Augustine Bhavan – India


St. Augustine Bhavan Community was established on 5th May 1995 with five Srs. Asuncion Vegas, Mary Rachel Tobias, Lintal Babian, Nirmala Arichalil and Daisy Masilamani. The community is situated in Onnalvadi village, Hosur Talk, Krishnagiri (Dt), Tamilnadu.

The sisters of the community are involved in teaching in St Augustine Matric. Higher Secondary School. We also run a social centre called St. Monica Sevai Illam through this center, we conduct different courses to empower the poor women and the drop out girls of our society. The courses are – Tailoring, Computer Classes, Spoken English and Beautician. Evening Tuition – we have organized free evening tuition for the poor and Government School students of different villages.

Sisters are actively involved in different activities of the Church, such as – Sacristy, Choir, Catechism, Legion of Mary, Vincent de Paul and Sagaya Matha Youth Group. We also have an Augustinian Lay Fraternity.