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| Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871) 
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| A great visionary and pioneer who left his footprints in
the fields of education, social reform, media, culture and
religious formation, Blessed Chavara, inspires the Carmelites
of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.) congregation and all their institutions
to continue with his yeomen services.
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 1946, 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. |
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