Sisters of the Destitute (S. D.) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic women's

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, Payyappilly Palakkappilly Nasrani family

History

The Congregation of the Sisters of the Destitute was founded by

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Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly Payyappilly Varghese Kathanar was a Syro-Malabar priest from the Indian state of Kerala and the founder of the congregation of Sisters of the Destitute. He was declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 14 April 2018. Family Kathanar was born as Ku ...

in Chunangamvely,

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

on 19 March 1927. It includes over 1,500 nuns and is composed of physicians, nurses, lawyers, teachers and social workers. Now it is working in Asia, Europe, Africa and the USA. One of the branch in

Kayakkunn Kayakkunnu is a village near Nadavayal, Mananthavady in the Wayanad District of Kerala, India. The village is part of the Panamaram Panchayath, and the assembly constituency is Mananthavady (North Wayanad). It is an agricultural area and its ma ...

near Panamaram, Wayanad District. Sisters of the Destitute runs many institutions like : * Homes for the sick and the needy * Rehabilitation centres for mentally and physically handicapped children * Health centres for AIDS and cancer patients * Dispensary for the poor * Libraries * Nursing homes * Schools * Hospitals

References

External links

Servant of God

Servant of God

Short Biography of Mar Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly in Malayalam

Official home page of S.D.
* Catholic female orders and societies 1927 establishments in India Syro-Malabar Catholic Church {{EasternCatholic-stub