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Hi, we are the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Quilon. We welcome you to our web site. Be sure to check out all of our exciting ministries The Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Quilon had its foundation in Pondicherry on 16th Oct.1844.

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The proud privilege of our Congregation is that, it is the First Indigenous Women Religious Congregation in the Continent of Asia. The founder of this Congregation is 'Servant of God', LouisSavinien Dupuis MEP, a French missionary. Bishop Aloysius Maria Benziger, the Bishop of Kollam brought a convent of this Congregation to Kollam in the year 1907.

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Rev. Fr. Louis Savinien Dupuis was born in 1806 at Sens in France. After his studies, he became a Diocesan Priest and worked as Prefect in the Seminary and Secretary to the Bishop. In 1831, he joined the Society of Foreign Missions and then came to Pondicherry. After having worked for a few years at Bangalore, he came back to Pondicherry and accepted the responsibility of Editor and Manager of the Mission Press. He worked there with great zeal and wrote many spiritual books.

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  • "St. Joseph, Patron of families and departed souls - pray for me."

  • "Here am I, the servant of the Lord; let it be with me according to your word" - Luke 1:38

  • "Rev Fr Louis Savinien Dupuis is the founder of Immaculate Heart of Mary congregation in India. The first Congregation to insist on women education in India"

  • "Glory to St. Francis, the little poor man of Assisi, but an illustrious saint !"

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