Report of Compassionate Ministry 2018-19
v Boarding and
Hostels - The
Eastern India has
five hostels and
seven boarding houses in
three different States
Andhra,Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and Odisha. We
have about 1500 such
children and young
girls residing with
us.
v All the
boarding / hostels were renovated
with required facilities for the
well being of the
students.
v Shed for washing
the plates was
constructed for St Ann’s boarding
at Duldula.
v Poor boarders
were given free
food and accommodation in the
boarding.
v Special attention
and care was
given to all
our catholic girls in
all the aspects , like fee
concession, and spiritual needs like daily
mass, sacrament of
reconciliation and moral
instructions
v Boarders day
was celebrated in all
the hostels and
boarding with prayer service,
entertainment, games and followed meals.
Domestic Workers
v We love
and care for
our domestic workers who
help us in our
daily course of
work.
v Domestic workers
were given medical assistance
whenever they are
sick.
v Free education
was given for
their children and
their studies are looked after by us.
v Regular
workers had been
enrolled for PF and
ESI.
v Workers day
was celebrated for
all the workers
with special prayers, entertainment/ games and
a festive meals.
Prison Ministry
v Sisters visit the
local jail once a
month. Sisters read the Word of
God and explain to them .They teach prays and sacred hymns .
v Sisters of
St. Ann’s convent
Eluru and St. Ann’s Provincialate Gollapudi along with
the catholic staff visit the prisons. Prayer
service s are conducted
every month. Toilet articles
and snacks are distributed to
them.
v The Atkinson
high school, gollapudi Sisters and Teachers along with the students celebrate
with them on important occasions ,such as August 15th,
Children's Day and Christmas. We do give awareness through the counseling for the Juvenile children .
Orphanage
v We have
only one orphanage
house. That is in
Vijayawada St. Anthon’s Convent.
Last year about
60 children were
taken care by the
sisters.
v An orphan girl
name Dhanasree was
helped to settled in
life.
v A beautiful shed to
dry their clothes, toilet
and bathing rooms
are constructed for the
orphan children to
have comfortable life
like other children.
Other activities of the Compassionate Ministry of our Province
v St. Ann’s
convent Eluru provide a meal on
every Sunday to the
destitute, elderly of the
parish, substations, where the young
sisters carry on
their ministry . So
every Sunday, food packets along
with the fruits
were taken to their
houses.
v Sacred Heart
Convent Vijayawada have Karunya
Tailoring Institute to help
and support the
women who are
poor, single widows and
weaker section of the
society, free of
cost to enable
them to earn their livelihood.
v The duration
of this programme is
six months for
every batch of 20 women.
v They are given
a sewing machine
at the end
of their training classes.
v The polio victims
and aids
patients are helped in
cash and kind.
v The communities
set apart some money every month to help
the poor
families and the
blind persons.
v About 15 old
people are helped financially. Blankets were distributed for 250 poor families
. Free medical checkup was done and also medicine were given free.
v All the communities
of our province
are engaged in the
village apostolate taking care
of the pastoral
needs of the
people.
World Day of
the Poor
v The world day of the poor was celebrated in all the communities. The poor people were invited for the celebration. Many communities had beautiful prayer service. Food, medicine, blankets and bed sheets were distributed to them.
v The world day of the poor was celebrated in all the communities. The poor people were invited for the celebration. Many communities had beautiful prayer service. Food, medicine, blankets and bed sheets were distributed to them.
