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	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\|name = Institute of the Maids of the Poor		\|name = Institute of the Maids of the Poor
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	\|size = 235px		\|size = 235px
	\|abbreviation = A.C.I. or A.C.J.		\|abbreviation = A.C.I. or A.C.J.
	~~\|motto = Behold the handmaid of the lord~~
	\|formation = 6 July 1951		\|formation = 6 July 1951
	\|headquarters = [[Anand Bhawan ~~School\|Anand Bhawan]]~~		\|headquarters = Anand Bhawan
	\|location = [[Barabanki city\|Barabanki]], [[India]]		\|location = [[Barabanki city\|Barabanki]], [[India]]
	\|coords = {{coord\|23\|56\|06\|N\|81\|11\|06\|E\|type:edu\|display=inline,title}}		\|coords = {{coord\|23\|56\|06\|N\|81\|11\|06\|E\|type:edu\|display=inline,title}}
	\|type = Roman Catholic [[Secular institute\|Secular Institute]]		\|type = Roman Catholic [[Secular institute\|Secular Institute]]
	\|leader_title = [[Directress General]]		\|leader_title = [[Directress General]]
	\|leader_name = Ms. Lily Fernandes<ref>{{cite web\|title=Governance @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132119/http://maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		\|leader_name = Ms. Lily Fernandes<ref>{{cite web\|title=Governance @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132119/http://maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	\|main_organ = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]]		\|main_organ = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]]
	\|key_people = Founder: [[Albert Conrad De Vito]]<br/> Founding members: Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster <br/> Constitution formulator: [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi\|Pellegrino Ronchi]]		\|key_people = Founder: [[Albert Conrad De Vito]]<br/> Founding members: Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster <br/> Constitution formulator: [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi\|Pellegrino Ronchi]]
	\|website = [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Institute of the Maids of the Poor]		\|website = [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Institute of the Maids of the Poor]
	\|num_staff =		\|num_staff =
	\| footnotes = Anand Bhawan School front view		\|footnotes = Anand Bhawan School front view
	~~\| picture = [[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png\|200px\|Anand Bhawan School front view.]]~~
	}}		}}

	The '''Institute of the Maids of the Poor''' or '''Society of the Maids of the Poor'''<ref name=GTCS>{{cite book\|last=Almeida\|first=Joyce\|title=Growing Towards Consecrated Secularity\|year=1982\|publisher=Federation of Secular Institutes & Lay Societies ofIndia & Sri Lanka\|page=198\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY4cAAAAMAAJ~~&q=%22Anand+Bhawan%22+Barabanki&dq=%22Anand+Bhawan%22+Barabanki&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KubbUfiXCsmMrQe-t4GIDA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA~~}}</ref> ('''MOP'''<ref>{{cite web\|title=What does MOP stand for?\|url=http://www.acronymattic.com/MOP.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>), is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Institutes of consecrated life\|institute of consecrated life]] for women. It was founded by [[Albert Conrad De Vito]], [[~~O.F.M. Cap.~~]], on 6 July 1951 in [[Barabanki city\|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="CDI">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?~~ei=c6jbUf-SA4-GrAfyhoHQDA&~~id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ~~&dq=%22Anand+Bhawan+School%22+Barabanki&q=Barabanki~~ \| title=The Catholic Directory of India \| publisher=St. Paul Publications \| year=2005 \| accessdate=2013-07-09 \| author=Catholic Church Bishops' Conference of India}}</ref>		[[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png\|200px\|thumb\|Anand Bhawan School front view.]]

			The '''Institute of the Maids of the Poor''' or '''Society of the Maids of the Poor'''<ref name=GTCS>{{cite book\|last=Almeida\|first=Joyce\|title=Growing Towards Consecrated Secularity\|year=1982\|publisher=Federation of Secular Institutes & Lay Societies ofIndia & Sri Lanka\|page=198\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY4cAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> ('''MOP'''<ref>{{cite web\|title=What does MOP stand for?\|url=http://www.acronymattic.com/MOP.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>), is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Institutes of consecrated life\|institute of consecrated life]] for women. It was founded by [[Albert Conrad De Vito]], [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin\|OFMCap]], on 6 July 1951 in [[Barabanki city\|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="CDI">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ \| title=The Catholic Directory of India \| publisher=St. Paul Publications \| year=2005 \| accessdate=2013-07-09 \| author=Catholic Church Bishops' Conference of India}}</ref>

	==Formation==		==Formation==
	The ~~Institute~~ is the first Roman Catholic [[Secular institute\|Secular Institute]] in India. It was formed as 'Nursing and Teaching Society' by Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster on 6 July 1951 in a building in Barabanki. By 1960 the first constitutions were formulated with the help of [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi\|Pellegrino Ronchi]] and were sent to [[Rome]] for approval. On 6 July 1962 the ~~Institute~~ was [[Canonical erection\|canonically erected]] as a [[Congregation of diocesan right\|Secular Institute of Diocesan Right]], [[Lucknow]] as the principal seat. The Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Historical Background @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926131513/http://maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The institute is the first Roman Catholic [[Secular institute\|Secular Institute]] in India. It was formed as 'Nursing and Teaching Society' by Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster on 6 July 1951 in a building in Barabanki. By 1960 the first constitutions were formulated with the help of [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi\|Pellegrino Ronchi]] and were sent to [[Rome]] for approval. On 6 July 1962 the institute was [[Canonical erection\|canonically erected]] as a [[Congregation of diocesan right\|Secular Institute of Diocesan Right]], [[Lucknow]] as the principal seat. The Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Historical Background @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926131513/http://maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Activities==		==Activities==
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	===India===		===India===
	The ~~Institute~~ is located at ~~[[Anand Bhawan School\|~~Anand Bhawan]], Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs [[Anand Bhawan School]] in Barabanki and De Vito Shishu Vidyalaya at [[Bhowali]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Bhowali - Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/\|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Institute helps in the school boarding and pastoral activities at Poliganj an agricultural settlement in [[Majhola]] [[nagar panchayat]] of [[Pilibhit district]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Poliganj-Majhola - Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/\|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Maids opened their convent in Nausar, [[Udham Singh Nagar district]] in 1980 to help the priest in educational and pastoral ministry weher they run a school named Nirmala Convent.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Nausar - Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/\|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Maids also run hostel facility for girls at St. Joseph's P.U. College in [[Bajpe]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=St. Joseph's P.U. College Bajpe - Admissions\|url=http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114613/http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html\|archive-date=1 June 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		The institute is located at Anand Bhawan, Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs Anand Bhawan School in Barabanki and De Vito Shishu Vidyalaya at [[Bhowali]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Bhowali – Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-date=15 August 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815090257/http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Institute helps in the school boarding and pastoral activities at Poliganj an agricultural settlement in [[Majhola]] [[nagar panchayat]] of [[Pilibhit district]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Poliganj-Majhola – Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-date=15 August 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815101502/http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Maids opened their convent in Nausar, [[Udham Singh Nagar district]] in 1980 to help the priest in educational and pastoral ministry weher they run a school named Nirmala Convent.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Nausar – Diocese of Bareilly\|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-date=15 August 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815101518/http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Maids also run hostel facility for girls at St. Joseph's P.U. College in [[Bajpe]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=St. Joseph's P.U. College Bajpe – Admissions\|url=http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114613/http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html\|archive-date=1 June 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	===Abroad===		===Abroad===
	Apart from India it is spread in [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]] and [[England]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vocation @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132923/http://maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Ethiopia, the Maids of the Poor arrived in the year 1975 and are involved in pastoral, medical and social activities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Secular Institute of The Maids of the Poor\|url=http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130710024305/http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute\|archive-date=10 July 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		Apart from India it is spread in [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]] and [[England]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vocation @ maidsofthepoor.com\|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132923/http://maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html\|archive-date=26 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Ethiopia, the Maids of the Poor arrived in the year 1975 and are involved in pastoral, medical and social activities.<ref>{{cite web\|title=The Secular Institute of The Maids of the Poor\|url=http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute\|accessdate=9 July 2013\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130710024305/http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute\|archive-date=10 July 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Official website]		* [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Official website]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925011607/http://www.impethiopia.org/ Official website - Ethiopia chapter]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925011607/http://www.impethiopia.org/ Official website – Ethiopia chapter]

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	[[Category:~~Religious~~ organizations established in ~~the 1950s~~]]		[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1951]]
	[[Category:Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century]]		[[Category:Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century]]
	[[Category:Secular institutes\|Maids of the Poor]]		[[Category:Secular institutes\|Maids of the Poor]]

