Archdiocese of Hyderabad

Don Bosco Shrine Church(1995) - Bandlaguda Parish

don bosco shrine bandlaguda
inside view of don bosco shrine bandlaguda

Don Bosco Shrine Church(1995) - Bandlaguda Parish

Patron

St. Don Bosco

Feast Day

31st January

Parish Celebration on

Last Sunday of January

Pastoral Care

Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB)

Catholics

1600

Sub-station

Kanapur

Address

Don Bosco Shrine
Don Bosco Nagar P.O. Himayatsagar Road, Bandlaguda Jagir Hyderabad - 500 086, T.S.

Former Priests In-Charge / Parish Priests

SDB Priests: Fr. Mattathilani Abraham (1995 - 1997), Fr. Pentareddy Jayapaul Reddy (1997 - 2000), Fr. Thattil Chacko (2000 - 2003), Fr. Sebastian (2003 - 2009), Fr. Rayappa ( 2009 - 2012), Fr. Nagothu Papaiah (2012 - 2016), Fr. Bokkala Rayappa (2016 - till date).

Brief History Of Bandlaguda Parish

In 1980, Fr. Yeddanapalli M. Joseph bought 17 acres of land at Bandlaguda, intending to start a residential School for poor children. But in 1986, this land was divided into 91 plots by the Archdiocese and sold at subsidized cost to Catholics of the twin cities. Being far away from the city, most of the plot owners just retained their plots and did not build their houses. But with the arrival of the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1992 at Kismatpur the plot owners began to construct their houses and occupy them. Archbishop Samineni Arulappa in his letter dated 10th May, 1995 asked the Salesians to take care of the spiritual needs of the people when more and more Catholics moved in. Bandlaguda was officially erected as a Parish on 24th May, 1995.

The foundation stone for Don Bosco Parish Church, Bandlaguda Jagir was blessed by Archbishop Marampudi Joji on 31st January, 2001 in the presence of Fr. Medabalimi Balaswamy SDB, the Provincial of St. Joseph Province, Hyderabad. Don Bosco Shrine was consecrated by Archbishop Marampudi Joji and was inaugurated by Fr. Balaswamy Medabalimi SDB, Provincial of St. Joseph’s Province, Hyderabad on 24th February, 2003. Fr. Mattathilani Abraham SDB was the first Parish Priest. In the recent past, the Parish has seen a surge in Catholic families, due to the location close to the Outer Ring Road and Hitech City. Fr. B. Rayappa SDB, the present Parish Priest constructed new Grotto and 14 Stations of the Cross in the Parish Church Campus. New Grotto and 14 Stations of the Cross was inaugurated on 26th January, 2019 by Fr. Thatireddy Vijaya Bhaskar SDB, Provincial Superior.

Sub-Station In The Parish

Kanapur : It is about 12 kms away from Bandlaguda Parish Head-Quarters. There are 12 Catholic families. Holy Mass is celebrated for them on every Sunday either at 11.00 a.m. or at 04:30 p.m. in one of the families as there is no Land for the sub- station to build the Church. Most of them are daily labourers.

Men & Women Religious Congregations

Salesians Of Don Bosco (Sdb), Don Bosco Provincial House : Apart from the pastoral care of the above-mentioned Parish, SDB Fathers have their Provincial House at Bandlaguda established in 1994. They have spiritual and pastoral animation of the Salesians there. They also have Provincial Administration, Province Development Office (BSK), DB Publications, Don Bosco School, CBSE, DB Tech State Office and Human Resource Development Center over there.

Don Bosco Institutions: Salesian Fathers also have Don Bosco High School (CBSE) at Bandlaguda established in 2010. They have Don Bosco Birdy at Bandlaguda, established in 1996. It’s a Province Youth Animation Centre. Many activities like youth groups, Salesian cooperators, other groups and movements, Don Bosco Communications, Pravahini, Publications, Bosco Information Services, vocation guidance and youth counselling take place there. They have Bosco Seva Kendra at Bandlaguda established in 1992. It’s a Province Development Office. They have Don Bosco DB Digits, established in 2009 and it is changed to Don Bosco Publishing House in 2019. Publications, website and other Media programmes take place there. They also have DHISHA at Bandlaguda, established in 2004. It’s a Don Bosco Centre for Career Guidance, Job Placement & Self-Employment.

Society Of The Holy Spirit (SHS): They have Retreat Centre at Moinabad established in 2010, in which spiritual activities take place. Catholics, Christians and non-Christians all over the state of Telangana and out of the state too come for making Retreats and for Sunday worship mainly for the Word of God. There are two Retreats in a month in Telugu and in English. The Retreat Centre is run by SHS Priests. Besides this, they also have a Rakshana Deepam (Care & Support Centre for HIV/AIDS), which is under the Divine Life Society having the motto of “see and serve God in human face”. It was established in 2005 by Fr. Christuraj James, SHS. It’s intention is to take care of and support the HIV-AIDS infected and affected people mainly the children, to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV-AIDS through medical, nutritional and psycho- spiritual support, thus increasing their life span.

Congregation Of Sisters of St. Ann, Phirangi- Puram (CSSA) : Sisters established their community on 9th July, 2011. Mission of the Congregation is Education and Evangelization. Ministries in the Parish are Evangelization, Education and Pastoral work.

Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomea Capitanio And Vincenza Gerosa (SCCG) : Sisters established their community of St. Vincenza Nilayam on 29th October, 2001 and it was established with the following mission: Elderly Sisters’ House, Dispensary and pastoral work in the Parish. On 13th January, 2004 the Provincial House was shifted from Capitanio Convent with the following Mission: Provincial House, Retreat House, Elderly Sisters’ Infirmary and Dispensary. They also have formation House for Novices St. Bartholomea Nilayam (Novitiate) established on 26th July, 1999. Main Charism of Sisters of Charity (SCCG) is to show the merciful love of Jesus the Redeemer through the works of mercy. They do it through educational institutions, medical services, social work, pastoral work, Boarding Homes, Hostels, HIV/AID’s Centre, Palliative care, Home for the Aged, etc. The new Provincial House is built in Secunderabad in St. Francis High School Campus and this new Provincial House was blessed and inaugurated by Archbishop Thumma Bala on 01st November, 2019.