The Sisters of Jesus & Mary first went from Lyon (France) to the South Asian Subcontinent in 1842, and opened a school in Agra.

In 1856, the Congregation opened a school in Sialkot, which came within Pakistan at the time of partition, as also did the Convents of Lahore and Murree.

She said: "In the summer of 1998, one of our parents, Mrs. Nari Suleiman who has a son with special needs expressed the desire to Sr.Pilar that her child attend our school somehow, somewhere.

At that stage we had no provision as such for children with special needs, but it was her request that gave birth to the idea of starting Thevenet Centre and for this we thank her.

Starting from two rooms, the school has expanded, now offering classes from kindergarten to Matriculation educating many needy people.