Provincial Minister
Rev. Fr. John Alwyn Dias, OFM Cap.,

Director
Rev. Fr. Dr. Salvador Fernandes, OFM Cap

Assistant Director
Rev. Fr. Henry D'Souza, OFM Cap.

Procurator & Program Coordinator
Rev. Fr. Robin Minin Lopes, OFM Cap.

Staff Member
Rev. Fr. Joseph Coelho, OFM Cap.

Contact Information

DIRECTOR
Rev. Fr. Dr. Salvador Fernandes, OFM Cap

SHANTHI SADHANA TRUST(R)
Franciscan Institute of Spirituality India (FISI)

Dubasipalya, R.V. College Post,
Mysore Road,
BANGALORE - 560059 - INDIA

Mobile: +91 80507 55371
Email: salvadoreferns@yahoo.co.in  / shanthisadhana93@gmail.com

ROUTE MAP TO FISI – SHANTHI SADHANA

1. BY TAXI FROM RAILWAY STATION AT MAJESTIC:
   If you take a taxi from Majestic, on Bangalore Mysore Road, after Bangalore University Gate, take right turn at Jairam Das Railway Level Cross and follow signboard to Shanthi Sadhana. For prepaid taxi at Railway Station, ask for Shanthi Sadhana in Jnana Bharati Lay Out 3rd stage.

2. BY BMTC BUS FROM MAJESTIC:
   From the Railway Station or from Bus Station at Majestic walkup to the City Bus Terminal. Take Bus route 222A or any bus passing through RV. Engineering College on Mysore Road which is about 14 kms. Get off at RV College stop. Cross the highway and look out for the board of Darshan College across the railway lines. You find Shanthi Sadhana adjacent to it. The walking distance is just half a furlong from RV College.

3. BY BMTC BUS FROM K.R. MARKET:
   Take any BMTC Bus going to R.V. College on Mysore Road or Kengeri (218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227, 228 and 229).

4. BY TRAIN TILL KENGERI:
   possible to book your ticket directly till Kengeri. If your train journey ends at Yashwantpur or Bangalore City Railway Station change your train there to Kengeri which is 15 kms from City Railway Station. If needed , give us a call, we shall pick you up at Kengeri Railway Station.

5. FROM KEMPEGOWDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
   From the Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore either take a Volvo Bus (KIA) to Mysore Road Satellite Bus Station (about Rs.200/-) from where take either city bus towards RV College/ Kengeri, or from the airport take taxi to Shanthi Sadhana in Jnana Bharati Lay Out 3rd Stage, near Darshan College about Rs. 1400/-.

6. METRO FROM YESHWANTPUR RAILWAY STATION AND MAJESTIC RAILWAY STATION OR BUS STATION:
   You can take Metro at Yeshwanthpur Railway station and Majestic railway station or bus station to Mysore Road Stop. Get down ant take buses that pass through R. V. Colege. Get off at RV College stop. Cross the highway and look out for the board of Darshan College across the railway lines. You find Shanthi Sadhana adjacent to it. The walking distance is just half a furlong from RV College.

About Franciscan Institute of Spirituality (FISI)
The primary objective of FISI is to help the participants revitalize themselves with the spirit of St. Francis by a live-in experience, an in-depth study of the Franciscan sources and other Franciscan themes of vital importance. A few other relevant topics essential to comprehend the deeper significance of consecrated life are also included in the nine months’ Diploma Course in Franciscan Spirituality offered here. Interiorization and integration is the methodology followed in this Institute, which envisages a harmonious blending of spiritual animation, study, research and active community living in all its dimensions.

Shanthi Sadhana: FISI: An Overview
Shanthi Sadhana, Franciscan Institute of Spirituality, India (FISI), Bangalore, is a unique centre of study and research with live-in experience of integrated, holistic spirituality – a blend of prayer and interiorisation, with close harmony of fraternal bonds with each other and with a bountiful panorama of Nature. This Franciscan Capuchin International Institute with about 80 self-contained individual rooms in a typical Indian ashram cum religious convent setting amidst lush ecological flower and fruit gardens creates an ideal ambience for community living as well as for personal study and reflection, even with a cave experience.

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