BREADS,  Don Bosco, 75  North Road, Bangalore - 560 084
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BREADS is the development office of the Salesian Province of Bangalore. BREADS assists the projects in the states of Karnataka and Kerala for a better, systematic and scientific approach to development. We promote integral development through proper systems of promotion, monitoring and evaluation of the Socio-economic, cultural, technical and Development Projects in the region.
           
Mission: BREADS is a voluntary organization aiming at the transformation of the poor and the needy, as resources and agents of change through educative presence and accompaniment.
 
Vision: We envisage a community of justice peace and joy.
 

Don Bosco - Lourdunagara

 

History

In the year 1969, the Salesian community of Kristu Jyothi College took up a few developmental activities as a help to the parish of St. Antony’s at  Thambuch-ettipalaya. In the beginning there were only a few Christian families in the villages of Basavanapura and Seegehally. The first church in this centre was built in the year 1969. It had to be rebuilt and took a larger shape in the year 1973. The Community Hall was built and inaugurated on 26th August 1979. Ten years later, on the 10th July 1988, this was created a new parish and permanently handed over to the Salesians of Don Bosco. The parish has about 200 families. In 1998, a new parish church and a small grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes were built and it was inaugurated in the year 1999.
 

Activities


1. Pastoral services.

The parish reaches out to the people of three villages through pastoral and social services. The daily Eucharist, Sunday catechism, family visits, the animation of people through various pious associations etc form part of the pastoral care through the parish.

2. Cliff (Centre for lay involvement and faith formation)


It is a training centre for lay people in faith and biblical formation. Regular courses, weekend programmes etc are organized for the lay people so that they could become more involved and take up leadership in the church in Karnataka.


Address

Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Lordu Nagara
Virgonagar P.O.
Bangalore – 560 049
Tel         : 080-25610478
Email: lourdu@vsnl.net

Website: www.lourdunagara.catholicweb.com

We reach out through development action in the two states of Karnataka and Kerala in South India.

 

 

 
BREADS
Don Bosco, # 75, North Road,
Bangalore - 560 084,
Karnataka State,
India,
E-mail : info@breadsbangalore.org