Amalagam

Address

Amalagam,
Duraisamypuram,
Via Sivagiri,
Tamil Nadu,
Tirunelveli Dt. – 627 757,

Telephone: (04636) 250637,
Mobile : (0) 9486964497.

No of Religious : 4

Services

The FSM were invited by the Bishop of the diocese to work in Duraisamypuram which is situated in the diocese of Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli Dt. As everywhere else, the beginnings were humble yet enthusiastic. Three pioneers began their new life in a rented house in the heart of the village on July 3, 1993. Sr. Mary Bernarda was the animator, Sr. Isabella a Social Worker and Sr. Sunitha a teacher in the parish school rendered their services. .

The Sisters lived in the rented house for five years after which on August 23, 1997 the newly constructed convent building was blessed by Rt. Rev. Dr. Irudayaraj, the then Bishop of Palayamkottai and inaugurated by Sr. Mary James, the then Provincial. A dispensary was built by T.S.S.S (…expansion) and opened on September 26, 1998. This dispensary is no doubt a boon to the local people of the village who otherwise had to go far away for their medical needs.

A boarding was opened for the poor children of the locality and the surroundings on March 8, 2007. This enables the children to have access to education. Currently two sisters are teaching in the diocesan school and offer tuition for children who are educationally backward. One sister works in the dispensary with health care, preventive and curative care and A.N.C. All the sisters are fully involved in parochial work like the family apostolate and the B.C.C.