Born on 31st January 1673, Louis Mary Grignion, popularly known as Montfort,
grew to be a prophet of his times. He saw God in the poor and gave his life for
their cause. In him welled up a constant spring of love, courage,
self-surrendering service and commitment for the cause of the poor and the
downtrodden. The source of this unending spring was God always. He died on 28th
April 1716, but his spirit lives on today in the Congregation of Montfort
Brothers of St.Gabriel, Priests of the Company of Mary, Daughters of Wisdom and
the numerous Montfortian Associates.
Though the Montfortian society was founded
in the 18th century, it is only in 1903 that the Brothers came to India. Today
they work in over 200 educational, social and cultural establishments throughout
the country.
The activities of the Brothers of St. Gabriel in India are as multifarious as
the needs of the country. They can be found in schools, technical institutes and
colleges of higher learning, in the special education and rehabilitation of the
blind and deaf, in the care of the aged, disabled and orphaned, in youth
organizations, in the urban slums and remote tribal villages, and in movements
for civil rights and communal amity.
Your being a member of this Institution makes you a part of this Montfortian
family, to be part of the growth process in which we all travel together,
inspired by St. Montfort --- Our Founder
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