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North India
St. Francis Province — North India
In the 1960s, over 30 young women came from Kerala, South India, to Germany and entered our community. They were educated as nurses, midwives, kindergarten teachers and parish assistants. A group of these sisters returned to India in 1975 and opened a convent and school in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh in the north. In 1977, another group of Indian sisters began working in Kerala in the south of India. Since that time, the community has grown rapidly in both the north and south.
North India became a province of the School Sisters of St. Francis in 1996 and took the name St. Francis Province. The Provincial House is located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Currently there are over 75 sisters in North India and 15 young women in the process of entering our community.
Our sisters of the St. Francis Province in North India:
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Conduct kindergartens, English-language schools and vocational courses in rural areas;
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Minister to people in the villages;
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Offer care for disabled women and girls in Bangalore;
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Staff rural health clinics and offer health education;
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Administer a youth hostel for girls attending school;
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Promote inter-religious cooperation and dialogue.
For more information about the work and ministry of our sisters in North India, please contact:
Provincial House
St. Francis Convent
P.B. No 20
Patel Nagar
Pilani 462-021
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
INDIA