Status: Pontifical Congregation
Founder: Fr. Theodosius Florentini and Mother Bernarda Heimgartner
Founded on: 16th Oct. 1844
Feast day: 14th September
Charism: The Mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Main Apostolate: Health care and Education
Generalate address:
Generalate, Schwstern vom Hl, Kreuz
(Menzingen), Schweizerkhausstrasse 6, CH-6006, Luzern, Switzerland,
Phone: 00414184100
Provincialate address:
Provincialate, Sisters of the Holy Cross, Hospital Road, Kollam – 691001, Kerala,
List of all the communities in the Archdiocese of Madurai:
001 – Holy Cross Convent, Holy Cross Nagar, Sulakkarai,
Virudhunagar 626003, Tamilnadu.
No. community members: 10 sisters
Institutions attached
1) Holy Cross Hospital, Holy Cross Nagar, Sulakkarai,
Virudunagar 626003, Tamilnadu.
No of staff: 5
Virudunagar 626003, Tamilnadu.
No of staff: 5
2) Holy Cross School of Para Medicals, Holy Cross Nagar, Sulakkarai,
Virudhunagar 626003, Tamilnadu. No. of students: 20.
Virudhunagar 626003, Tamilnadu. No. of students: 20.