St Francis Church is the biggest CNI Church in Delhi. Approach the front to get a better look at the serene picture of Mother Mary. There is another picture of her near the donation box which says “Mother of perpetual help, pray for us”. On the sides are tiny open rooms that have mikes used by the choir for prayers.
Uprooted from their homeland in south India, these people wandered through the heart of India treated as untouchables, unemployed due to physical handicaps. Some of them taken courage and moved in search of shelter, food and employment from home land to heart of the National Capital. Later when they saw the prosperity and opportunity in this land for which God has promised to them, they have called their friends and relatives to accompany with them. In all these years, even as they settled in Delhi by side of river Yamuna, God did not forget them.
1951: A PASTOR FINDS THE WANDERING FLOCK
Then it happened in 1951, some requested Fr. Ian Weathrall (then Vicar of St. James Church, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi and member of Delhi Brotherhood Society) to perform a burial. This led him to discover that they were Christians. He was glad to extend his Pastoral Care to them. He regularly conducted worship for them, performed a mass marriage and all other rituals. The Register entry of marriage, baptism and funeral etc. are then recorded in the books of St. James Church itself. 1957, this may be the year in which small hut was given a shape of the Chapel, by the FIRST GENERATION congregation, in Yamuna Bazar, Bank of Yamuna river. The faith in Lord Jesus Christ was very deep in them because of the solid foundation laid by their family and TLM Hospital, Vada Thorasallur, where most of the believers were together because of their illness.
Service Timing:
All days of the week 6:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Address:
St Francis Church
Anand Gram, Tahirpur,
Near Dilshad Garden, Delhi-110095
Email: presbyter@stfrancischurchdelhi.in
Presbyter-in-Charge: Rev. Vimlesh Khanna
Phone: #9313562357
Website:
http://www.stfrancischurchdelhi.in
