Fr. Joe Andrew - Rector, Parish Priest & Correspondent Fr. John Peter Sathiaraj - Vice Rector, Asst.

PP, Ic: DS School Fr. Abraham Vettical - Asst. Parish Priest Fr. Benjamin Selvanathan - Administrator & Asst. Parish Priest Fr. Vincent Robert - Asst. Parish Priest & Ic. DS & DBNP schools Fr. Joseph Leo Irudayasamy - Dr. Vazhikatti Fr. Neendicherry Joseph - Confessor Fr. Suresh Padmanabhan (IND)- St. Ph. D

The Salesian community at Lourdes Shrine caters to the faith formation of the faithful in the parish. There is also a primary and elementary school catering to the poor and deserving Catholic children of the parish and the locality. STATISTICAL DETAILS OF THE MISSION i. Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine: Total number of registered Catholic families in the Parish: 4543 Total number of registered Catholic families in the main station: 2259 (Tamil) 1289 (English) Nature of the parish population: Tamil and Anglo-Indian communities, mostly middle class, upper middle class, and quite a number of poor families. 99 51 anbiams (Tamils at main station) 29 BCCs (Anglo-Indians at main station) Mangalapuram CC Pakkam PTR Colony (433 families, 9 anbiams) (423 families, 7 anbiams) (139 families, 3 anbiams)

Total number of anbiams:

Sub-stations:

a. Regular Mass & Liturgical Services in the Parish: Weekday Mass: Mass in Anbiams: Shrine mass: 06.00 a.m. English & 06.40 a.m. Tamil 06.30 p.m. English & 06.30 p.m. Tamil Thrice a week. 11.00 a.m. Tamil: Monday, Wednesday & Friday English: Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
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Sundays: Catechism mass 2nd Saturday: 4th Saturday: Mass in the Sub-stations Chaplaincy

Tamil mass: 06 a.m. / 7.30 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 06 p.m. English mass: 06 a.m. / 9 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 06 p.m. 9 a.m. (separate venues for Tamil and English groups) Sacrament of Reconciliation Lectio Divina CC Pakkam at 8 a.m. on Sunday & 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday PTR colony at 6.30 p.m. on 4th Saturday Once a month to all the convents

b. Sunday Catechism Sunday catechism classes (both Tamil and English) are organized systematically in the main station and in the sub-stations with the help of the brothers from Becchi Theologate Kavarapettai, religious sisters and lay collaborators. There are altogether 572 Tamil speaking children and 461 English speaking children who have enrolled for Sunday Catechism classes.

Place

(Main Station)

Boys / Girls Boys Girls B&G B&G B&G

No of children in each class I 10 7 3 5 32 II 7 7 6 5 32 III 13 23 6 2 44 IV 14 24 4 4 48 V 29 17 8 2 48 VI 31 24 10 5 50 VII 22 23 8 4 53 VIII 23 18 7 5 44 IX 19 24 10 2 38 X 20 21 11 4 23 XI 14 12 10 2 23 XII 15 18 10 4 26 Total 217 218 93 44 461

No of teachers 12 9 9 6 13

CCP PTR colony ENGLISH

There are 10 voluteers for Tamil Catechism and 13 Volunteers for English Catechism who help out in the smooth functioning of the Catechism classes respectively. c. Devotions in the Parish: Marian Day: 11th of every month - Rosary, marian procession, blessing of Mary Help of Christians and Blessing of the sick. Every Saturday Novena prayer to MHOC and rosary. 24th MHC Devotion to Mary Help of Christians Friday Adoration Held regularly Comm. of Don Bosco Held regularly Parish Feast 11th February

d. Pious Associations and Groups in the Parish:

N o

Name of the Association Divine Mercy (Eng) Divine Mercy (Tamil) Legion of Mary (Eng) Legion of Mary (Tamil)

Day of Meeting 2nd Thursdays 1st Friday Thursday Monday, Tuesday & Saturday 2nd Sunday st 1 & 3rd Tuesday

Primary activities Prayer and Novena Devotion to Divine Mercy Visiting families Marian Devotion Special animation in the parish Help out parish activities

01 02 03 04

05 Salesian Cooperators (Eng) 06 Salesian Cooperator (Tamil)

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07 Altar Servers (Eng) 08 Altar Servers (Tamil)

Saturday Sunday

Assist at the altar for mass and liturgical celebrations Assist at the altar for mass and liturgical celebrations

Youth Group

2 Sunday every month

1st Sunday Sunday Tuesday

Church singing, prayer service, teaching catechism

24th of every Month MHC Devotion Helping the poor Prayer meetings & Preaching

10 Mary Help of Christians 11 Vincent De Paul Society (T) 12 Charismatic prayer group

e. Other important events in the parish:

2nd Sunday 4th Sunday Staff Catechist Office Staff Male Domestic staff Male - Bible class in English (with 25 participants) - Bible Class in Tamil (with 50 participants)

= = = = =

1 3 1 33 16

Catholics Female Catholics Female

=3 =1 = 33 = 17

ii. Don Bosco Nursery and Primary School: CLASS STRENGTH Catholic students Teaching Staff: Total No. of Teachers Female Teachers Paid by Government Non-Teaching Staff Total No. of Office Staff Female Paid by Government LKG 95 = UKG 100 199 I 73 II 60 III IV 63 63 V 60 TOTAL 515

= = =

15 15 Nil

Catholic Teachers

= 14

= = =

2 2 Nil

Catholics

=2

Spiritual Animation offered in the school: First Friday mass for teachers, 2nd Friday Mass for students, catechism and moral classes, morning assembly talk and animation for teachers. iii. Dominic Savio Elementary School:

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CLASS Boys Girls Catholic students Teaching Staff: Total No. of Teachers Female Teachers Paid by Government Non-Teaching Staff Total No. of Office Staff Female Paid by Government

I 17 15 =

II 19 9

III 19 25

IV 27 10

V 33 20

TOTAL 115 79

Grand TOTAL 194

20 (9 boys + 11 girls)

= = =

9 9 9

Catholic Teachers

=9

= = =

3 3 Nil

Catholics

=3

Spiritual Animation offered in the school: Bible reading, Catechism, Way of the Cross, Yoga & Kural Various Groups and Movements: No. Association / Movement 01 02 Cubs & Bulbuls Red Cross

No. of students
30 + 25 194

Aim / Primary activities Service Service

iv. Extension services: The community offers better study ambience to the poorest and deserving children through the Semi-boarding and Evening Study Centre. There are 13 boys and 10 girls who are followed up with the help of 4 lay teachers. Three religious are directly involved in this apostolate. They are spiritually nourished through daily Eucharist, morning and evening prayers, rosary on Fridays and weekly recitation of psalms. The Old age home caters to 12 old people by providing necessary physical and medical care. It is managed with the help of a lay person. DON BOSCO VAZHIKAATI HOME: Don Bosco Career Guidance and Job Placement Centre (Vazhikaati) caters to the promotion of young people in the province through youth services and animation. DBTech State coordinating office operates from this centre. There are 20 staff members of which, 15 are Catholics. This centre also offers hostel facilities for the poor and deserving working young men from rural places. At present, there are 40 youngsters residing in the hostel.

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