The Sacred Heart Congregation is a religious institute for women founded by the Venerable Fr Mathew Kadalikkattil on 1 January 1911 in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Kerala, India. The members of the Congregation are to live radically the discipleship of Christ, experiencing deeply the compassionate love of God the Father manifested through the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and sharing it with others especially the poor and the afflicted.
Venerable Fr.Mathew Kadalikkattil was a zealous priest and a great model for all those who came in contact with him. He was filled with compassion to uplift the oppresses. One of the greatest contributions of Rev.Father is the commencement of women education.
The care of the sick and the destitute , social welfare services and such other activities were also undertaken according to the needs of the church and the people of the locality
His mission is continued by the Sacred Heart sisters through various charitable institutions in different parts of India .
The tiny mustard seed planned by Rev. Fr.Mathew Kadalikattil hundred years ago has now grown and become a large tree spreading its branches far and wide in four continents.
The congregation has celebrated the centenary of its foundation in 2011. There are
3600 Sisters in 445 houses in India and 47 houses abroad. The Congregation has eleven provinces and one region.
Our apostolate covers Education , pastoral work, evangelization care of the destitute , health care, Social service, Schools for the mentally and physically challenged home for the aged and disables press and publications etc. In all fields of work we try to uphold and display our special charisma of the overflowing compassionate love of the Sacred Heart of Jeasus.
At present we have educational institutions in Assam, Manipur,Meghalaya, Punjab, Mandhya Pradesh, Utterpreshesh,Jharkhand, Gujarath, Agra, Maharashtra, Chanda, Karnataka, Arunachalpradesh, Tamil Nadu , Uttarakhand & Kerala
Words cannot express the thanks that my family has for each and every Kinderex early childhood teacher. Since then my son has enrolled, he has grown and matured into an amazing, intelligent young man.
NirmalJyothi has moulded my kids very well. I heartfully thank all the teachers for their ever extending support and all the other staff too.
It was very important for us to choose a school that could provide the right balance of academics, sports and extra curricular activities. The infrastructure and facilities are great.