Responding
to the call of Jesus to fulfill His mission of love and service and embedded
with fortitude and missionary zeal the sisters of Jyothi Province Kothamanagalm
stepped in to the northern region of the motherland in 1973 which marked the
beginning of
Accepting
the invitation of His Excellency Rt. Rev. Dr. Abraham D. Mattam, Bishop of
Satna, a band of six enthusiastic sisters mustered courage to launch out and
began their life as missionaries of Sacred Heart of Jesus on the day of
Pentecost on 10th June 1973 in Satna, a Syro-Malabar diocese in
Madhya Pradesh and began two convents on the 12th of June in
Tikamgarh and Satna. The spirited endeavours of our pioneering sisters in the diocese
uplifted the downtrodden of the area mainly through education, medical service,
social work and pastoral activities. In
response to the invitation from His Excellency Rt. Rev. Dr. SymphorianKeeperath,
Bishop of Jalandhar four of our sisters came forward to spread the fragrance of
the compassionate love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the diocese of
Jalandhar, Punjab on 1st November 1973. They started the work of
evangelization by working in the printing press and visiting houses.
Taking
note of the increase in the number of convents and sisters this area was raised
as St. Margaret region on 14th April 1991. Trust in the Divine
Providence, the inherited courage and zeal of the Founder paved the way for the
sisters in distributing the divine riches of the Sacred Heart. When we had the
required number of convents and sisters, Very Mother Claris S.H the then
Superior General raised this region as JeevaJyothivice Province Delhi on 26th
February 1995. It was a red letter day for the JeevaJyothians as this
Our
province grew up to include the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu, Haryana, Delhi, Jharkhand and
We are engaged in dispelling the darkness of ignorance
by imparting quality education, social upliftment through animation,
conscientization and welfare activities, caring the abandoned children,
evangelization and upliftment of Christian communities both in Syro-Malabar and
Latin dioceses through catechism and pastoral work, holistic health care
through healing ministry, free boarding for poor girls and prison ministry.
Trust in the Divine Providence of God,
the corner stone on which our Founder Father built and nurtured the Sacred
Heart congregation is the strong foundation of
