Avila Convent, Lumding

Lumding Community

Date and year of Establishment: January 10, 1979

Lumding is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, an important railway junction in the North East Frontier Railways. All trains going to North Assam, Cachar district of Assam and Tripura pass through this junction. Read More »

Pioneers

Sr Eva, Sr Oswine, Sr AP Tresa, Sr Teresa Monica

Mission

Education, Social Work, Formation

Present Community

Sr Sumitha, Superior and Community members

Lumding Community

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Date and year of Establishment: January 10, 1979

Lumding is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, an important railway junction in the North East Frontier Railways. All trains going to North Assam, Cachar district of Assam and Tripura pass through this junction. Sisters going to and from Manipur, Nagaland, Silchar, Mizoram and Tripura had to change train at Lumding. It is still so even now. This shows that Lumding has stragetic importance in the region.

Bethany was invited to Lumding by the Bishop of Tezpur, Most Rev Joseph Mittathany who later became Archbishop of Imphal. The frist group of Sisters reached the place on January 10, 1979. Initially, the ministry here was to teach in the existing Don Bosco School. In due time a hostel for girls was opened to accommodate girls from the rural areas. However, the hostel was discontinued years later. Instead, a Vocational Training Centre was started to teach tailoring, knitting and weaving for the drop out girls. About 20-30 girls get trained here every year. In the year 2019, the shared Pre-Novitiate of Northern Province, Eastern province and NorthEast Province was shifted from Kolkata to Lumding and is housed in the same campus as the convent. Former Superiors at Lumding are: Sr Eva, Sr Rose Margaret, Sr Noeline, Sr Hildegard, Sr Melita, Sr Elizabeth, Sr Conely, Sr Titus, Sr Suman, Sr Margaret Surin and Sr Shareena.

Lumding Community

AVILA CONVENT, LUMDING

Date and year of Establishment: January 10, 1979

Lumding is a small town in Nagaon district of Assam, an important railway junction in the North East Frontier Railways. All trains going to North Assam, Cachar district of Assam and Tripura pass through this junction. Read More »

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