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St. Joseph's Province - CST Fathers
Welcome to the official web site of St. Josephs Province of the Little Flower Congregation
Our Patron
St. Therese of the Child Jesus, known as the Little Flower, is the patroness of the Congregation. St. Thomas the Apostle, our father in faith and St. Francis Xavier, the second apostle of India, are our sub-patrons. Mary, the mother of God and St. Joseph are our protectors.
Our Charism
The charism of our congregation is derived from the beatitude of the Littleness of the poor in spirit (Mt. 5:3) taught by our Lord who emptied himself taking the form of a slave (Phil. 2:7). Our heavenly patroness experienced God of the Bible as one who has preferential love for ‘the lowly’ (Wis. 6:6) and ‘the little’ (Prov. 9:4). The words of Jesus inviting the little children as revealing the mystery of the Kingdom of God (Mt. 18:1-4) fascinated her. The little children represented the lowly, the helpless, the insignificant, the down-trodden and the marginalized (Lk. 14:21). Little Flower practiced and taught this littleness through her life of absolute surrender to God. This enabled her to find God as a loving Father and to approach Him with the simplicity of a child. The dynamism of this child- like approach was her love, trust and absolute surrender to God.
Our Vocation
Every Christian is called to the perfection of love. Religious life is a special call to a radical and intense life of evangelical counsels to become a visible sign of the fullness of life already started here on earth. For this God has called us to the Little Flower Congregation, an evangelical community of religious priests
Vision & Mission
Our vision is to make socially and spiritually responsible citizens and transform them to be an ardent faithful by providing pastoral and spiritual care and assistance and thus bring all people, especially the marginalized and the downgraded people to the mainstream of the society so that they can live a life with human dignity, rights and fullness of human life. To fulfill this dream of bringing little ones of the society to the mainstream and helping them to fulfil their spiritual needs and wants along with the sacramental administration, we implement the awareness, community mobilization, participation and change of behavior. The motto of our congregation – “Be little and serve the little” – fulfills this mission.
Vision & Mission
Our vision is to make socially and spiritually responsible citizens and transform them to be an ardent faithful by providing pastoral and spiritual care and assistance and thus bring all people, especially the marginalized and the downgraded people to the mainstream of the society so that they can live a life with human dignity, rights and fullness of human life. To fulfill this dream of bringing little ones of the society to the mainstream and helping them to fulfil their spiritual needs and wants along with the sacramental administration, we implement the awareness, community mobilization, participation and change of behavior. The motto of our congregation – “Be little and serve the little” – fulfills this mission.
Our Administration
Our Administration
thadathilcst@gmail.com
9916079966, 9597950635
thadathilcst@gmail.com
9916079966, 9597950635
Our Bishops
Bishops from Little Flower Congregation
There are three Bishops from the Little Flower Congregation. Mar Mathew Nellikunnel Bishop of Gorakhpur Diocese, Mar Thomas Thuruthimattam Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur Diocese and Mar Dominic Kokkatt Bishop Emeritus of Gorakhpur Diocese.
Mar Mathew Nellikunnel
bishop - Gorakhpur Diocese
mar thomas thuruthimattam
bishop emeritus - Gorakhpur Diocese
Mar dominic kokkatt
bishop emeritus - Gorakhpur Diocese
Vocation Bureau
Fr. TONY MUNDANIORATHEL CSTPh: 6235534446
Fr. Sijo Azhakathumannil CSTPh: Ph: 8281245710
Fr. NEVIN MULANGATTIL CSTPh: 7025971037
Fr. Antony Puthukulangara CSTPh: 9447314067
priests
Priest in St Joseph's Province
We have 118 ordained religious priest members in the province. Our members mainly involve in apostolic and social activities in southern and central parts of Kerala, comprising of Changanassery and Eranakulam Archdioceses and Kanjirappilly, Idukki, Kothamangalam, Irinjalakuda, Thakala Dioceses. Besides our members are engaged in study and Apostolates in Papua New Guinea, Africa, Nepal, Brazil, Ireland, USA, Germany, Rome, Belgium. We have also members minister in people of variety of cultures in Germany, Papua New Guinea, Italy, Brazil, Ireland, and various Dioceses in India and abroad.
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The Founder was a true disciple of Jesus, went to different places, carrying the torch of the gospel light and proclaimed Jesus everywhere. He was an ardent follower of St. Therese of Child Jesus, commonly known as Little Flower and a true follower of Mahatma Gandhiji. Slowly and steadily the Congregation grew and got established at various places in Kerala and other places. Today the Congregation has its presence all over the world. The Congregation has 400 Priests and 200 Seminarians, proclaiming the Good News through various ministries undertaken with the leadership of four Provinces. The Little Flower Congregation has four Provinces; the St. Thomas Province (Kozhikode), the Little Flower Province (Gorakhpur- Nepal), the Kristu Jyothi Province (Punjab- Rajasthan), and the St. Joseph’s Province (Aluva).
Contact
Get In Touch
- St. Joseph’s Provincial House, CST Fathers, Erumathala P.O., Colonypady – 683112, Aluva, Kerala, India.
- sjprovincecst@gmail.com
- 0484 2948051, 8281006696