| He founded the C.M.I., India's first indigenous religious congregation for men, in 1831 in cooperation with Fr. Thomas Palackal and Fr. Thomas Porukara which made great strides in the spiritual renovation of the Church.
The first Catholic Sanskrit School in 1846, seminaries for the
education and formation of the clergy, a publishing house,
a house for the dying and the destitute, schools for general
education etc. were among the various activities under his
leadership. His efforts ensured that people from all walks
of society, especially girls and the sections of the society
in the lower stratum of caste hierarchy, had access to higher
education. |
