Status: Pontifical Congregation

Founder: Mother Claudine Echernier

Founded on: 1838

Feast day: 14th Sept.

 

Charism: Participate in the Mystery of Jesus dead

Main Apostolate: Education, Healing ministry, Social work

 

Generalate address:

Maison Generalate, Soeurs De La Croix De Chavanod, 8 Rue Alcide Jentzer, C.P, 420, Ch 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland.
Ph: 0041223209282.

Provincialate address:

Holy Cross Provincialate,
138-A, Anna Nagar,
Madurai-625020

 

List of the communities in the Archdiocese of Madurai:
001 – Holy Cross Novitiate, Opp. to Paravai Mill Colony, Paravai P.O,
Samanayanallur, Madurai-625402 Tamil Nadu, India,

Number of members: Novices: 17, Sisters: 5

002 – Claudine Illam (Short stay home for battered women and
children). Holy Cross Novitiate, Opp. to Paravai Mill Colony,
Paravai P.O, Samanayanallur, Madurai-625402
No. of staff and inmates: 4 & 15.

003 – Holy Cross Convent, Batlagundu – 624202, Dindigul Dt.,
Tamil nadu, India.
no. of members : 36

 

Institutions run by the Congregation:
1. Leonard Hospital, No. of staff: 17.
2. Claudine School of Nursing:
No. of staff and students: 10 & 60.
3. Deepam (Social Centre): No. of staff: 16.
4. Day Creche: No. of staff and inmates: 2 & 30.
5. Holy Cross Higher Secondary School
No. of staff and students: 29 & 871.
6. St. Thomas Primary School.
No. staff and students: 16 & 646.
7. Holy Cross Convent, Pambarpuram, Kodaikanal – 624 103,
Dindigul dt. no of members: 9.
8. Holy Cross High School, Pambarpuram, Kodaikanal – 624 103,
Dindigul dt.
No. of staff and students : 17 & 603,
9 St. Theresa’s Primary School, Pambarpuram,
Kodaikanal – 624 103, Dindigul dt.
No. staff and students: 9 & 391.
10. St. Theresa’s Home for Children, Pambarpuram,
Kodaikanal – 624 103, Dindigul dt.
No. of staff and students : 6 & 230.