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St Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidian
St Mariyam Thresia
Chiramel Mankidiyan Thresia, born in Puthenchira, a remote village of Kerala, was a remarkable person and a social reformer. She came from a family that had lost all its wealth paying the dowry of seven aunts, and grew up in poverty. Her work lay with families affected by drink, immorality and violence. She worked at a time when women were not encouraged to go outside the home. Many ways she was a social reformer. Mother Mariam Thresia founded the order with three friends, who took care of the poor and the needy. There was a great deal of objection to their work in the beginning. But she persisted and the accent of her work was on families, mainly poor suffering families.
Mariam Thresia suffered stigmata or had wounds like those received by Christ on the Cross and had been a mystic. Mother Mariam Thresia was raised to the honours of the Altar on April 9, 2000 and canonized as a saint on October 13, 2019 by the Church.
Beatification 9 April 2020
Mother Mariam Thresia, foundress of the Congregation of the Holy Family, was beatified on April 9, 2000 by His Holiness Pope John Paul II at St. Peter’s square, Rome. She is the 4th Indian out of 5 to have been beatified by the church so far. Beatification in Roman Catholicism is the last stage of canonization. The beatified person is called” Blessed”.
Blessed Mariam Thresia (1876-1926) is commemorated in the church on June 8th.She is one of the modern manifestations of sanctity in our church. From the very beginning of her life she interiorized the suffering of Jesus. In later life she is credited with mystical experiences that deepened her spirituality further. For some time she lived with the sisters who were willing to receive her. But in 1913, she began to live in a prayer house at Puthenchira with the blessing of Bishop. It was later made into a convent dedicated to the Holy Family. Mariam Thresia along with three others made the profession religious vows and invested with the habit soon. On May 14, 1914, the congregation of the Holy Family was founded.
By Pope John Paul II
“I extend my warm greetings to the Bishops from India, to the members of the congregation of Holy Family, as well as to the priests, religious and faithful who rejoice in the Beatification of Sr.Mariam Thresia Mankidiyan. Blessed Mariam Thresia dedicated herself generously to the practice of the Evangelical counsels and an intense life of prayer, which did not spare her suffering sustained her in her many charitable works and willingness to seek out those who were lost. Through her intercession, may the church in India be blessed? With an increase in vocations to the religious life imbued with her spirit of prayer and charity”. - Pope John Paul II
(Speech made by Pope John Paul II during the Beatification of Blessed Mariam Thresia on 9yh April 2000.)
Ref: http://www.srite.de/index?id=2&cikk=84
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