Julixei at 18:45, 29 December 2025

2025-12-29T18:45:27Z

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox organization
|name = Institute of the Maids of the Poor
|image = Anand Bhawan, Institute of the Maids of the Poor, Barabanki.jpg
|size = 235px
|abbreviation = A.C.I. or A.C.J.
|formation = 6 July 1951
|headquarters = Anand Bhawan
|location = [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[India]]
|coords = {{coord|23|56|06|N|81|11|06|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|type = Roman Catholic [[Secular institute|Secular Institute]]
|leader_title = [[Directress General]]
|leader_name = Ms. Lily Fernandes<ref>{{cite web|title=Governance @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132119/http://maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|main_organ = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]]
|key_people = Founder: [[Albert Conrad De Vito]]<br/> Founding members: Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster <br/> Constitution formulator: [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi|Pellegrino Ronchi]]
|website = [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Institute of the Maids of the Poor]
|num_staff =
|footnotes = Anand Bhawan School front view
}}

[[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png|200px|thumb|Anand Bhawan School front view.]]

The '''Institute of the Maids of the Poor''' or '''Society of the Maids of the Poor'''<ref name=GTCS>{{cite book|last=Almeida|first=Joyce|title=Growing Towards Consecrated Secularity|year=1982|publisher=Federation of Secular Institutes & Lay Societies ofIndia & Sri Lanka|page=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY4cAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> ('''MOP'''<ref>{{cite web|title=What does MOP stand for?|url=http://www.acronymattic.com/MOP.html|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>), is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Institutes of consecrated life|institute of consecrated life]] for women. It was founded by [[Albert Conrad De Vito]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|OFMCap]], on 6 July 1951 in [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="CDI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ | title=The Catholic Directory of India | publisher=St. Paul Publications | year=2005 | accessdate=2013-07-09 | author=Catholic Church Bishops' Conference of India}}</ref>

==Formation==
The institute is the first Roman Catholic [[Secular institute|Secular Institute]] in India. It was formed as 'Nursing and Teaching Society' by Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster on 6 July 1951 in a building in Barabanki. By 1960 the first constitutions were formulated with the help of [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi|Pellegrino Ronchi]] and were sent to [[Rome]] for approval. On 6 July 1962 the institute was [[Canonical erection|canonically erected]] as a [[Congregation of diocesan right|Secular Institute of Diocesan Right]], [[Lucknow]] as the principal seat. The Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Background @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926131513/http://maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png|thumb|left|200px|Anand Bhawan School, [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], HQ of the Institute of the Maids of the Poor]]

===India===
The institute is located at Anand Bhawan, Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs Anand Bhawan School in Barabanki and De Vito Shishu Vidyalaya at [[Bhowali]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhowali – Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815090257/http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Institute helps in the school boarding and pastoral activities at Poliganj an agricultural settlement in [[Majhola]] [[nagar panchayat]] of [[Pilibhit district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Poliganj-Majhola – Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815101502/http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Maids opened their convent in Nausar, [[Udham Singh Nagar district]] in 1980 to help the priest in educational and pastoral ministry weher they run a school named Nirmala Convent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nausar – Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815101518/http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Maids also run hostel facility for girls at St. Joseph's P.U. College in [[Bajpe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Joseph's P.U. College Bajpe – Admissions|url=http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114613/http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Abroad===
Apart from India it is spread in [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]] and [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vocation @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132923/http://maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Ethiopia, the Maids of the Poor arrived in the year 1975 and are involved in pastoral, medical and social activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Secular Institute of The Maids of the Poor|url=http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710024305/http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute|archive-date=10 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Clear}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925011607/http://www.impethiopia.org/ Official website – Ethiopia chapter]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maids of the Poor}}
[[Category:1951 establishments in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1951]]
[[Category:Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Secular institutes|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Catholic female orders and societies|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Catholic teaching orders|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Capuchins]]

Institute of the Maids of the Poor - Revision history

Julixei at 18:45, 29 December 2025