The members of OLGH Province presently serve at 12 parishes in 9 dioceses in Tamil Nadu.
St. Antony’s Church, Kuttathupattti
St. Antony’s Church, Kuttathupatti is the Pallottine Parish in the Diocese of Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. The parish was bifurcated from Kuttathu Avarambpatti and the new parish was placed under the care of Pallottines in the year 1991. The parish consists of 300 Catholic families. There are two substations attached to the parish namely Our Lady of Good Health Church, Annai Nagar and St. Antony’s Church, Kanniwadi. The main occupation of the faithful is farming and cattle husbandry. Therefore, they mostly depend on their daily wages for their livelihood. Our Pallottine fathers have built the church for the faithful and a Residential House for the priests who are ministering in the parish.
St. Francis Xavier’ Church, Kuzhivilai
St. Francis Xavier’ Church, Kuzhivilai is a pallottine parish which comes under the diocese of Kuzhithurai. It is situated five miles away from Mulagumoodu and 38KM towards west from Distric head quarter Nagercoil. There are about three hundred families in the parish. It is a mission station. It consists of nine Basic Christian Communities (BCC). Most of them are traditional Catholics. Masonry work is the common livelihood of the people. Though it is a challenging mission, we continue God’s mission work joyfully.
Our Lady of Refuge Church, Melattur
The Catholic Church in Melattur parish can be truly called as a mission because of its nature and origin. The existing Christian communities of Melattur are the result of direct preaching of Christian faith to the local people by early diocesan priests. Melattur and its substations were a part of St. John de Britto church, Northgate, the diocese of Thanjavur. They were far from North Gate by almost 20 kilometers. Therefore, Melattur and its substations were unattended by the priests due to the distance and lack of transport facilities. In spite of these difficulties the faith of the people was sustained by catechetical work. Taking note of the firm faith of these people, Melattur was canonically erected as an independent parish and given to the Pallottines. The parish has four substations and 248 Catholic families.
St. Antony’s Church, Surulacode
Surulacode is a Parish in the Diocese of Kottar. The parish is 26kms from Nagercoil which is the headquarters of Kanya Kumari District, the southern tip of India. The Nearest airport city is Trivandrum which is 70kms away and linked by road.
This Parish was bifurcated from Our Lady of Snows, Thadikarankonam on 25th May, 2016 by Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Remigius. This Parish has a population of 3603 people of Hindus and Christians of which 380 are Catholics. Among these people many of them are recent converts who embraced the Catholic faith during 1960 and afterwards. All of them are daily wage earners. They live in poverty. Their children are studying in the School run by Sisters of the Congregation of Teresian Carmelites. This is a remote parish and we do not have lot of facilities over here. The literacy rate is very low. Yet, we have managed to organize the activities of the Church with the support of the people. There are many pious associations in the parish.
St. Michael’s Church, Kalaikulam
St. Michael’s Church in kalaikualm is a newly erected Mission parish belonging to the Diocese of Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu, south India. This mission parish has 19 Christian Villages and 8 Christian communities. Altogether, this mission has over 300 Christian families and over 1500 families belonging to the people of other faiths. Most of the people of this mission are very poor. Agriculture is their main occupation which unfortunately fails them most of the years. Consequently, they take to other works such as construction, shepherding, tailoring and so on.
St. Joseph’s Church, Pechipparai
St. Joseph’s church, pechippari consists of 325 families. It has two substations namely St. Vincent Pallotti church at valiyela and Christ the king church at Kodayar. We commit ourselves in talking care of the pastoral work of the parish. We render our help for educating the students in our parish. We too engage ourselves in social works like constructing houses for the poor. Over the years the faith of the people progressed to be very strong. We look forward to deepen our pastoral activities even better to fulfil God’s will on the earth.
