Jeevan Jyothi Health Centre

mahindi - micheal pattanam - ramnad - Tamil Nadu

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HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE LOCALITY

Mahindi Michaelpattanum is a village in Mudukulathur union, Sivagangai Diocese in Ramnad district. At the request of the Bishop Edward Francis the community was started on July 5th 1990, with Sr. Anita, Sr. Deva, and Sr. Vita Lobo as pioneers.

This village is a catholic village with 200 families. Quite a number of them come for daily Eucharistic celebration. They are hardworking people and their economic condition is not very low. They have an attitude of self-sufficiency. There is scarcity of water facility in and around this area. For all purposes people use the same water which is collected in the pools during rainy season.

Though we were invited to this village because of the need for the medical facility, the sisters answer the needs of the milieu through their active participation in pastoral, social, educational and medical apostolate. We extended our services to the neighboring villages too through our medical and social work.

5th July 1990 the sisters started their mission staying in a rented house in the village till the new convent was built. They gave their services in medical work, forming women’s groups and taking tuition for the children.

18th August 1993 the blessing of the new convent building was held. The sisters moved to the new convent on 15th September 1993.

From 15th September 1993 onwards the health centre started functioning on regular basis. The people of this area were very happy to have the sisters and the medical facilities in their village. Sisters were loved by the people.

The parish priest Rev. Fr. Arul Jeeva was very co-operative. He was involved in a movement known as “working people’s liberation movement”, which works irrespective of caste, creed, religion and party. With the permission of the Provincial Sr. Assunta Alvares, Sr. Anita accepted to work in this movement to give awareness to the people about their rights. Sr. Anita was chosen as an executive member of the committee called “Labour Commission” of the diocese.

May 1991 Sr. Leema Josphine joined community and she rendered her service in the diocesan school as one of the staff. With her selfless service she brought up the standard of the school which was going down.

All the sisters fully involved in the pastoral work- teaching catechism, partaking in the liturgy, preparing children for first Holy Communion, regular house visits etc.

VISION STATEMENT

called and consecrated by the holy trinity, with the spirit of our charism to live in m. michaelpattanam

MISSION STATEMENT

we are placed here to uplift and work for the all round development of the people, in solidarity with the marginalised to restore their human dignity.

LAY ASSOCIATES

We have twelve Lay Associate members in our community. They come together every Sunday and pray in the church. Once in a month they have a gathering and prayer in our community. They help us in the choir and other pastoral activities. They are very happy to be part of our SJT family.

MEDICAL MISSION - JEEVAN JYOTHI HEALTH CENTRE

The people are happy to come to us to experience God’s healing power and to be free from their sicknesses. With love and affection we welcome everyone to our health centre. As we extend our loving services to the surrounding villages they too feel lot of trust and confidence in us that they really experience God’s healing power in their life and their sickness. They express that we take lot of care and concern about their health. We also give health education. We extend our service to the elderly people who are unable to come to the health centre by going to their houses to give treatment and words of encouragement. We take part in the free medical camps conducted by the parish.

JOSEPHITES

We have twenty Josephites from class 5th to 8th standard in our parish. We conduct regular prayer metings once in two months. They are very active and enthusiastic and ready to help us whenevever we need their help. They take active part in the church activities. We have special programme for them on our foundation day and christmas celebration.

EDUCATION

God has provided us opportunity to impart knowledge to the children in this locality, the neighboring villages and enable them to come up in their life, we give special care to the weaker students. We are teaching them catechism, moral values and extracurricular activities. The students experience love and care of our sisters. The little ones come to school joyfully and their enthusiasm makes us grow younger. Knowing each child the background of the families personally sisters help and guide to trust in God. We also train them for the competitions and catechism exams. The teachers feel the importance of sister teaching in this school because it makes a difference.

PASTORAL

Preparing the children for the first Holy Communion & confirmation.
Sunday catechism
Preparation of the Liturgy
Target group (widows)
Guiding the Altar boys
Attending the funerals and praying for them
House visits
Attending anbiyam prayers
Marriage preparation
Weekly communion distribution to the sick and bed ridden.
We take turns to visit the families and encourage them to read the word of God every day and pray as a family. We listen to them, guide them in their problems and pray for them.