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{{Infobox organization
|name = Institute of the Maids of the Poor
|image = Anand Bhawan, Institute of the Maids of the Poor, Barabanki.jpg
|size = 235px
|abbreviation = A.C.I. or A.C.J.
|motto = Behold the handmaid of the lord
|formation = 6 July 1951
|headquarters = [[Anand Bhawan School|Anand Bhawan]]
|location = [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[India]]
|coords = {{coord|23|56|06|N|81|11|06|E|type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|type = Roman Catholic [[Secular institute|Secular Institute]]
|leader_title = [[Directress General]]
|leader_name = Ms. Lily Fernandes<ref>{{cite web|title=Governance @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132119/http://maidsofthepoor.com/governance.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|main_organ = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lucknow]]
|key_people = Founder: [[Albert Conrad De Vito]]<br/> Founding members: Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster <br/> Constitution formulator: [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi|Pellegrino Ronchi]]
|website = [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Institute of the Maids of the Poor]
|num_staff =
| footnotes = Anand Bhawan School front view
| picture = [[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png|200px|Anand Bhawan School front view.]]
}}

The '''Institute of the Maids of the Poor''' or '''Society of the Maids of the Poor'''<ref name=GTCS>{{cite book|last=Almeida|first=Joyce|title=Growing Towards Consecrated Secularity|year=1982|publisher=Federation of Secular Institutes & Lay Societies ofIndia & Sri Lanka|page=198|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY4cAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Anand+Bhawan%22+Barabanki&dq=%22Anand+Bhawan%22+Barabanki&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KubbUfiXCsmMrQe-t4GIDA&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA}}</ref> ('''MOP'''<ref>{{cite web|title=What does MOP stand for?|url=http://www.acronymattic.com/MOP.html|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>), is a [[Roman Catholic]] [[Institutes of consecrated life|institute of consecrated life]] for women. It was founded by [[Albert Conrad De Vito]], [[O.F.M. Cap.]], on 6 July 1951 in [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref name="CDI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?ei=c6jbUf-SA4-GrAfyhoHQDA&id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Anand+Bhawan+School%22+Barabanki&q=Barabanki | title=The Catholic Directory of India | publisher=St. Paul Publications | year=2005 | accessdate=2013-07-09 | author=Catholic Church Bishops' Conference of India}}</ref>

==Formation==
The Institute is the first Roman Catholic [[Secular institute|Secular Institute]] in India. It was formed as 'Nursing and Teaching Society' by Anna Joseph, Mona Hosaiah, Getrude D’Costa and Mona Olive Foster on 6 July 1951 in a building in Barabanki. By 1960 the first constitutions were formulated with the help of [[Pellegrino Tomaso Ronchi|Pellegrino Ronchi]] and were sent to [[Rome]] for approval. On 6 July 1962 the Institute was [[Canonical erection|canonically erected]] as a [[Congregation of diocesan right|Secular Institute of Diocesan Right]], [[Lucknow]] as the principal seat. The Institute became a Secular Institute of Pontifical Right on 4 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Historical Background @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926131513/http://maidsofthepoor.com/historical.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Activities==
[[File:Anand Bhawan School front view.png|thumb|left|200px|Anand Bhawan School, [[Barabanki city|Barabanki]], HQ of the Institute of the Maids of the Poor]]

===India===
The Institute is located at [[Anand Bhawan School|Anand Bhawan]], Dewa Road, Barabanki. It runs [[Anand Bhawan School]] in Barabanki and De Vito Shishu Vidyalaya at [[Bhowali]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhowali - Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/bhowali/|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Institute helps in the school boarding and pastoral activities at Poliganj an agricultural settlement in [[Majhola]] [[nagar panchayat]] of [[Pilibhit district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Poliganj-Majhola - Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/poliganj-majhola/|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Maids opened their convent in Nausar, [[Udham Singh Nagar district]] in 1980 to help the priest in educational and pastoral ministry weher they run a school named Nirmala Convent.<ref>{{cite web|title=Nausar - Diocese of Bareilly|url=http://bareillydiocese.org/nausar/|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The Maids also run hostel facility for girls at St. Joseph's P.U. College in [[Bajpe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Joseph's P.U. College Bajpe - Admissions|url=http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601114613/http://www.stjosephsbajpe.org/Admission.html|archive-date=1 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Abroad===
Apart from India it is spread in [[Ethiopia]], [[Italy]] and [[England]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vocation @ maidsofthepoor.com|url=http://www.maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926132923/http://maidsofthepoor.com/vocation.html|archive-date=26 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> In Ethiopia, the Maids of the Poor arrived in the year 1975 and are involved in pastoral, medical and social activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Secular Institute of The Maids of the Poor|url=http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute|accessdate=9 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130710024305/http://www.impethiopia.org/sample-sites/secular-institute|archive-date=10 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.maidsofthepoor.com Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130925011607/http://www.impethiopia.org/ Official website - Ethiopia chapter]

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[[Category:Religious organizations established in the 1950s]]
[[Category:Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Secular institutes|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Catholic female orders and societies|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Catholic teaching orders|Maids of the Poor]]
[[Category:Capuchins]]