St. Francis Convent

Address

St. Francis Convent,
Elathagiri P.O. – 635 108,
Krishnagiri Dt.,
Tamil Nadu,

Telephone: (04343) 268424,
Mobile (0) 9750057812,
Hospital: 268154,
Boarding: 269007.

No of Religious : 13

Services

Rev. Fr. Jusseau, M.E.P, was one of the stalwarts whose inspiration became action in building the little village of Elathagiri. At his invitation, the sisters from Krishnagiri – just 9 kilometres away – began to run a dispensary every Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The paternal concern of Fr. Jusseau was shown when he offered us a room to run the dispensary and also provided meals for the day.

Fr. Jusseau’s ambitions were many. He built the convent – a souvenir of his Silver Jubilee. The convent was blessed on July 16, 1953 and placed under the protection of St. Francis. He went a step further in responding to the request of the parents to build a boarding house for the children thereby contributing to helping raise the educational standard of the school children. At the beginning, the sisters’ refectory served as a boarding house. Later a new building was erected for girls and then for the boys. At present there are 130 young girls in the hostel and 170 in the boarding house who enjoy the comforts provided along with the guidance, care and discipline offered by the sisters.

Two sisters were appointed as teachers in the parish school. A separate section was made for the girls, and the sisters were placed in-charge of it. Education provides a great opportunity to mould the children and the sisters continue the Mission of educating the young and sharing in the pastoral activities of the parish.

God’s healing mission continues through the 13-bedded dispensary built in the campus. A new dispensary has taken the place of the old, smaller one with a resident doctor. Many are the people who have experienced the compassion and devotedness of our sister nurses, night and day.