the housekeeper, Doña María Gómez Ayerbe (who died on November 30, 1913), and also Doña Petronila Luguín and Don Francisco Terreu (who died on February 28, 1901). In December 1882, Father Saturnino adopted the newborn Francisco Nicasio Oliván Palacín.

At that time, the house consisted of a ground floor with corrals, stables, patios, and a garden, all enclosed by a wall, and three floors, one per floor. It was a single building, now numbers 11 and 12, which are still connected with the same eaves.

In his will, Don Saturnino stated: "I have no other property than the house, which I bought with the inheritance from my parents, and I leave it for churches and charity when it is sold."

In May 1923, his executors sold it for 32,000 pesetas, delivering 20,000 reales to the cathedral of Barbastro for the maintenance of worship. From that moment on, the house was divided, and people began to talk about two completely separate buildings with two independent doors.

From the house that Don Saturnino knew, the arch of the portal, the railing, and the stair treads, the entrance door to the floor he occupied with his family, the door knocker and the plaque of the Virgin of Carmen, beams, balconies with their tiles, grilles, pillars, and some partitions and doors of their rooms are preserved.

In recent years, before its renovation by the Congregation, the building underwent a significant degradation process that endangered its viability, i.e., its demolition and transformation into new housing.

Thanks to the tenacious effort of the Congregation, the house of the Founder Father was rescued, and a formidable project was undertaken to renovate this building, located at Plaza Lizana No. 12, to create the "House of the Founder, Father Saturnino López Novoa."

Spaces of the house museum

In the museum area of the "House of the Founder," there are two main types of spaces: those intended to recreate rooms from the period (especially the residence of Father Saturnino) and exhibition spaces.

We find the following recreated areas:

• Ground floor: old bakery, cellar, laundry room, and space for animals.
• First floor: House of the Founder Father, with its dining room, kitchen, living rooms, and bedrooms.
• Third floor: Tribute to Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars, with the reproduction of a dining room-kitchen, Mother Teresa's bedroom, and the Little Sisters' bedroom.

We find the following exhibition areas (including audiovisual rooms):

• Second floor: Exhibition of documents and pieces.
• Third floor: History of the Congregation from its foundation to the present and the foundation of the Congregation by Father Saturnino López Novoa and Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars.

The recreated areas, especially the residence of the Founder Father, have been renovated with materials and finishes consistent with the times in which he lived and with furniture from that period. Light has also been taken into account, to give the rooms the appropriate character, simulating the lighting of the years when the Congregation was founded.

The exterior space has been converted into a garden area, combining green and paved areas with benches for visitors to rest.

For more information, please read the attached documents: