The Sisters of the Holy Cross have been teaching at St. Robert’s Girls’ School in Hazaribag since 1959 and at St. Michael Montessori School since 1976. In 1978, a boarding school was built on the school grounds.
Until 2001, the sisters lived in other communities. Only then was a residential building constructed for the sisters on the grounds. This convent, Sneh Sadan, means ‘house of love’.
St. Robert’s School has a total of around 2,000 pupils (girls only) who attend middle school in Hindi or English and also upper secondary school.
St. Michael’s Montessori School has approximately 450 boys and girls aged 2.5 to 5 or 6 years old. The boarding school has a total of 200 girls aged 5 to 16. All in all, it is a large school campus.
Seven of the nine sisters teach in the schools or are headmistresses and look after the boarding school pupils. One sister is the coordinator of the social workers and takes care of the province’s property matters. The superior looks after the house, garden and the four candidates.
