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Bl.
Mariam Thresia born as the daughter of Thoman - Thanda of
Chiramal Mankidiyam, Puthenchira, on 26 April 1876. |
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Baptised at St. Mary's
Forane Church, Puthenchira. on 3 May 1876. |
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Her
first Holy Communion at the age of 9 at at the Chapel of
Ambzhakad Monastery. |
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Bl.
Mariam Thresia accepted Bl. Virgin Mary as her mother at the
age of 12, after the loss of her own mother. |
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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 realised. |
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Hence
returned to the midst of the people of the parish. She spent
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 three companions.
She
met her life-long spiritual Director Rev. Fr. Vithayathil at
a retreat in Puthenchira in the year 1902. Fr.
Joseph Vithayathil was appointed Vicar of Puthenchira From
30 April 1902 till 1922. in 1922 he came to Kuzhikkattusery
and remained the chaplain of the Holy Family Convent until he died
on 8 June 1964. 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.
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Her
request for a heritage/Solitary house was denied by the then Bishop till
1913. |
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In
1913 a solitary house was built for her. She with her
companions started living there. And on 14th May 1914 her 'Ekanth
Bhavan' was officially declared as the congreation of the
Holly Family |
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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 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, Kuzhikkattusery |
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