Holy Family Church

Kadavendi village is centrally located to the existing catholic villages which belong to this parish. Though this village is known for Naxalites, Janashakti and Radicals, with a real vision of evangelising this area and this village, Most Rev Thumma Bala DD, the bishop of Warangal Diocese, erected it as a new parish and entrusted it to the Society of the Divine Word (SVD Mission). Fr. R. Antonysarny, SVD was appointed as the first parish priest in the year 2003 (18-06-2003). For this, they used to start their missionary journey in the early morning by 4 AM without minding the biting cold of the winter season. They started first a Farmers’ Group and trained them different ways of agricultural methods. Next, they started Self-Help Groups for women. Later, they started satellite schools in ten villages for one year. At the request of the people, St. John de Britto High School came into existence in the year 2003. Before the starting of the school, they also dug bore wells in all Lambada hamlets to quench those people’s thirst. After two years of constant training on the Holy Bible, catechetical instructions, participating in Catholic marriages, Catholic festivals in different villages, participating in retreats and continue participating in the Sunday Liturgical services in Jangaon, on 31-03-2000, some Lambada families accepted Christ as their saviour and Lord by receiving baptism. Having seen the effect of the good works done by Rev. Fr. A. Antonysarny, SVD, Bishop Thumma Bala came forward to establish this parish by bifurcating it from Jangaon. Substations: 1. Kadavendi - The Holy Family 2. Neermala – The Sacred Heart of Jesus 3. Maripadiga 4. Devaruppula 5. Madhapuram Thurpu Thanda - Our Lady of Good Health 6. Nallakunta Thanda - St. Arnold Janseen 7. Bukhya Thanda 8. Desya Thanda 9. B.R. Thanda 10. Chipparala Banda Thanda 11. Dubba Thanda

Kadavendi B.O. Devaruppal S.O Warangal Dt. - Telangana 506 302 - India