China-India | Sœurs Auxiliatrices

A committed group with a rich past

The China-India group is the most recent Entity in the Society of the Helpers of the Souls in Purgatory , it was created in 2011. However, it has a rich history, as the presence of Sisters in Asia dates back to the 19th century. The first Helpers set out for China in 1867

Until 1949, China was one of the most significant centres of the congregation.
The arrival of Helpers sisters in India, on the other hand, is more recent. A community belonging to the Central European entity was established in Bārāsat ( West Bengal)in 1995, followed by two other communities , in Kolkata (former Calcutta) and Bolpur Shantiniketan. In 2011, these three communities were merged with the communities of Taiwan and Hong Kong to create the China-India group.

Sisters

Communities established in India, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, and a project management residence in India

“To help in all manner of good”

Our missions

The Helpers of the China-India group engage in a wide variety of activities depending on the countries and locations where they are based.

In India

1. In Kolkata the two communities are composed of sisters who are studying, and of sisters involved in different services and apostolates in the town( for instance, Special Needs Education, Psychology Counselling, etc.) 2. In Barasat the community welcomes young girls who wish to discern their vocation. The sisters are also attentive to various form of poverty in their neighbouring area – accompagning people in different ways- and coordinate a Center for Alternative Medicine and a Tuition Center in a rural area of West Bengal, 250km away from Barasat. 3. In Bolpur-Santiniketan, sisters are engaged in different services for the local tribal population, offering Tailoring Training in the villages, serving as nurses in hospitals, visiting families, and providing a service of study support for Secondary Education( Study House) to tribal or differently able girls, coming from underprivileged backgrounds.

In Taiwan

The Sisters support or keep relationships with Religious Congregations based in Mainland China in various ways, including spiritual accompaniment. The Helpers also cooperate in different pastoral services at a local parish in Taipei and in two CLC groups; they visit the elderly in Old Age homes or in their own homes; they also visit the homeless people at the Taipei Railway Station

In Hong-Kong

The main activity of the only sister based in Hong Kong is to support and animate the Lay Association linked to our Congregation ( “Friends of Hope ” ) through various meetings , visits and two Eucharistic Celebration a year . She also accompagny immigrant workers coming from Mainland China, in collaboration withe the local parish.