The Canossian community at Pallithode was started in 1986 on a request from Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter M. Chenaparambil, the then Bishop of Alleppey. The sisters are engaged in all the pastoral activities one can think of, to keep burning the lamp of hope and faith in the hearts of the people and help them walk along the right path and not get lost in their search for happiness and fulfillment. Besides they run free tuition classes for the children who are studying in the parish school. TB Children’s Care Programme helps about 110 children. Once in-a-month a free medical camp is organized by TRADA(Total Response to Alcohol and Drug Abuse), Kottayam and there is a counselling centre too, where women in distress, dropouts from school, drug addicts and such other problem-ridden persons are dealt with and given necessary tools to cope with life situations. There is also a tailoring centre  to uplift the ladies of the village.