Our Lady of Consolation Church – vyasarpadi
Address:
Our Lady of Consolation ChurchVyasarpadi
No.50, Sundaram Main Road,
Chennai – 600 039.
Brief History:
This Parish was bifurcated from Perambur on 2nd
February 1965 by Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore Dr Louis Mathias, SDB. Initially
it was a sub-station of Perambur and the Priests officiating here, said masses
in Vysarpadi. This area was mainly inhabited by poor people living in huts.
Further, the Government utilised this area to rehabilitate the people, evicted
from slums, and those dwelling on platforms. His Grace entrusted the work of
locating the land for the Church and establishing a Parish to Fr O Mantovani,
SDB. After surveying the locality the Rev. Father purchased the present site
measuring 6 acres. His grace appointed Fr O Mantovani as the first Parish
Priest and granted him permission to start a private Parish School to give
Christian education to the children. On 25th June 1965, the good Salesian
missionary Father, erected temporary sheds for housing for the lepers and
abandoned sick people, who began to arrive at this parish. These sheds were
blessed by Rev Fr John Gibas from U.S.A. on the feast of the Sacred Heart of
Jesus. A Dispensary and small Hospital was also in this Church. After the
sudden death of Fr Mantovani on 19th May 1967, Rev Fr F M Schlooz SDB, also a
lover of the poor, took charge as the Parish Priest. He started the
‘Beatitudes’ and the ‘Social Welfare Centre’ and worked for 13 years among the
lepers and the poor and ensured that the services will continue by his successors.
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