Vellore Diocese

 

Religious

Religious Men

12 Men Religious Congregations are rendering their wonderful service in various forms in the Diocese. 

The following are the Men Religious Congregations working in the Diocese.

1. Capuchins (OFM) 
2. Foyar De Charite (FDC)
3. Missionaries of Sacred Heart (MSC)
4. Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS)
5. Order of Mother of God (OMD)
6. Passionists   (CP)
7. Precious Blood Missionaries(CPPS)
8. Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)
9. Sacred Heart Brothers (SHB)
10. Servites (OSM)
11. Society of Jesus (SJ)
12. Vincentians (VC)

 

Ministries of Religious Men

• Parish 
• Education (Schools, Colleges, IT (Information Technology) Centres)
• Charitable Institutions (Orphanages, Special Homes for Physically-Challenged)
• Vocational Training Centres (Computer Centres, ITI, Driving Schools)
• Social Service (Village Animation Programmes, Oratories, Youth Animation)

 

 

Religious Women

31 Women Religious Congregations are rendering their ministry in various forms in the Diocese. The following are the Women Religious Congregations working in the Diocese:

1. Apostolic Carmel (AC)
2. Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady of Grace & Compassion (OSB)
3. Bridgettine Sisters (OSSS)
4. Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (CIC)
5. Congregation of the Sisters of Theresian Carmelites (CTC)
6. Carmelite Sisters of St. Theresa (CSST)
7. Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA)
8. Daughters of Charity St. Vincent (DC)
9. Daughters of Mary (DM)
10. Dominican Sisters (DS)
11. Franciscan Sisters of Our lady of Bon Succours (FBS)
12. Franciscan Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary(FIHM)
13. Franciscan Sisters of Aloysius Gonzaga (FSAG)
14. Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph (FSJ)
15. Franciscan Sisters of Immaculate Heart of Mary of Quilon (FSIHM)
16. Franciscan Sisters of Presentation of BVM (FSPM)
17. Missionaries of Charity (MC)
18. Medical Mission Secular Institute of St. Thomas (MMSI)
19. Poor Clares of Perpetual Adorations (PCPA)
20. Servants of Mary (OSM)
21. Seva Missionary Sisters (SMS)
22. Sisters of Our Lady of the Mission(OLMS)
23. Sisters of the Adoration of Blessed Sacraments (AS)
24. Sisters of St. Annes of Trichirappalli (SAT)
25. Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (SCB)
26. Sisters of Cross of Chavanad (SCC)
27. Sisters of the Destitute (SD)
28. Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny (SJC)
29. Sisters of Maria Auxilium (SMA)
30. Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (SSHJ) 
31. Society of Sisters of St. Annes (SSA)

 

Ministries of Religious Women

• Parish (Liturgy Preparation & Choir, Family Visits, Catechism for Children, Marriage preparation Class for Adults, Animation of Pious Movements, BCCs, and other parochial participatory structures, and Cleanliness of Parish Church)
• Education (Schools & Colleges)
• Medicine (Hospitals, Dispensaries and Health Centres)
• Charitable Institutions (Orphanages, Homes for Aged, Mentally-Retarded & Physically-Challenged, Crèche, Working Women Hostels)
• Vocational Training Centres (Computer Centres, Tailoring & Embroidering Centres)
• Social Service (Village Animation Programmes, Oratories, Animation of Women Self Help Groups, Counselling Centres)

 

List of Congregation Priests