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Cherupushpa Mission League
Cherupushpa Mission League (CML) is one of the mission ventures of the Syro-Malabar Church, Syro Malabar Church. It was started on October 3, 1947, as a lay initiative to promote the missionary zeal among the members of the Church, especially children and youngsters. The missionaries from other foreign countries left India after it got independence in 1947. CML was thus started for promoting indigenous vocations to priesthood and consecrated life in the Catholic Church. Two visionaries P. C. Abram Pallattukunnel who is popularly known as Kunjettan (Little Brother) and Fr Joseph Maliparampil formed this pious organisation. History Cherupushpa Mission League is a lay apostolic organisation started in 1947 which promotes the missionary cause of the Catholic Church. The pioneers of this organisation were Rev. Fr Joseph Maliparampil (24 December 1909 – 09 September 1998), the then assistant parish priest of St Mary's Church, Bharanganam and P. C. Abraham Pallattukunnel ( 1925 – 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syro-Malabar Church
The Syro-Malabar Church, also known as the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church based in Kerala, India. It is a '' sui iuris'' (autonomous) particular church in full communion with the Holy See and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the ''Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches'' (CCEO). The major archbishop presides over the entire church. The incumbent Major Archbishop is Raphael Thattil, serving since January 2024. It is the largest Syriac Christian church and the largest Eastern Catholic church. ''Syro-Malabar'' is a prefix reflecting the church's use of the East Syriac liturgy and origins in Malabar (modern Kerala and parts of Tamil Nadu). The name has been in usage in official Vatican documents since the nineteenth century. The Syro-Malabar Church is primarily based in India; with five metropolitan archeparchies and ten suffragan eparchies in Kerala, there are 17 eparchies in other parts of India, and four eparchies out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
