Fatima Mata Sadan

The Sisters of Our Lady of Fatima, a missionary congregation was founded by Msgr. Francis Xavier Kroot MHM, in 1893, in Bellary, Karnataka. Later in 1951 the Generalate and the Novitiate was shifted to Pune. Today the Congregation has 80 Communities spread out in forty Dioceses of India and Germany. The Community of Fatima Mata Sadan at the Sacred Heart Parish, Andheri East, was established in 1998.

The congregation is extensively involved in Humanitarian causes such as :- Educational, Socio-Medical, Pastoral, Homes for the aged, Orphanages, Home for street children, Boarding homes, Grihini Schools, and Women empowerment etc.

Mumbai Province of Fatima Sisters has 31 communities. In the Sacred Heart Parish, the Fatima Sisters play an active role in Sunday School, SCC, Liturgy planning, Youth Ministry, PPC, and Hope and Life Movement. They also devote their time and talents in visiting the families, Hospitals, caring for the old, sick and needy, preparing for the Adult Baptism and Faith Formation. The sisters assist the Church for Altar decoration, distribution of Holy Communion and conducting Choir on week days with the help of Pre-novices. Fatima Sisters also run a Home ‘Fatima Ashray’ for the street and destitute Girls.