Due to ill health Sr. Patricia Coogan
returned to England and
Sr. Denys Marie Byrne was sent as
the delegation superior and the novice mistress.

Asha Nivas, the Provicialate at Ranchi
was the fruit of the pioneering efforts of
both Sisters Patricia Coogan and Denys Marie Byrne.

Both these stalwarts were appointed variously
as delegation superiors and
novice mistresses in initial years and
have not spared any efforts
in spite of the hard circumstances and
difficulties to establish the province on the Indian soil.