Venerable Mother Eliswa, Foundress
(1831-1913)
Venerable Mother Eliswa, Foundress
(1831-1913)
Mother Anna,Co-Foundress (1850 - 1872)
Mother Thresia, Co-Foundress (1848-1902)
Every river has an origin…and a journey… we also have our own origin and journey… we may think at times that our journey is not important to others. We may also think that our journey is insignificant. But the journey of our life is without any doubt very important for God and for others.
A tributary is a smaller body of water that flows into a larger one. Tributaries add water to the main river. A large river is able to receive its sources gratefully and keep moving towards its own target.
Read MoreCongregation of Teresian Carmelites (CTC), the first Carmelite indigenous Congregation of India was founded by Venerable Mother Eliswa at Koonammavu in the Diocese of Verapoly on 13th February 1866. God marvelously chose Mother Eliswa a widow to be the foundress and her daughter Anna and her own sister Mother Thresia the Co-Foundresses and the first members of the Congregation. Congregation, when started, held the title TOCD till it took the title CTC.
Candidates from both Latin and Syrian rites were accepted and they grew in number. But the Congregation was divided based on the rites as per the decree of Pope Leo XIII in the year 1887 and the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide in Rome decided that the first Convent at Koonammavu be given to the Syrian Vicariate of Trichur, in 1890. Therefore the sister of Syrian Rite remained at Koonammavu and developed as an independent Congregation (CMC) later.
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