The nuns provided a good education to parishioners and assisted the parish priest in conducting spiritual meetings and mass offerings.
They used to visit all the parishioners in the Kolar Goldfield Area, supporting the local community by means of social services.
Other buildings in this area, such as the Magistrate's court, post office, central jail, staff workers' quarters, schools, the Italian club, hospital, railway station and several other structures were also destroyed beyond repair.
The statue, originally imported from Portugal, is described as possessing a face that is filled with compassion and many who seek help are seen to kneel before the Our Lady Of Victories shrine and pray for blessings and spiritual attainment.
[citation needed] The gold mine located in the district existed even prior to the arrival of the British as mentioned by Roman historian Pliny who had once passed through this region in 77 A.D.
In 1850, Pliny made mention of the extensive gold and silver mines that spread over an expansive area.
An Irish soldier named Lavelle, who was recuperating in Bangalore after fighting the Māori, was in New Zealand when he heard about the native mines of Kolar and decided to investigate.
Out of the total population in the mining areas, there are about 10 to 15 thousand Roman Catholics, a few Protestants and a minority section of Buddhists.
St. Mary's Boys Primary and Middle School are also situated in the Champion Reefs church area.