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Infant Jesus Convent, Aranattukara
The Holy Family sisters' convent, begun in 1947 in a rented house at Padinjare Angadi so that the girls of Aranattukara could go to high school.
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The Infant Jesus Convent belongs to the Congregation of the Holy Family. It was set up with one clear purpose: to give the girls of Aranattukara a high school of their own.
A rented house at Padinjare Angadi
When Tharakan’s School was raised to a high school in 1947–48, its girl pupils were handed over to the Holy Family sisters. The convent began on 26 May 1947 in a rented house belonging to Chiriyankandath Antony Michael at Padinjare Angadi, and a sister arrived to teach the girls’ eighth class.
A home of its own
The sisters later bought a coconut grove on the western side of Padinjare Angadi from Kuruthukulangara Koola Mathew, father of the well-known Varu Master. The book records that a parishioner, Chungath Rappai Joseph, gave generous help both with buying the land and with building a chapel for the convent.
In 1950 the classes became a separate school, the Infant Jesus Girls’ High School, which still stands beside the convent. In 1983 the same congregation opened a second house nearby, Pavanatma Convent.
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