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Today in Pakistan there are many Presentation schools catering for the educational needs of around thirteen thousand children in Urdu- and English-medium schools. There are Presentation Convent schools in Rawalpindi, Murree, Jhelum, Sargodha, [[Khushab, Wah, Risalpur, Mingora (Swat), Hassanabdal, and in Tando Allah Yar, Khipro and Tando Adam in ...
The Convent of Jesus and Mary, Lahore, commonly referred to as Convent, is a private Catholic primary and secondary school for girls situated in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.It was founded on 17 November 1876 by Religious of Jesus and Mary, a congregation founded by Saint Claudine Thevenet, that received official recognition in 1881.
The Catholic Board of Education is the arm of the Roman Catholic Church in Pakistan responsible for education. [1] Each diocese has its own board. Collectively the Catholic Church runs 534 schools, 8 colleges, and 7 technical institutes in its 2 archdioceses, 4 dioceses, and one Apostolic Prefecture.
In 1998, the Archdiocese of Karachi owned 17 English- and 46 Urdu-medium schools for some 40,000 students with about 1,700 teachers. [ 2 ] The Archdiocese has also produced a religious order for women known as the Franciscan Missionaries of Christ the King (FMCK) that founded schools, orphanages, homes for the aged and disabled and hospitals ...
Norma Fernandes – The Government of Pakistan honoured Mrs. Fernandes on 23 March 2014 with the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz for her services to education. [39] Pakistan Bible Society – In 2013 Pakistan Post issued a commemorative postage stamp on the 150th anniversary of the Pakistan Bible Society. [40]
The Apostolic Nunciature to Pakistan was also located in the parish in its Chancellery at old Clifton after the Vatican established diplomatic relations with Pakistan on July 17, 1950. The only person from this parish to be conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders was Fr. Theophilus D’Souza on January 9, 1972. However, St. Anthony's has given ...
The largest Catholic archdiocese in Pakistan is divided into 26 parishes. [13] The archdiocese is also home to the St. Francis Xavier Seminary. [14] The country’s 1st National Eucharistic Congress was organised by the local Catholic Church 9–11 September 2005 at the Marian Shrine of Mariamabad, Lahore diocese.
Holy Rosary parish is a church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Faisalabad, in Warispura, Pakistan. [2] In May 1967, Bishop Benedict Cialeo OP of Lyallpur Diocese established the first parish in Warispura and appointed Fr. Louis Pinto as Parish Priest. In 2010 it was administered by the Dominican fathers with Fr. Iftkhar Moon OP as the Parish ...