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PRESENCE AND MISSION OF THE SJT IN INDIA

Under the guidance of Bishop Coadou, our Sisters were entrusted with the Ministry of Education. The first institution to be established was St. Francis Xavier School in the year 1889. The pioneers worked tirelessly for 100 years to establish their Foundations in South India. To mark the centenary, in the year 1982, the Province of Bangalore spread its branches to the formation of the Region of Mysore and the North Mission and simultaneously sent missionaries to Kenya. The Region of Mysore further spread its communities among the five States and other countries in Austria and Uganda within twenty five years of its establishment. The Region of the North Mission, Jeevan Maithri started new foundations in Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, mostly among the tribal communities of Brigia, Munda, Gond, Kharia, Santhal and the Oraon. The total strength in India of the SJT sisters is four Hundred and seventy five in seventy one communities in the nine states of India. The Province of Bangalore opened new foundations in Kenya. 26 sisters from the Province went as missionaries to Kenya and with vocations from Kenya within a span of 25 years a new Kenyan Province was established consisting of 75 Kenyan sisters in 17 communities.

SJT PRESENCE IN INDIA AND ITS MINISTRIES:

The ministries undertaken by the sisters in Education, Health Care and Community Centers, Social Action and Pastoral service have been Mission based. Over the years they have moved from conventional Institutions to need based ministries.