Fr. Vilallonga S J, the Ecclesiastical Superior of Ahmedabad Mission used to visit the Leprosy Asylum at Kagdapith which was managed by the Government of Bombay. He felt sorry at the condition of the Patients.

Looking at these miserable conditions of the Leprosy Patients, Fr.Vilallonga invited the SMMI sisters from the Leprosy Hospital, Kumbhakonam to come and care for the Patients at Ahmedabad. The Sisters from Nagpur gladly accepted the invitation. On 7th October 1949 three of our Sisters- Sr. Yvonne, Sr. Leoni, and Sr.Marie Juliet accompanied by Mother Noemi- the, then Provincial Superior of Nagpur arrived. They were warmly welcomed at Ahmedabad Junction by Rt. Rev. Bishop Edwin Pinto S J & Fr. Anthony Lobo along with some leading citizens and were later introduced to the inmates of the Leprosy Asylum at Kagdapith. The members dedicated themselves from the very beginning to the service of the poorest and the sick.