By Matters India Reporter

Kolkata: An all girls’ school in Kolkata’s Christ the King parish this year marks 75 years of education and social engagement in the former capital of British India.

Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, an international Missionary Congregation, started Our Lady Queen of the Missions School at Park Circus under the Archdioceses of Calcutta in 1946 with five Sisters coming from Chittagong (now in Bangladesh).

Early on, in 1950 the Sisters opened Little Flower charitable dispensary to reach out to the poor and marginalized.

In 1952, one of the outstanding nuns of the order, Mother Marie Aime Hoffstetter who took charge of the dispensary received the National Award from President S. Radhakrishnan for social work and service to humanity at large.

In 1968 Superior of the convent Sister Attracta started the afternoon free school in Hindi medium to cater to the children from the slums.

In the thick of Bangladeshi refugee crisis in 1971, the nuns picked up 12 unwanted babies from refugee camp and set up an orphanage in Kalyanpur on the outskirts of Calcutta in Baruipur diocese in North 24 Parganas.

It was in 1972 that the school community became provincial headquarters of Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions catering to India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

The school’s second campus was opened in 2000 at Salt Lake to cater to class 11 and 12 fetching Sister Joicy Madassery the coveted Telegraph Education Foundation award for the best principal of the Year in 2003.

In 2006 school again received The Telegraph Award – certificate of merit for social service and excellent maintenance.

In 2021, the school was awarded the Innovative and Creative Literary Award by the National Level Education Excellence Conclave supported by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of AYUSH, FIT India, Digital India, National Skills Development Corporation and others.

On the occasion of 75th Anniversary, school has been recognized for moving ahead with the changing times of education, promoting Innovation and Invention literacy for introducing Experiential Learning through integrated STEAM Education.

STEAM is an educational approach to learning that uses Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics aligned to the National Education Policy of India 2020.

The story of the school began when parish priest of Christ the King parish in Calcutta Fr Kawea, invited the Sisters to work in his parish and christened the little entity as Queen of the Missions to match with the name of Christ the King Parish.

22 Comments

  1. Feel Extremely Proud To Be A Part Of this Esteemed Institution…Have Wonderful Memories Of Mi School To Think About….

  2. Proud of my school. I am Suryasree from class 4B.

  3. Very proud that my two daughters studied in this school and doing well in life now!

  4. Proud to have studied in this prestigious school.

  5. I am feeling happy and glad to admit my daughter in this school 🏫

  6. Proud of my school always

  7. Proud to be a student of this institution from infant to class X ICSE

  8. Proud to be student of this institution from nursery till class X ICSE.

  9. I am indeed proud to have got my groundings from this prestigious institution under the regime of Sister Mary Edmund

  10. Proud to be an ex student of this prestigious school.

  11. Proud of my Alma Mater

  12. A Hearty congratulations to The Congregation of Our Lady Queen of the Mission for 75 years of dedicated service to the children of Kolkata.
    Congratulations to you Sr Rani and the staff members for taking your school forward to great heights . Well done to the students too.You are fortunate to study in this prestigious school. Keep the flag of your SCHOOL flying high. God bless all of you. CONGRATULATIONS once again.

  13. Feeling privileged..
    my children study in this prestigious institute..!

  14. Proud to have studied in QMS during the time of Mother Amie

  15. proud to be a per-student of this prestigious school!!!

  16. Am lucky that we 4(four) Hope sisters were lucky to do our schooling from Class Nursery and complete our schooling. My elder sister and I also got opportunity to be part of Afternoon School Staff for slum children’s education.

  17. I m very proud of that I could admit my daughter here..
    Thank u..

  18. Even we proud parent that my daughter is studying Thank u for giving chance in this school Lucky US

  19. Proud to belong to this wonderful institition. Mother Amie worked magic in her dispensary, soft spoken and kind!

  20. My Daughter’s school

  21. Proud to be an ex student of this prestigious school

  22. Proud that I could admit my daughter here.
    Thank you

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