OUR STORY

In the year 1839 St. Patrick’s church was situated in a small thatched shed in Vadakkur. Some ten families attended the Church services. The important person among them was a customs clerk. He served in the church for nearly 25 years. This fact is mentioned in the stone plaque fixed on the western side of the vestry inside the church building.

From 1861 onwards men and women mostly residing in Vadakkur, came into the faith on Jesus Christ. It was from then onwards that the Christian congregation witnessed an appreciable growth in numbers. In the meantime kearns worked hard for the improvement of Thoothukudi. There were more Christians in Vadakkur. So, Kearns, a missionary in Puthiamputhur felt that the congregation needed a church near their habitations in vadakkur. He got a land from the Government; and laid the foundation in July 1868 to build a Church.

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