Most Sacred Heart Church

Up to 1906, Sathur was a sub-station of Srivilliputhur. Earlier it had a small chapel dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and blessed by Mgr. Barthe in 1861. One of its sub-stations Nenmeni has a shrine named after St. Ignatius. It is not certain whether this devotion owes its origin to an Irish soldier of the Hon’ble Company or to a French soldier who badly wounded escaped death due to the intercession of St. Ignatius or simply to some Jesuit missionary of the old society. Around 1872 Rev. Fr. J.B. Trincal in charge of the Central District of Madurai Mission went to visit this shrine and in 1889 organised a pilgrimage to Nenmeni with his Christians. That day started the custom of celebrating the feast of St. Ignatius by a great concourse of people. Rev. Fr. N.P. Alphonse managed skillfully to solve a problem among the teachers, built a new church in Elayiram Pannai. Rev. Fr. S. Jeganathan started a Charismatic group which goes to neighbouring places to preach and to heal. The Succession of the Parish Priests: Rev. Fr. Allard S.J., Rev. Fr. Mariadas, S.S. Rev. Fr. Maria Susai Rev. Fr. Nedungatt, S.J., Rev. Fr. V. Chacko Mattam, S.J., Rev. Fr. A Santiago, S.J., Rev. Fr. Balthasar Sebastian Rev. Fr. Antony Etikal Rev. Fr. N. P. Alphonse Rev. Fr. S. Jeganathan Rev. Fr. Fatima Nathan Rev. Fr. Jeganivasgar Rev. Fr. A. Xavier Raj Rev. Fr. Edwin Sahayaraj Rev. Fr. Rosario Rev. Fr. Britto Raja Suresh Rev. Fr. S. Xavier Raj

Railway Feeder Road, Sattur - Virudhunagar Dt. 626 203 - India