Our Lady of Grace Church, Mangudi-Meenachiapuram
Our lady of grace church is under the Archdiocese of Madurai. This is one of the mission stations of Tamil Pallottines for the past 30 years. There are five substations under this parish as follows Christu Rajapuram, Nallamangalam, Arulputhur, Kallupatti and Puttur. The parish consists of 450 families that mostly depend on daily wages. As Pallottines, we engage ourselves in pastoral, educational, and social ministries. The major contribution of the Pallottines in the life of these people and surrounding is transforming their lives. They were for number of years engaged in fireworks such as, making match box and crackers which caused ill health. Our pioneers provided free tailoring courses along with sewing machine which enhanced their livelihood and their health. Consequently, we see a great progress in the life of the people in the field of education, employment etc.
Our Lady of Miracles Church, Mela Thirupanthuruthi
Our Lady of Miracles Church belongs to the diocese of kumbakonam. This parish consists of three sub stations namely Pasar, Nadukkavery, Khulimathur. There are about three hundred families in the parish. Most of the parishners engage themselves in farming and agriculture. The people of this parish are simple and down to earth. As Pallottines, we extend our pastoral activity to each and every family of the parish. We too open our hands to share with the poor people. We have offered financial help for education of many downtrodden students. To empower women and give stability for them, we have gifted tailoring machines to many women. We have put up a toilet block in the parish campus. Our social activities in the village is well appreciated especially for building houses for poor families. The presence of Pallottines has been ten years in the parish and the faith of the people is very vibrant.
St. Little Flower Church, Vadakkalur
It is one of the mission stations in the diocese of kumbakonam. This parish has two substations. The place where this parish is situated is generally dry throughout the year. As a result, people look for other menial job to fulfil their basic needs. The main work of these people is agriculture. As Pallottines, we are working in this parish since two years and within this short time, we are able to strengthen the faith and livelihood of the people. We too commit ourselves in various pastoral activities of the parish. We could also offer some help in educating the poor children of the parish.
St. Jude’s Church, Steel Plant, Salem
In 1993, St. Jude’s Church at Mohan Nagar, Steel Plant was erected as parish and handed over to the Pallottines. Rev. Fr. Silvester John was appointed as the parish priest he resided at Pallottiyagam and took care of the Parish until the Parochial house was constructed. The Parochial House was built at St. Jude’s Church campus and was blessed by the Bishop Most Rev. Bp. Michael Bosco Duraisamy on 28th Oct. 1995. Presently there are around 115 families coming under this parish.
St. Vincent Pallotti Church, Thirunagar
The beginnings of the mission at Thirunagar could be traced back to the Usilampatti mission of Fr. Clement Montaud, SJ, who established the Stella Mary Church at Thanakkankulam. In the year 1949, there were only two catholic families in Thirunagar. The Holy Rosary Church began to provide for their pastoral needs. In 1962 the CIC sisters came to Thriunagar and the mission began to take shape. Later, His Grace Dr. Justin Diraviam entrusted the pastoral care of the faithful at Thirunagar to the Redemptorists. The arrival of the religious communities such as St. Charles’ Sisters, Sisters of St. Annes, and St. Joseph of Tarbes further widened the mission endeavour and necessitated the establishment of a parish. On 10 December 1978, Thirunagar was erected as a parish and the pastoral care of it was entrusted to the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (Pallottine Fathers and Brothers) by His Grace Dr. Justin Diraviam. Fr. Manfred Hauck was appointed as the first parish priest. A magnificent Church was built and inaugurated on 19 March 1983. Now at present, the parish constitutes of 250 families.
St. Vincent Pallotti Church, Annai Theresa Nagar
In the year 1994 St. Francis Xavier Church, Pallavaram splitted into another parish as St. Joseph church, Rajaji Nagar, Pallavaram and was entrusted to the care of Pallottines Fathers. nearly 24 years it was under Pallottines Fathers. It had also a substation at Annai Theresa Nagar, Z. Pallavaram. In the year 2018 St. Joseph’s Parish, Rajaji Nagar was bifurcated erecting the substation as a new parish and entrusting the same to the Pallottines. This new parish was named as St. Vincent Pallotti Church.