We the 216 members of the Society of
the Bridgettines are involved in charitable activities for over Seven
decades.
We have 17
Convents in India, involved in social activities
especially in the uplift of women. We
educate and train women to be self-sufficient. These women mostly poor,
who have no opportunity to come up in life.
In pursuance of charitable objects of
our society, we are running hostels for students and providing boarding
and lodging facilities to them at concessional rates. The facilities
offered to students belong to all communities and castes. No preference
or priority is given to students of any particular community or caste.
The income from the hostel is ploughed back for the charitable objects
of the society.
We extend financial help for the
construction of the houses in the villages, co-ordinate self help
programmes for the women. We help the farmers in the villages by
distributing seedlings and manure for their cultivation. Organizing awareness programme for the
villagers on health care, Cancer AIDS etc. We conduct job oriented courses for the
young girls of the village to help them to find a suitable job.
Above all , the main aim of our Society
is the prayer, we dedicate our lives for prayer, praying for peace in
our land as well as for the whole world. We pray for all people without
any discrimination, we pray for the whole humanity. We pray for the
leaders of our county and of all world.