OUR PARISH
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good,• His love endures forever.
Ps 107:1
St. Louis Church started as a small chapel, a sub-centre of one of the oldest churches in the Archdiocese of Mumbai – Our Lady of lmmaculate Conception Church, Borivali West. The plot of land on which the majestic edifice stands today was donated Marceline Misquitta and the parishioners of St Louis Church stands forever indebted to their generous philanthropic gesture. A nursery level school was started in 1983. The centre was looked after by the Carmelite Fathers from 1984 to 1988. It was in 1994 this small prayer centre got a prayer hall and various associations were started in the center.
This continued to be a sub-centre of Immaculate Conception Church, Borivili until 2003 when the Holy Cross Fathers, who already had their house in the neighbourhood, took over responsibility for the pastoral care of the people. The Nursery level of St Louis School started in 1983 and the history of both St Louis School and St Louis Church is indelibly intertwined.
The project for building a Church and a , school was soon initiated. The primary school was started in the year 2004 and through the tireless efforts of Fr. Herve Morissette, Fr. Lawrence D’Almeida, Fr. Gordon Didier’Serre, Fr. David Adaikalam, Fr. Leo D’Souza, Fr. Johnny Thekemaly , Fr. Ronald Fernandes , Fr Lancy D’silva, Fr Martin Soosai , Fr Bijumon Thomas and their team of priests, teachers and Staff nurtured the original seed that was sown to grow into a mighty tree with a strength of almost 1,500 students.
Through various fund raising activities and donations, the parish team was able to raise funds for the project. On April 6, 2008 the first phase of the project was blessed by His Eminence Oswald Cardinal Gracias and which included, the consecration of a beautiful Church dedicated to our patron St. Louis.
St Louis Church is now a 1000 family strong and vibrant parish that is alive to the needs of the community as well as society through its many outreach programs
Having obtained full recognition in 2013, the first batch of SSC students passed out with flying colors in March 2014. The School whìch has been built phase-wise has stuck to its motto, Lead kindly Light. It is this light that inspires and challenges the Staff and students to dispel the darkness of corruption so very rampant in our society and become children of God’s light of justice, peace and good-will.
