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At the age of
15, she made an
attempt to go to
the wilderness
to be in
solitude with
the Lord alone;
but it was not
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Hence returned
to the midst of
the people of
the parish. She
lived a life of
prayer and
penance at home
and served the
parish church
and the poor and
the suffering
around in the
company of her
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Bl.
Mariam
Thresia
discerned
the
divine
intervention
in her
life
with the
help of
her
spiritual
director.
Her
desire
to hide
within
the
walls of
a
convent
remained
strong
and she
continued
searching
the
means to
realize
it.
Meanwhile
she had
to
undergo
severe
dark
nights
of the
soul. At
a time
when she
was
having
intense
spiritual
afflictions,
terrible
diabolic
attacks
and
extra
ordinary
interior
experiences,
she was
fortunate
to get
Rev. Fr.
Joseph Vithayathil
as her
spiritual
guide
whom she
met at a
retreat
in
Puthenchira
in 1902. |
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Her request for a house of solitude was denied by the then Bishop Mar John Menachery till 1913. |
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In 1913 a
solitary house
was built for
her. She with
her companions
started living
there.
The official
declaration of
the birth of the
Congregation of
the Holy Family was
made by the
Bishop on 14,
May 1914 during
a solemn
liturgical
service attended
by a large
crowd. Thresia
made her final
commitment and
received the
religious name
Sr. Mariam
Thresia and her
three companions
were accepted as
postulants.
Mariam Thresia
was made the
Mother Superior
of the
Congregation of
the Holy Family
and Rev. Fr.
Joseph
Vithayathil,
the Chaplain by Bishop
John Menachery.
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In 1915 the
first school of
the congreation
started. |
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In 1922 the
second house at
Kuzhikkattusery |
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In 1926 the
blessing of the
third house of
the congregation
at Thumpoor. |
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She died at the
Holy Family
Convent,
Kuzhikkattussery on 8
June 1926 of the
fatal wound
received on the
day of the
blessing of the
Holy Family
Convent , Thumpoor'. |
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She was buried
in the chapel of
the Holy Family
Convent,
Kuzhikkattussery |
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" In everything,
sacrifice your
selfishness."
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Blessed
Mother Mariam Thresia Pilgrim
Centre, Holy Family Convent,
Kuzhikattussery P.O,
Thrissur - 680697
Phone: 0091 480 2787024, 2786738,
Email:
mail@mariamthresia.com
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