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Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Indian Carmelite and religious founder
Saint Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara CMI | |
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Kuriakose Chavara | |
| Born | ()10 February Kainakary, Kuttanad, Kingdom of Travancore, British Raj (now in Alappuzha district, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 3 January () (aged&#;65) Koonammavu, Kingdom of Cochin, British Raj (now in Ernakulam, Kerala, India) |
| Venerated&#;in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 8 February , Kottayam by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 23 November , Rome by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | St. Joseph's Church, Mannanam, ena's Forane Church, Koonammavu |
| Feast | 18 February (Roman Latin Catholic Church) 3 January (Syro-Malabar Church) |
| Influences | Palackal Thoma |
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, CMI (10 February – 3 January ) was an Indian Catholic priest, religious, philosopher and social reformer.[1][2] He is the first canonised Catholic male saint of Indian origin and was a member of the Syro-Malabar Church, an Easte
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Life of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Saint Kuriakose was born on 10 February in the moderately rik family of Chavara at Kainakary of the Chennamkary parish, of very pious parents, Kuriakose Chavara and Mariam of the Thoppil family of Velianad, Pulincunnoo parish.
The Chavaras are considered to be a scion of the well-known Pakalomattam family of Kuravilangad. Baptized on the 8th day, he was dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary, a consecration which his mother renewed every year. He considered it a particular fortune to have had grown up with the loving care of his mother. He had his early schooling under a country teacher, who was a Hindu, in the company of other boys belonging to different faiths. Chavara, influenced as he was by the negative, apologetic theology of the missionaries, looked back to his school days rather pessimistically. He felt that the good upbringing he had at home was challenged bygd what happened at the school. He felt relieved with his call to priesthood, which
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St Kuriakose Elias Chavara
Kuriakose (Cyriac) Chavara was born in , of pious and devout Catholic parents of Syro-Malabar Church, at Kainakary, Kerala, India. After his early schooling in the native by and priestly studies under Fr. Thomas Palackal at Pallippuram, he was ordained priest in
In , co-operating with Fr. Thomas Palackal and Fr. Thomas Porukara, he founded the first indigenous religious congregation for men, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). It was after the death of his senior companions in the foundation that Fr. Kuriakose, together with the first members, made the religious profession in At religious profession he took the name, Kuriakose Elias of the Holy Family. Starting seven religious houses, including the first one at Mannanam, in different parts of Kerala, the new Congregation made great strides in the spiritual renewal of the Syro-Malabar Church. Seminaries for the education and formation of the clergy, introduction of annual retre