Activities and Organizations
Catholic Social Welfare
- Centers:
1
- Homes for the disabled:
2
- Homes for the elderly:
4
- Hospitals, clinics, dispensaries:
19
- Hostels for youth:
13
- Orphanages:
15
- Socio-economic centers:
562
Major Diocesan Commissions and Organizations
- Address for all of them:
Bishop's House, Post Box 17, Nagercoil - 629001,Tamil Nadu, India
- Basic Christian Communities
- Children
- Ecumenism
- Education
- Evangelization
- Family
- Health
- Labour
- Laity
- Religious
- SC/ST
- Social Communication
- Social Justice and development
- Vocation
- Women
- Word and Worship (Bible, Liturgy, Catechetics)
- Youth/YCS/YSM
Other Church Organizations and Associations
- Carmel III Order
- Catholic Action Society
- Catholic Association
- Christian Life Community
- Christian Renewal Movement of India
- Franciscan III Order
- Kolping Society
- Legion of Mary
- Movement for Better World
- Sacred Heart League
- St. Vincent De Paul Society
- Young Christian Workers Movement
Social Communications
- Diocese produces Kottar news letter and a magazine called Then Oli
- Father S. Joseph Jeyaseelan is in charge of the Social Communications Office in Kulithurai:
Address: Then Aruvi Communications, Theedal, Bridge Ward, Kuzhithurai - 629 163, K.K. District, Tamil Nadu, India
Website: www.kottardiocese.org
- Father T. John Rufus is in charge of the Social Communications Office in Kottar:
Address: Nanjil Natham Communication Centre, Bishop's House, P.B. No. 17, Nagercoil 629 001, K.K. District, Tamil Nadu, India
Catholic Educational Institutions
- Colleges:
2
- Colleges -Students:
1,525
- Community Colleges:
3
- Community Colleges -Students:
405
- Engineering Colleges:
1
- Engineering Colleges -Students:
1,426
- Polytechnic Colleges:
1
- Polytechnic Colleges -Students:
1,065
- Post-secondary Schools:
29
- Post-secondary Schools -Students:
24,521
- Primary School:
77
- Primary School -Students:
33,681
- Secondary School:
30
- Secondary School -Students:
16,484
- Technical Training Centers:
4
- Technical Training Centers -Students:
439
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