Contact Details
All Saints’ Church
Rongara P.O
South Garo Hills – 794 114
Meghalaya, INDIA

Mission:                     Evangelization and Pastoral Ministry
                                   Educational Apostolate
                                   Tribal Development Projects

Inception and Development
All Saints Mission at Rongara in South Garo Hills was opened in 1989. It was bifurcated from the mission at Baghmara. It lies along the Indo-Bangladesh border. This was the first mission of the Claretians in the Northeast, which the diocese of Tura handed over to the Congregation. Fr Joseph Mappilaparampil was the first parish priest here. The population consists of Garos.

Pastoral Ministry
All Saints’ Church was built in 1992 under the supervision of Fr. Jose Thenpillil. The DSFS (Daughters of St Francis De Sales) sisters joined the mission later in 1994. They are involved in village visits, and they run a dispensary, manage the hostel for girls and also assist in the school. The mission has about 55 Catholic villages with over 4000 Catholics in its care. The parish spreads over an area of about 45 sq. kms

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This mission is one of the most interior ones with no proper transportation and communication facilities. One side of this mission is the Bangaldesh border and the reserve forest surrounds the other three sides. The place is also prone to attacks from the militants, wild animals including elephants and the disease of Malaria. Despite these difficulties the missionaries work zealously with the cooperation and the goodwill of the the people.

Educational Apostolate
The centre runs schools both in Garo and English medium for about 350 students. There are hostels for boys and girls with around 90 children. Development oriented programs are also taken up in the villages by the Missionaries.
The Mission involves a lot of social and rural development projects. The function of self-help groups and Cooperative Society deserve special mention.