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Society of JMJ completes 100 years

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, JAN. 27. When you pass by St. Philomena's Hospital on what is today Mother Teresa Road, its long ago connection with the principality of Luxembourg in Europe may not be obvious.

The Society of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph (India) (JMJ), which established the hospital, is celebrating 100 years of its presence here on Thursday at Sacred Heart Church on the same road. The Archbishop of Bangalore, Ignatius Paul Pinto, will attend the function.

The Society of JMJ was founded in 1822 by Mathias Wolff, born in Luxembourg and called to the ministry, as a young man to become a Jesuit priest.

While working in the Netherlands, Fr. Wolff felt the need to involve dedicated young women in missionary work and the Society of JMJ was born. The Sisters of this Society came to India in 1904 at the behest of the then Archbishop of Madras.

In the late Forties, Sr. Veronica Pitt came to Bangalore for what was planned to be a visit of a few weeks.

She remained in the city to continue her work and being a physician, established what grew into a large hospital.

Dr. Pitts started midwifery training for poor girls in 1951 and in 1965 it developed into an Auxiliary Nurses Midwifery Training Centre.

In 1983, General Nursing was introduced and in 2000, a college of nursing was added. St. Philomena's Hospital is now accredited for the PG training programme in nursing by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and is among the very few such institutions in the region.

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