Articles: Chavara and CMI
Bl. Chavara
Kuriakose (Cyriac) Chavara was born in 1805, of pious and devout catholic parents of Syro-MalabarChurch, in Kainakary, Kerala, India. In baptism he was given the name Kuriakose (Cyriac). After his early schooling in the native village and priestly studies under Fr.Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram, he was ordained priest in 1829. Co-operating with Fathers Thomas Palackal and Thomas Porukara, he founded the indigenous religious congregation for men, (1831) now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I). It was after the death of the senior companions in the foundation that Fr.Kuriakose with the first members, made the religious profession in 1855. In religion he took the name Kuriakose Elias of the Holy Family.
Preshitha_CMIs IN 175 YEARS
Kuriakose (Cyriac) Chavara was born in 1805, of pious and devout catholic parents of Syro-MalabarChurch, in Kainakary, Kerala, India. In baptism he was given the name Kuriakose (Cyriac). After his early schooling in the native village and priestly studies under Fr.Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram, he was ordained priest in 1829. Co-operating with Fathers Thomas Palackal and Thomas Porukara, he founded the indigenous religious congregation for men, (1831) now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I). It was after the death of the senior companions in the foundation that Fr.Kuriakose with the first members, made the religious profession in 1855. In religion he took the name Kuriakose Elias of the Holy Family.
Preshitha_CMIs IN 175 YEARS