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Hi,
we are the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Quilon. We
welcome you to our web site. Be sure to check out all of our exciting
ministries
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The Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of
Quilon had its foundation in
Pondicherry
on 16th Oct.1844. The proud privilege of our Congregation is that,
it is the First Indigenous Women Religious Congregation in the Continent of
Asia. The Founder of this
Congregation is Rev. Fr. Louis Savinien Dupuis MEP, a French Missionary. Bishop
Aloysius Maria Benziger, the Bishop of Quilon brought a convent of this
Congregation to Quilon in the year 1907.
The first House was at Kanjiracode.
In 1947, the Congregation was divided into two different Congregations under
the names Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Pondicherry
and Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Quilon.
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"Mary, Mother of pilgrim humanity, pray for us now and at the
hour of our death. Keep us ever close to Jesus, your beloved Son and our
brother, the Lord of life and glory". Pope John Paul II
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