Sacred Heart Garrison Church
HVF Estate, Avadi Camp
Chennai - 600 054
Phone :044 2638 2946
A Brief History
Initially a small Chapel was built by Fr. John Vincent for the convenience of the workers employed in the
Heavy Vehicles Factory and the Priest officiating in the Parish Church of Avadi attended to the spiritual
needs of these workers. This was subsequently made as a sub-station of Avadi. It was erected as a
Parish by Archbishop of Madras-Mylapore, Dr. R. Arulappa, in 1986 and the first Parish Priest was
Fr. T.S. Kurian. In 2003 Fr. Prasad renovated the Church and constructed a grotto to Our Lady of Lourdes
Devi Nagar and Annanur Parish were carved out of this Parish. In 2004, Morai, which was the sub-station
of Devi Nagar, was entrusted to this Parish. Apart from this, the Parish has two more sub-stations in
Kovil Pathaagai and Poongpuzhil Nagar.