Thank  you Lord!!!   On  6th October, 2015, We the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus celebrate the 47th Anniversary of our presence in India  and the 18th Anniversary of the Region of India.

Thanks to the first handmaids – Srs. Josefa Queralt, Maria Dolores, Catherine Hanley and Celia Garcia. – who arrived in India on the 6th October, 1968.

They were invited by Fr. Angel Solagran s.j. who was the Director of St. Xaviers Institute of Education.

He conducted a study on how children with special educational needs were being cared for. Fr. Solagran found that very little was being done and that there was only one Special School in India- in Sewri. This school was being run by Ms. Vakeel who herself had an intellectually handicapped child, and was in need of trained persons.

Once invited the HANDMAIDS readied themselves in Ireland, and they came to India to work with handicapped children.

After having helped Ms. Vakeel for a few years, they set off to JUHU to begin DILKHUSH SPECIAL SCHOOL.

We are grateful to you all dear sisters for your generosity, hard work  and the missionary spirit. Thank you for sowing the  spirit of Reparation in India.

Thanks a million!!