The members of the Province of St. Thomas in India held their 6th chapter from February 5-10, 2023, in Thrissur, Kerala, in India.
It was an open chapter attended by the prior general of the Order, Miceal O'Neill, Robert Thomas Puthussery, the General Councilor for Asia-Australia-Oceania, and 66 members of the province working in India and abroad.
"Go Out and Stand on the Mountain Before the Lord" (1Kg 19:11) was the theme of the Chapter.
The Province of St. Thomas has its beginnings in the 1973 provincial chapter of the former Upper German Province. The decision was made to invite candidates from India to study in Bamberg, Germany. In 1982 the first house was canonically erected in India. In 1993, the area became a provincial commissariat. By 2000, the commissariat had been so blessed with vocations tha the Indian Carmelites went to Kenya to help establish the Order. In 2007 the new province of St. Thomas in India was established and was institutes on July 16th, the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The members belong to the Syro-Malabar Rite of the Church.
During the Chapter the following were elected to leadership:
Prior Provincial | Prior Provincial | Priore Provinciale:
Fr. Thankachan Njaliath, O. Carm.
1st Councilor | 1er Consejero | 1° Consigliere:
Fr. Thomas Kunnappillil, O. Carm.
2nd Councilor | 2do Consejero | 2° Consigliere:
Fr. Shaji Mangalath, O. Carm.
3rd Councilor | 3er Consejero | 3° Consigliere:
Fr. Shiju Njaralampuzha, O. Carm.
4th Councilor | 4to Consejero | 4° Consigliere:
Fr. Johnson Baby Kunnath, O. Carm.
