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{{Infobox church
| name = Our Lady Of Velankanni Church
| other name = Annai Velankanni Church
| coordinates = {{coord|12.66391288 | 78.0051694 |display=inline,title}}
| fullname = Guardian of our Journey
| native_name = வழித்துணை வேளாங்கண்ணி மாதா ஆலயம்
| native_name_lang = ta
| image = Our lady of Velenkanni church - Shoolagiri.jpg
| caption = Front View of this church

| location = [[National Highway 44 (India) | NH 44]]<ref name = "d">{{cite web|title= Rreference to the location of this church |url=https://dealers.tvsmotor.com/tvs-motors/tvs-sree-velan-tvs-two-wheeler-dealer-shoolagiri-krishnagiri-254309/Contact-Us |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref>, [[Shoolagiri]], [[Krishnagiri district | Krishnagiri Dt]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = [[India]]

| denomination = [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]
| religious order = [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]]
| cult = [[Catholic devotions]]
| founded date = 1972
| founder = Fr. Heny Bonal and Fr. Issac
| membership = 73 Families

| status = [[Parish church]]
| functional status = Active
| former name = St. Antony's Church
| dedication = St. Mary
| architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]
| style = Modern Architecture
| groundbreaking = 2004
| completed date = 2005

| parish = [[Shoolagiri]]
| deanery = [[Hosur]]
| archdiocese = [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore|Pondicherry and Cuddalore]]
| diocese = [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Dharmapuri|Dharmapuri]]
| episcopalarea = [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of India|TNBC]]

| archbishop = [[Antony Anandarayar]]
| bishop = Lawrence Pius Dorairaj
| priest =
}}

'''Our Lady of Velankanni Church''' is a Roman Catholic church located on the service road between [[Bangalore]] and [[Chennai]] [[National Highway 44 (India) | Highway NH 44]] at Schoolgirl, Highway travellers refer to this church as the ''Guardian of our Journey Velankanni Church''<ref name = "b">{{cite web|title= This church mentioned in|url=https://catholicchurches.in/directory/dharmapuri-churches/our-lady-of-veilankanni-church-shoolagiri.htm |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref>. Nearly 70 catholic families are the members of this parish church. St. Antony's Church, which was the origin Catholic church of Schoolgirl; now became a sub-station of this church.

=History=
Around the 1930s, Catholics from Thiruvannamalai settled near the foot of Shoolagiri fort mountain. Later decades, Catholics from the nearby villages settled in Shoolagiri; a chapel was built, and the priests from Krishnagiri will occasionally conduct mass there.<ref name = "h"> {{cite magazine |last= |url=https://dharmapuridiocese.org/newsletter/lists |date=12 June 2020 |title=History of Shoolagiri Parish |language=ta |author=Fr. Susairaj |magazine=Roman Catholic Diocese of Dharmapuri |location=Dharmapuri |publisher=Dharmapuri Pastorial |access-date=23 May 2021}}</ref>

==St. Antony's Church==
Later, around the 1970s, Krishnagiri Parish priest Fr. Issac built a church dedicated to [[Anthony of Padua|St. Antony]] in Kamaraj Nagar.<ref name = "c">{{cite web|title= This church mentioned in indian roman catholic website |url=https://www.ucanews.com/directory/parishes-stations/india-dharmapuri/62/10 |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> Till 1998, this church was the sub-station for Krishnagiri Parish.

Later, on June 26, 1997, the Dharmapuri Diocese decided to assign Royakotta Parish Priest Fr. Heny Bonal [[Paris Foreign Missions Society|MEP]] as the in-charge of St. Antony's Church. In 2002, the Diocese acquired two acres of land in Marudhandapalli village, where the historic Velankanni church was built.<ref name = "f">{{cite web|title= village in Krishnagiri District Government ledger |url=https://krishnagiri.nic.in/about-district/administrative-setup/revenue-administration/ |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> Initially, in 2004, Fr. Heny Bonal built a parish house and a [[grotto]] for [[Our Lady of Good Health | Velankanni]].<ref name = "a">{{cite web|title= List of priest in this Fr. Heny Bonal in mentioned this list |url=https://dharmapuridiocese.org/priests/lists/diocesan_priests.html|accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref>

==Present Church==
The diocese decided to build a new church for Shoolagiri due to space issues in the present St. Antony's church. In late 2004, the groundbreaking for the present church was started and completed on June 11, 2005.<ref name = "e">{{cite web|title= this church is mentioned when St. Don Bosco relic placed in this church |url=https://www.donboscoindia.com/english/bis/default_ms.php?ps=0&newsid=5632&pno=280&newsidlist=,5632,5631,5630,5629,5628,5627,5626,5625,5624,5623, |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> On the same day, by order of Bishop [[Joseph Anthony Irudayaraj]], Shoolagiri Parish was created from [[Our Lady of Fatima Church, Krishnagiri|Krishnagiri Parish]], and this church became the parish church of Shoolagiri, and the old St. Antony's became a sub-station of this church.

==Convents and Schools==
In 2003, Sisters from [[Sisters, Servants of Mary | Servants of Mary]], started with nursery schools serving in the memorial of [[John Vianney | John Marie]].<ref name = "g">{{cite web|title= about convent sisters of this parish|url=https://www.servantesdemarie.com/en/community/servants-of-mary-communitie-kuzhivilai-india |accessdate=10 April 2023}}</ref> Later in 2014, the same congregation's sister started St. Mary's High School in Shoolagiri.

=See Also=
* [[Our Lady of Fatima Church, Krishnagiri]]
* [[Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Hosur]]

==References==
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{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Dharmapuri}}

[[Category:Buildings and structures in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Churches in Krishnagiri District]]

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