SMMI Salem

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CONVENT KOTTAPALAYAM - (1958)

MISSION OF THE COMMUNITY :

To give good education to the rural girl children.
To extend immediate medical care to the needy and the poor.
To involve in the pastoral activities of the Parish and faith formation of the people.
To provide an opportunity for village women to become self-reliant through tailoring.

ORIGIN OF THE COMMUNITY :

In 1958 Fr.Abraham the parish priest approached Mother Marie Francoise the Superior of Holy Angels Convent, Kumbakonam asked for our sisters to start a dispensary at Kottapalayam. The dispensary was opened on 02.07.1958.
On 26th Oct 1963 the dispensary was constructed and opened. Residence for sisters also was attached within it.
As there was no other school for the education of girls in and around Kotttapalayam our sisters purchased a land on 25thJuly 1966 and constructed the high school for the girls.
Subsequently in July 2001 the Higher Secondary Section was started. A parallel section of English medium section has been added later.
On 1st June 1968 Kottapalayam became an independent house. On 8th Dec 1988 a new grotto was erected.
In 1992 the Needle work section was initiated to give occupation to jobless poor women in the first floor of the dispensary.
Subsequently in July 2001 the Higher Secondary Section was started. Today about 2500 girl children are studying in this school. A parallel section of English medium has been added later.

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