The History of the House.................Don Bosco – Beatitudes was founded by Fr. Orpheus Mantovani, an Italian Salesian missionary on 8th December in 1964 on a dump-yard of cinders. Moved by the condition of lepers and the refugees from Burma who came back to the country Rev. Fr. Mantovani, inspired by the Archbishop Louis Mathias of Madras –Mylapore surveyed Vyasarpadi area and established a new parish. This simple seed sown by him has grown into a mighty tree that provides shelter to thousands and thousands of poorest of the poor. The Beatitudes Social welfare centre, as it is called now, has a number of welfare programmes extended towards the orphan and semi-orphan children, juvenile children, poor and unemployed youth, women from poor economic background, poor slum dwellers, poor and abandoned elderly and the handicapped lepers. The centre aims to improve the lives of the poor. Several Programmes help educate, train and empower the poor of all age groups, ‘from cradle to the grave’. This centre is sustained solely by Divine Providence, which is seen through the contribution of generous people from different parts of the world.
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