The Institute of the Maids of the Poor or Society of the Maids of the Poor (MOP), is a

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for women. It was founded by

Albert Conrad De Vito Albert Conrad De Vito, O.F.M. Cap., an Italian Capuchin, was a prominent Roman Catholic (Latin Rite) clergyman in India who was installed as the first Bishop of Lucknow in December 1946. Birth He was born in Provvidenti in 1904 to Raffaele a ...

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, on 6 July 1951 in

Barabanki Barabanki is a city and a municipal board in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is administrative headquarters of Barabanki district. The city is about 30 km east of Lucknow, the state capital. It has a population of 146,831 with a dens ...

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Formation

The Institute is the first Roman Catholic

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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 Ronchi and were sent to

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for approval. On 6 July 1962 the Institute was canonically erected as a Secular Institute of Diocesan Right,

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and divis ...

as the principal seat. The Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007.

Activities

India

The Institute is located at

Anand Bhawan The Anand Bhavan is a historic house museum in Prayagraj, India, focusing on the Nehru family. It was bought by Indian political leader Motilal Nehru in the 1930s to serve as the residence of the Nehru family when the original mansion Swaraj B ...

, Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs

Anand Bhawan School Anand Bhawan is a minority catholic educational institution in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. Founded in 1949 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow, it is run by the Institute of the Maids of the Poor, a religious charitable society. Th ...

in Barabanki and De Vito Shishu Vidyalaya at

Bhowali Bhowali ( Kumaoni: ''Bhoāli'') is a town and a municipal board in Nainital District in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is situated at a distance of from the city of Nainital, the district headquarters; at an average elevation of from sea l ...

. The Institute helps in the school boarding and pastoral activities at Poliganj an agricultural settlement in

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. The Maids opened their convent in Nausar,

Udham Singh Nagar district Udham Singh Nagar District (officially District of Udham Singh Nagar )is a district of Uttarakhand state in northern India. Rudrapur is the district headquarters. This district consists of nine Tehsils named Bajpur, Gadarpur, Rudrapur, Jasp ...

in 1980 to help the priest in educational and pastoral ministry weher they run a school named Nirmala Convent. The Maids also run hostel facility for girls at St. Joseph's P.U. College in

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Abroad

Apart from India it is spread in

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and

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. In Ethiopia, the Maids of the Poor arrived in the year 1975 and are involved in pastoral, medical and social activities.

References

External links

Official website

Official website - Ethiopia chapter
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