Canonisation of Chavara, Euphrasia to be celebrated at the Rajagiri campus in Kakkanad on November 29

Rajagiri campus in Kakkanad, Ernakulam will be the venue for common celebration by the Catholic Church in Kerala on November 29 , 2014 with a concelebrated Mass with a representative character. Plenty of Bishop's and priests participate in Holy Mass. Rajagiri campus is located in seaport - airport road between Thrippunithura and Kakkanad. Rajagiri Institutions is run by  CMI.

St.Philomena’s Church Koonammavu - Chavara Pilgrim Center

St.Philomena’s Church Koonammavu, is the death place of saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara. The Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara spent his last years and buried at a monastery in Koonammavu. The place houses churches and religious institutions of various denominations of Christianity. Blessed Chavara Kuriakose Shrine, St. Philomena's Church, Koonammavu built in 1837, the church is of immense historic importance and a pilgrim centre too.Blessed Euphrasia Eluvathingal spend her boarding attached to the first indigenous Carmelite community founded by Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Rev. Leopold Beccaro 1866 at Koonammavu. Koonammavu(Valluvally South) is a town in Kottuvally Panchayat,North Paravur Taluk,Ernakulam District, Kerala,India and lies between Edappally and North Paravur adjacent to Varappuzha.

St.Philomina’s Church
Koonammavu.-683 518, Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Chavara Bhavan Kainakary Alappuzha - Pilgrim Center

Chavara Bhavan, located in Alappuzha, is the ancestral home of the saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara. Chavara Bhavan is the shrine of Blessed Kuriakose Elias. Blessed Chavara was born on February 10, 1805, at Kainakary, Venice of the east (Alappuzha) . It is a pilgrim center for Roman Catholics in Kerala. The place is accessible  by boat from Alappuzha. Alappuzha to Chavara Bhavan (via. Kayalppuram. ) is 16 km.
Chavara Bhavan Pilgrim centre
Kainakary P.O., Alappuzha -688 501, Kerala, India

Four Italians Canonized with Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Euphrasia on November 23, 2014

Pope Francis will canonized  six blesseds including Kuriakose Elias Chavara  and Euphrasia  from India and Italians Ludovico de Casoria, Giovanni Antonio Farina, Nicola da Longobardi and Amato Ronconi during a Public Ordinary Consistory at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican on Sunday, November 23, 2014

Ludovico de Casoria, an Italian Franciscan friar born in Casoria in 1814. After teaching Philosophy and Mathematics for 20 years, he decided to spend his life rescuing children sold as slaves in Africa.

Amatus Ronconi was a thirteenth-century Tertiary who rose to great heights of sanctity by serving God as a hermit, as a pilgrim and as a nurse. He was Born at Sldezzo, near Rimini in 1238 and died on 1306. His feast is celebrated at Rimini on May fifteenth.

Nicola Saggio (Nicola da Longobardi)was an Italian Catholic saint who was a member of the Order of Minims. Nicola Saggio was born on 6 January 1650 in Longobardi, a small town on the Tyrrhenian coast. He was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1786 and will be canonized on 23 November 2014

Giovanni Antonio Farina (January 11, 1803 – March 4, 1888) was an Italian Catholic bishop known for his compassionate treatment of the poor and his enlightened views of education.
He was beatified in 2001 by Pope John Paul II and declared saint on Nov 23, 2014.

Cardinal Alenchery's Thanks Giving Mass for Saint Kuriakose Elias in Vatican on November 24

Syro-Malabar Church Major Archbishop Mar George Cardinal Alenchery will celebrate a thanks-giving Holy Mass in Vatican on November 24.It is expected that Pope Francis will  address and bless the delegation from India  after the mass by the Cardinal Alenchery. This mass is Catholic church in Kerala's thanks giving mass for declaring  Kuriakose Elias Chavara and  Sr Euphrasia as saints.

Official Delegation to Chavara Euphrasia Canonisation in Vatican (Rome)

Indian Government and Kerala Government will jointly sent official delegation to Rome to attend canonisation of Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara and  Sr Euphrasia, who will be elevated as saints at a function to be held  in Vatican on November 23. Central government delegation includes MP's while Kerala governments delegation to Vatican includes a state minister and some MLA's. Kottayam MP Jose K Mani will surely be included in delegation.

Mannanam St.Joseph's Monastery Church awaits Canonization of Chavara Kuriakose Elias on 23 November 2014

St. Joseph's Monastery Church was built by the Saint Chavara Kuriakose Elias. Thousands of christian pilgrims  likely to participated in a Mass at St. Joseph’s Monastery ,Mannanam on 23 November 2014 to pay homage to Chavarayachan, even as the Pope Francis declared  Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara as saint in Vatican. St. Joseph's  is a Syro-Malabar Monastery located at Mannanam in Kottayam district of Kerala, where the mortal remains of Kuriakose Elias Chavara housed. Festival of Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara will be celebrated on 3rd January 2015.