2014-11-20 13:17:00

Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara - India's new saint on Nov. 23


Indian priest Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, who lived and died in the 19th century, is the co-‎founder and first Prior General of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first indigenous ‎congregation of India, based in the southern state of Kerala.  He also founded the women’s ‎Congregation of the Mother of Carmel (CMC).   Fr. Chavara will be declared saint here in the Vatican ‎on Sunday, Nov. 23, by Pope Francis, along with Sr. Euphrasia CMC, also of India, and four other ‎Italians. In the run-up to this canonization, we contacted on the phone Fr. Paul Achandy, the CMI prior ‎general, to know about Fr. Chavara, his life, his charism and spirituality.  We first asked Fr. ‎Achandy about the preparations for the great day, Nov. 23.   ‎Listen:








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