St. Paul’s School, Kishangarh

After establishing the first mission in Rajasthan in the diocese of Udaipur in 1990, and after starting a Hindi medium school in Tambesra and later in Rattenpura, the Province decided to have an English Medium School in Rajasthan.
In 2012, Bishop Ignatius Menezes of Ajmer diocese, before his retirement, requested the then Provincial Br. Dominic Thirunilath to render our services in his diocese, especially in the Kishangarh Tehsil.

Keeping in mind the need for a school to support our mission, the Provincial accepted the offer. Accordingly, a Duplex was purchased opposite to the Kishangarh aerodrome, which was registered in 2014. After this, a plot of land measuring 3.8 acres was purchased for the school project in Relavatta, Kishangarh. Later, it was found not suitable for the school, as the area came under marble industrial area.

In 2016-17, the present school plots measuring 6 acres were purchased in the name of St. Joseph’s and St. Paul’s Society. Br. Thomas Pullattu, the in-charge of the school project, converted the land for educational purpose, after getting permission from the Provincial.

The foundation stone for the school was laid by Most Rev. Pius D’souza, the bishop of Ajmer, on 27 January, 2020, and the construction work was started under the supervision of Br. Thomas Pullattu. Upon the completion of the building, the St. Paul’s School was blessed and inaugurated on 3 April, 2022, with 350 children on roll from Nursery to Class VI.

It is a fully airconditioned school with all the modern facilities. In the first year, after getting RBSE affiliation up to Class VIII, we applied for NOC from State Government for affiliation from CBSE Board, Delhi. Accordingly, the CBSE inspection was conducted on 23 February 2024. Br. Joseph Panthiruvelil, the new in-charge of the school, is following up the work.

Initially, MSA Sisters of Ajmer collaborated with us in our school ministry for two years.

TESTAMENT OF ST. FRANCIS

The friars must be very careful not to accept churches or poor dwellings for themselves, or anything else built for them, unless they are in harmony with the poverty which we have promised in the Rule; and they should occupy these places only as strangers and pilgrims