Who We are
The Congregation of the Mission is a society of apostolic life, composed of priests and lay brothers, founded by Saint Vincent de Paul in Paris on April 17, 1625 and approved by Pope Urban VII on January 12, 1633.
The purpose of our mission is to follow Christ evangelizing the poor.
Vavarath is a remote, underdeveloped, and inaccessible village in Rahuri Taluka of Ahmednagar District in Maharashtra inhabited only by Tribals and nomads. It is cut off from the rest of the world by the backwaters of Jnaneswarsagar dam in Mula river on two sides and long distance Khare Kharjune Firing Range of the Indian Military on third side and there is only one road access from the fourth side. Even today the village is lacking the basic infrastructure like proper road access, shops, medical facility, conveyance or communication. The nearest market place, bus stop, taxi point etc. are still 20 kilometers away.
The Vincentian Fathers ventured in to the village in 1999 on humanitarian grounds. Today our intervention in the village includes a local Marathi medium High School from 5th to 10th grades with 186 students, Boys’ Boarding with 86 inmates, Girls’ Boarding with 38 inmates, Self Help Groups, and a rural clinic that provides medical assistance in emergency round the clock, staff quarters, Convent for the Sisters, diary, Poultry farm, fish culture, cultivation in the land available, fodder fields, fruit trees and flower garden.
Our Commitment
Integrated development of the rural areas is fundamental to the development of the nation. Realizing the central place of rural development in the nation – building activities. The Morning Star Charitable Turst at Vavarath is dedicated to reach out to the unreached tribal and nomadic population of the isolated areas of Vavarath, Jambhali and Jambulban. The center is actively involved on humanitarian grounds in the area since 1999, in close collaboration with the Carmelite sisters of Ernakulam Vimila Province.
