Founder

St. Mariam Thresia

  • Born : 26.04.1876, Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India
  • Holy Family : 14.05.1914, Canonical erection of Congregation of Holy Family
  • Died : 08.06.1926 (aged 50), Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur District, India
  • Venerated : Catholic Church especially Syro-Malabar Church, Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, Latin Catholic Church
  • Beatified : 09.04.2000, St Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
  • Canonized : 13.10.2019, St Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
  • Major shrine : Puthenchira, India
  • Feast : 8 June, 26 April at St Mary's Forane, Puthenchira
  • Patronage : Congregation of the Holy Family

Miracles Through the Intercession of Mother Mariam Thresia

  • The key evidence to Mother Mariam Thresia leading the status of Blessed lies with a 14-year-old boy whose experience has been judged a miracle. Vatican experts including the Pope's special physician have also examined the medical evidence of the miraculous cure of club feet deformity by birth of a boy named Mathew Pellisseri.
  • The miraculous healing of the child Christopher who suffered from acute respiratory distress disease.

Venerable Joseph Vithayathil

  • Born : 23 July 1865, Puthenpally, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
  • Died : 8 June 1964 (aged 98), Kuzhikattussery, India
  • Venerated : Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
  • Feast : 8 June
  • Patronage : Congregation of the Holy Family
  • April 30, 1902 : St Mariam Thresian meets her spiritual director Rev.Fr.Joseph Vithayathil