Helpers of the Souls in Purgatory

Group China-India
Under the name “China-India” oursisters living in Hong Kong, Taiwan(Taipeh) and India (Barasat, Kolkata,Bolpur) are grouped together.
Who we are:
an international, apostolic congregation, formed in the spirituality of St Ignatius ofLoyola.
The Charism received by our Foundress, Blessed Mary of Providence, tells us that lovehas no boundaries and inspires us to discover in faith the bonds that unite the livingand the death and the riches of the communion of Saints.
In a service of hope, we want to offer all that we have and all that we are for those who
are on a way of purification – passing through situations of crises, of growth - here onearth and beyond.

“We believe that there are noboundaries to love and that weare in solidarity with all those
who follow Jesus Christ in his
Pascal Mystery, whether they
are on earth or have alreadypassed through death.
We support them through ourprayer, action and communionwith them in their trials, knowingthat God’s transforming love is a
gratuitous gift”(Constitutions. 18)

What we do: By our presence and by working in various fields (education, health services, social work,pastoral work, spiritual accompaniment…) we strive to respond to the needs of those who suffer or whose
human dignity is injured. Our attention goes especially to those who are most forgotten and marginalized.
We normally have no own institutions, but work together with other congregations, dioceses and NGOs
whose aims and values are corresponding with ours.

villages (SrsSocialwork inanti)
Marsa and Nim

Nursing (Sr Sasmi)

Our Foundress Mary of Providence encouraged her sisters to help ‘‘in all manner ofgood’’ and “she risked sending them to China” for a new mission….Yes, Helper life is arisk, because we do not have any institutions such as schools, hospitals etc. We collaborate in our service with other Congregations and N.G.Os; we do not have any particulardress, but we adjust our life style according to the places and circumstances. We, theHelpers who totally depend and trust in God, are like “the birds of the air and the lilies
in the field”, like Mary of Providence, we are guided step by step to have “no other security than the generosity of God”… (testimony of an Indian Helper)

Working with youth (Sr Gouri)

animent
Accompa)(Sr TeresHelpers in India
Since 1995, the Helpers are present in West Bengal. 17 sisters are living and working inthe 3 communities in Barasat (1995), Kolkata (2005) and Bolpur (2010) .

In our “Studyhouses” in Barasat and Bolpur
girls from mostly rural areas are living together
with our sisters in order to complete their Higher
Secondary studies.
Besides being helped in their studies, they arealso accompanied and supported in their personal and spiritual growth. By sharing the householdchores -cooking, cleaning, going to market…- theyacquire useful skills.

Taiwan-Hong Kong community
The Helpers are present in Hong Kong and Taiwan since the 1960s.
Today, three sisters live in Taiwan andone sister lives in Hong Kong.
They are involved in pastoral services
and in Jesuit networks, in the ministryof the sick and elderly, and in the fieldof the spiritual and religious formation– according to the Ignatian tradition –in Taiwan and in some other Asiancountries.

In Hong Kong, Sr Agathe accompanies faithfully the “Friends ofHope”, the group of Lay Associates committed to the Charismaof Mary of Providence.

Living together
as sisters,

praying, sharing,eating, discussing,celebrating, working…
in community,

we support one another in our fidelity
to our vocation and our vows.