my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there forever.". Inside the church there are glass pictures of 28 saints who were related to the devotion of Sacred Heart of Jesus. This 100-year-old church has been led by twenty parish priests. The Grotto for Our Lady of Lourdes, Parish Hall, Adoration chapel and the new parish community hall were some of the development of this church since the 1960s. After the arrival of parish priest Thomas in 2005 the church was fully renovated inside and out. Statues of the four evangelists were erected, beneath which there are four lamp posts describing their lives and the inviting Jesus and the twelve apostles on the front facade. The Grotto for Sacred Heart of Jesus facing the City Railway Station were added and the church illuminated inside and out with chandeliers, focus and flood lights. Mass Timings Daily Mon-Sat Mass Timings 06.00Am - Tamil Mass 12Noon - Tamil Mass 06.00Pm - Tamil Mass 1st Friday Special 10.30Am - Adoration, Eucharistic Blessing & Tamil Mass. Sunday Mass Timings 05.30Am - Tamil Mass 07.30Am - Tamil Mass 12Noon - Tamil Mass 05.00Pm - English Mass 06.15Pm - Tamil Mass Night Mass Timings 11.30PM on New Year Night Mass Easter Night Mass Christmas Night Mass Leadership The former parish priests of this church are: Parish priests T. Welter (1902–1909) A. Combes (1909–1910) A. Deniaud (1911–1917) A. Leblanc (1917–1924) L.C. Renoux(1925 - ) P.M. Planat (1925–1931) H. Gaston (1937–1945) L. Peyroutet (1945–1947) A. Olasail (1947–1953) S. Valanganny (1954–1956) M. Abel (1956–1963) P. Irudayam (1963–1972) G. Raja (1972–1980) I. Gnanamanikam (1980–1982) P. Gnanapragasam (1982–1988) P. P. Xavier (1988–1989) A. Mariasusai (1988–1989) L. Maguimey (1989–1996) G. Jacob (1996–2005) A.Thomas (2005-2012) S.Maria Joseph(2012–2019) S. Kulandaisamy(2019–Present) Rectors A. Thomas (2005- May 2012) S. Maria Joseph ( June 2012- June 2019) S. Kulandaisamy ( June 2019 – present) Gallery References External links Roman Catholic churches in Puducherry Sacred Heart of Jesus, Pondicherry Roman Catholic churches completed in 1907 Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore Roman Catholic churches in Pondicherry (city) 1907 establishments in the French colonial empire 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India 1907 establishments in India