Chavara kuriakose elias biography of martin

Frs. Thomas Palackal, Thomas Porukara and Kuriakose Chavara having the same motivation of starting a religious community life, had several occasions to meet together at the vicariate of Verapoly or at the seminary of Pallipuram to discuss the idea of a religious institute.

Abstract: Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara played a pivotal role in establishing the first indigenous religious congregation of India.

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He is one of the greatest social reformers of Kerala, whose contributions have, unfortunately, gone unrecognised for reasons like his own aversion to self-.

He made his religious profession in 1855, in the congregation he founded.

Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805–1871) was the first canonized Catholic priest in Kerala.

By the words of saint Chavara, from the first page of his chronicle, we may allude to the request fathers Palackal and Porukara placed before the bishop Maurelius Stabilini “Seeing that a lot of good has not been done due to the absence of a Thapasu Bhavanam (house of discipline) in Kerala even for priests, we desire to start a ‘Darsana Veed (house of vision) at least for priests”.

The Vicar Apostolic, finally on 1st November 1829, granted permission to establish a religious house.

On May 11, 1831, the foundation stone for the proposed religious house was laid at Mannanam dedicating it to St.Joseph. This was the first indigenous religious institute for men in the Indian Church of modern times, known now as Carmel