PORTINCULA ASHRAM (THE DIOCESE OF SHIMLA CHANDIGARH)

This is the first house of the custody in Punjab. It was bought as a house on 13 August 2013 On 5th April 2014 the friary was blessed and inaugurated as the Minor seminary by  Most Rt.Rev. Dr. Ignatius L Mascarenhas, Bishop of Simla, in the presence of then Provincial Rev.Fr. John Fernandes and then Custos Rev. Fr. Prasad Cyprian. It is situated in Patiala near to famous NIS (national institute of sports)