HISTORY OF ANNE’S CONGREGATION

‘’ Live a life of Love and breathe a breath of service”

The congregation of the Sisters of St. Anne, Bangalore, takes pride in tracing its origin to a venerable and Veteran Missionary, late Rt. Rev. Msgr. Stephen Louis Charbonnaux of the Paris Foreign Missions. He was as the first Vicar apostolic ( 1850-1873 ) of the then Mysore Mission, with his residence in Bangalore. Being convinced of the paramount importance of catholic education not only for boys but also for girls, This Zealous prelate invited in 1854, the Good Shepherd Sisters of Angers from France to come and take charge of Christian schools and orphanages in Bangalore. But these foreign sisters found it too much to cater to the needs of the local Kannada and Tamil speaking children. So Msgr. Charbonnaux thought of a congregation of Indian Sisters and opened a  religious community for Indians of all castes, Placing it like a loyal Breton, under the patronage of St. ANNE. He had the satisfaction of perpetuating The devotion to St. ANNE which he had imbibed in his own native land. Thus the congregation of the Sisters of St. ANNE, Bangalore, took its birth in 1857 in the premises of the Good Shepherd Convent,Bangalore.

The Good Shepherd Sisters accepted to train the Indian novices. Later worked in their Institutions and Drew a salary of Rs. 1/- and 8 Annas per month. Right from its inception till the year 1957 our Congregation was more known as “Indian” rather than “St. Anne’s”. it was directed by the Good shepherd Sisters of Angers, France. We owe them a debt of gratitude for all the services they rendered to our congregation for a full century.

Later, in the year 1959, these Indian sisters (Sisters of St. ANNE of Bangalore SAB ) shifted to their own campus at Miller Road, where our dear Institution stands. The founder was imbued with special reverence to St. Anne, the Grandmother of Jesus. She the educator of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who taught her life was made their patroness. Under her tutelage these sisters in fidelity continue imparting knowledge to all.

Our Pioneers