Dates set for canonization of two Kerala saints
The historic event of Catholic community in India comes six years after Sr Alphonsa became the first woman saint of the country.
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The date for conferring them sainthood was set by the consistory of cardinals held in the Vatican yesterday, church sources said.
The historic event of Catholic community in India comes six years after Sr Alphonsa became the first woman saint of the country.
Celebrating the occasion, prayers were held in churches in Kottayam and Thrissur, respectively the base of the two beatified persons.
The Vatican had in April this year approved the acts attributed due to intercession of Fr Chavara and Sr Euphrasia before completing long-drawn procedures to be followed under the church rule before conferring sainthood.
Both of them belonged to Kerala-based Syro Malabar Church, from which Sister Alphonsa also hailed, and were beatified during the tenure of Pope John Paul II.
Chavara (1805-1871), born in Kainakari near Alappuzha, was a social reformer and educator of Kerala's Catholic community. He founded the congregation called Carmalites Mary Immaculate (CMI), which runs several educational and charity institutions. He was beatified in 1986.
Sister Euphrasia (1877-1952), who led a pious life of total devotion, hailed from Kattoor near Thrissur in central Kerala.
Sr Alphonsa of Bharananganam in Kottayam became India's first home-grown saint when she was canonized on October 12, 2008.
Source: business-standard
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