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St Mary's Church, Cheloor

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Ecclesiastical or organizational status
  
Parish

Date established
  
AD 1880

Website
  
[1]

District
  
Thrissur district

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Location
  
Irinjalakuda Moonupeedika Road, Kerala, India

Affiliation
  
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

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St Mary's Church is a Syro-Malabar parish church in Cheloor/Edathirinji, Kerala, India (in diocesan records Mary Immaculate Church, Cheloor). The church follows leadership by Syro-Malabar Catholic Church under Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.

Contents

Overview

  1. Parish  : Cheloor
  2. Forane  : Irinjalakuda
  3. Patron  : Mary Immaculate
  4. First Church : 1879
  5. Consecration of First Church  : 1880
  6. Cemetery  : 1915
  7. Parish Priest Home  : 1917
  8. Consecration New Church  : 22.12.1996
  9. Religious Houses  : 2
  10. Priests  : 1
  11. Male Religious  : 2
  12. Female Religious  : 10
  13. Catholic Population  : 2800
  14. Catholic Families  : 525
  15. Family Units  : 18

Worship time

Daily Mass : 6:30AM (Mon - Sat) Sunday : 6:30 AM, 11:30AM

Neighbour parishes

  1. St.Thomas Cathedral Irinjalakuda
  2. Our Lady of Dollars Irinjalakuda West (Thanisserry)
  3. St Antony's Church Paduva Nagar (Ikkarakunnu)
  4. St Sebastian Church Edakkulam
  5. St Marys's Church Padiyoor
  6. St Joseph's Syrian Church Mathilakam
  7. St Joseph's Latin Church Mathilakam
  8. St Joseph's Church Kaipamangalam
  9. Our Lady of Carmel Church Aripalam

Chapels

  • Mary Immaculate Grotto (inside compound)
  • Mary Immaculate Grotto (main road view)
    1. Fathima Matha Chapel, Kandeswaram
    2. St. George Chapel, near Church Road
    3. St. Antony's Chappel, Edathirinji
    4. St. Joseph Chapel, Americankettu North West
    5. Sacred Heart Chapel, Chelookavu
    6. St. Sebastian Chapel, Kattikulam
    7. St. Antony's Chapel, Edakulam Road
    8. St. Alphonsa Chapel, Pothany Road

    Governance

  • Edavaka Prathinidhi Yogam
  • Kudumbasammelana Kendra Samithi

    • Kudumbasammelana units

    1. Little Flower
    2. St. Sebastian
    3. Dollars
    4. Lourd Matha
    5. St. John
    6. Holy Angels
    7. Don Bosco
    8. St. James
    9. St. Mathew
    10. St.Alphonsa
    11. Pavanathma
    12. St. Vincent De Paul
    13. St. Mary's
    14. St. George

    Catholic organisations

  • C.L.C
  • Altar Boys
  • Gayaka Sangham (Choir)
  • Catholic Youth Movement C.Y.M
  • Catholic Movement
  • Jesus Youth
  • St. Vincent De Paul Society
  • Franciscan Almaya Sabha
  • Mathru Sangam
  • Vanitha Commission

    • Institutions

  • St Mary's L.P. School Edathirinji: Lower Primary School under CMC Sisters. Here learning in both Malayalam and English medium in Kerala State Syllabus

    • Religious houses in the parish

  • Jayamatha Convent: Monastery of CMC Sisters
  • Bethsaida Bhavan: Old aged home in the boundary of St Mary's Church Cheloor. Malabar Missionary Brothers (MMB) doing this job.

    • Fathers, brothers and sisters from parish

    1. Fr.Joseph Cheruvathur
    2. Br.Paulose Arimbuparambil MMB
    3. Sr.Stephin CMC

    Former vicars

    After New Church Building

    1. Fr.Joseph Maliyekal
    2. Dr. Antony Manjaly
    3. Fr.Raphel Puthenveettil
    4. Fr.Varghese Perinjeril V.C
    5. Fr.Johny Menachery
    6. Fr.Martin Payyappilly CMI (Acting)
    7. Dr. Joji Palamattah
    8. Fr.Joy Puthenveettil
    9. Fr.Benny Kizhakkeyil CST (Acting)
    10. Fr.Joby Kachappilly CMI (Acting)
    11. Fr.Dr. Davis Chenginiyadan

    Mass times

  • Sunday 6.30 a.m Adoration 7.00 a.m Holy Mas 10.30 Holy Mass
  • Mon-Wed & Sat 6.30 a.m Holy Mass
  • Thursday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass
  • First Saturday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass & Novena in Grotto

    • Communication details

  • Vicar
  • St Marys Church Cheloor
  • Edathirinji P.O.
  • Kerala, India.
  • Pin # 680121.
  • Tel # 0091 480 2820865
  • Official Web Site : http://www.cheloorchurch.com
  • Blog : http://www.smccheloor.blogspot.com

    • References

    St Mary's Church, Cheloor Wikipedia
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