Annai Scholastica
Indian nun, founder of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Who they were
Nun; born in Kanniyakumari district; died in Tamil Nadu.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Indian Catholic Matters - Mother Scholastica declared Servant of God — Foundress of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1917-1993); the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints gave its nihil obstat (letter of 19 January 2026) and she was proclaimed a Servant of God at Vellore on 10 May 202
- Wikidata Q140634169 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.