Six hours drive from Kotagiri to Vannampatti close to Dindigul. I reached around 8 pm to this friary. The friars were waiting anxiously for me. The driver made some four mistakes by taking wrong routes. Finally we reached safe and sound.
Our friary has about three wells but no water....all coconut trees are dying.....a local woman who works on the farm and looks after the cartels.
The village has about 800 families out of which 340 are catholic families. There are four to five churches belonging to different caste groups....its a tough job for the parish priest....there are also two big substations where the presence of the catholics is sizeable. Most of our catholics are poor and the drought has added more trouble to their condition
One of the oldest churches in the villages
The Parish runs a Tamil medium school. Below you see the Principal. They have 300 students. Our friar is a correspondent....
Our three friars in center is Br. Luis, guardian and parish priest, deacon and Peter Raj
This place is surrounded by some small and big hills
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