CARMEL ARASI ILLAM, POLLACHI – 2007

At the very start, Good Shepherd Matriculation School was founded by Mrs. Mary George and Mr. George Pallikunath Varghese. It had its beginning in 1979. Mrs. Mary and Mr. George, well-wishers of the sisters of the Apostolic Carmel, owned a Matriculation School ‘Good Shepherd’ at Pollachi, which is recognized by the Board of Matriculation, Tamil Nadu.

After the death of Mrs. Mary George on 17th March 2004, Mr. George, her husband, found it difficult to run the school alone. So he approached Sr. Annunciata, the then Provincial Superior, through Sr. Nativita, the batchmate of Mrs. Mary. The Provincial and the Team made a study of the place and were pleased to buy the land and school. Srs. Rosilina and Maria Karunya formed the first community at Pollachi on 9th May 2006. They stayed in the hostel run by the Presentation Sisters of Coimbatore for a month. The school was granted recognition on the condition that they find sufficient ground for running the school. Therefore, the Provincial Superior, Sr. Annunciata, and her team decided to buy a plot of land of 27 cents just in front of the school to use it as a playground.

On 21st November 2012, Sr. Snehalatha laid the foundation stone for the convent building, which was blessed by Rt. Rev. Dr. Thomas Aquinas, Bishop of Coimbatore, and Sr. Ancilla, the Provincial Superior, opened the new convent on November 16th, 2013. The Provincial Superior Sr. Ancilla laid the foundation stone for the new school building in the year 2015. The blessing ceremony of the new school building took place in May 2016, officiated by Msgr. John Joseph Stains, and Sr. Ancilla, the Provincial Superior, inaugurated the building. Good Shepherd Matriculation School was upgraded to a Higher Secondary School in the year 2018.