The Carmelites of Malabar spread a warm welcome and delight.
In view of establishing an Indian Province of the Order, the monasteries at Carmel Hill and Thuckalay were separated from the jurisdiction of the Flanders Province and brought directly under the General Definitory in Rome on April 24, 1936.
Provincial Superior
Rev. Fr. James Niravath OCD
OCD Malabar Province is the first Indian Province of the Discalced Carmelite Order founded by St. Teresa of Avila, the first woman Doctor of the Church and great teacher of prayer, and St. John of the Cross, the Doctor of the Church and mystic of mystics.
OCD Malabar Province is the first Indian Province of the Discalced Carmelite Order founded by St. Teresa of Avila, the first woman Doctor of the Church and great teacher of prayer, and St. John of the Cross, the Doctor of the Church and mystic of mystics. The greatest contribution of these Saints is the rediscovery of the contemplative identity of the Church, the realization of which, they proved, can empower the Church to meet with any crisis at any point in history of the Church.