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'''[[Mar|Marth]] St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal''' ([[Malayalam]]: എവുപ്രാസ്യാമ്മ)(October 7, 1877 – August 29, 1952), also known as '''Evuprasiamma''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[nun]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]] which is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic Church]] and a part of the [[Saint Thomas Christians|Saint Thomas Christian]] community in Kerala. |
'''[[Mar|Marth]] St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal''' ([[Malayalam]]: എവുപ്രാസ്യാമ്മ)(October 7, 1877 – August 29, 1952), also known as '''Evuprasiamma''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Carmelites|Carmelite]] [[nun]] of the [[Syro-Malabar Church]] which is an [[Eastern Catholic Churches|Eastern Catholic Church]] and a part of the [[Saint Thomas Christians|Saint Thomas Christian]] community in Kerala. She was canonized on 23 November 2014 by [[Pope Francis]].<ref name=Vatican>[http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20061203_eufrasia_en.html "Bl. Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus", Vatican News Service]</ref><ref name=times>{{cite news |
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On April 3, 2014, [[Pope Francis]] authorised the [[Congregation for the Causes of Saints]] to promulgate the decrees concerning the miracle attributed to Evuprasiamma' intercession. This confirmed Pope's approval of Evuprasiamma' canonisation. She was canonized on 23 November 2014 by [[Pope Francis]] at [[Saint Peter's square]] along with [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]]. |
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Marth St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Evuprasiamma) വിശുദ്ധ എവുപ്രാസ്യാമ്മ | |
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| File:Euphrasia Eluvathingal.JPG Marth Euphrasia of Ollur | |
| Born | October 7, 1877 Kattoor, Thrissur District, Kerala, India  |
| Died | August 29, 1952 Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Venerated in | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church |
| Beatified | December 3, 2006, Ollur, Thrissur by Mar Varkey Vithayathil |
| Canonized | 23 November 2014, Rome by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | St. Mary's Syro-Malabar Church, Ollur |
| Feast | August 29 |
| Attributes | Syrian Catholic saint |
Marth St. Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Malayalam: എവുപ്രാസ്യാമ്മ)(October 7, 1877 – August 29, 1952), also known as Evuprasiamma, was an Indian Carmelite nun of the Syro-Malabar Church which is an Eastern Catholic Church and a part of the Saint Thomas Christian community in Kerala. She was canonized on 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis.[1][2] [3] [4] [5]
Early life
She was born as Rosa Eluvathingal on October 7, 1877 in a Syro-Malabar Catholic Nasrani family in Kattoor, Thrissur near the city of Thrissur in Kerala. Rosa was the eldest child of wealthy landowner, Cherpukaran Antony and Kunjethy Eluvathingal. She was baptized on October 25, 1877 in the Mother of Carmel Church in Edathuruthy. Her mother was a devout Syrian Catholic, who taught her to pray the rosary and to participate in the Mass.[6] At the age of nine, Rose is said to have experienced an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which led her to make a commitment never to marry, and to commit her entire life to God.[1]
As she grew older, Rose desired to enter the Sisters of the Mother of Carmel, who follow the Rule of the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites. Her father opposed this as he wanted to arrange a marriage for her with the son of one of the other prosperous families in the region. Seeing her resolve, her father finally relented, and himself accompanied her to the convent.[6] When she was ten, she entered the boarding school attached to the first indigenous Carmelite community in the Syro-Malabar Church, founded by Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Leopold Beccaro 1866 at Koonammavu in Ernakulam District.
Religious Life
In 1897, Mar John Menachery, the first native Bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur, established a Carmelite Convent in Ambazakad (now belonging to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Irinjalakuda). On May 9, he brought all five inmates from Koonammavu who belonged to his diocese. The next day Rosa was received as a postulant, taking the name Sister Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and was admitted to the novitiate of the congregation on January 10, 1898. The constant ill health she experienced, however, threatened her stay in the convent, as the superiors considered dismissing her.
Euphrasia is said to have had a vision of the Holy Family, at which point the illness she had long felt ceased. Euphrasia made her solemn profession on 24 May 1900,[1] during the blessing of the newly founded St. Mary's Convent, Ollur at Ollur or Chinna Roma. After she took her perpetual vows, she was appointed assistant to the Novice Mistress. Though frail in health, Euphrasia exhibited rare moral courage, and a very high sense of responsibility and in 1904 she was soon appointed Novice Mistress of the congregation in which position she worked for nine years. In 1913 she was made Mother Superior of St. Mary's Convent, Ollur, where she was to live the rest of her life, serving as Mother Superior until 1916.[1]
Despite these duties, she endeavored to lead a life of constant prayer and of devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, becoming known by many people as the Praying Mother.[2]Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page). Mother spent much of her day in the convent chapel before the Blessed Sacrament, to which she had a strong devotion. She also nourished a great love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary.[1] Mother Euphrasia died on August 29, 1952 at the St. Mary's Convent, Ollur. Her tomb at the St. Mary's Convent, Ollur has become a pilgrimage site as miracles have been reported by some of the faithful.
Miracles
The first reported miracle by church was curing a carpenter from bone cancer. Thomas Tharakan from Anchery in Ollur, a furniture polishing worker, was diagnosed with cancer by the Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute in Thrissur. Thomas was admitted to the hospital for one week. Later before the surgery, a scan by the doctor showed no sign of tumour. But the tumour was very clear in the first scan report. Thomas' sister Rosy later acknowledged that cure was the result of her prayer to Sister Euphrasia.[7][8][9][10]
The second reported miracle happened to a 7-year-old child named Jewel from Aloor in Thrissur District. The child had a tumour in his neck which made difficult to swallow any food. Doctors at Dhanya Hospital in Potta, Thrissur District had said that this disease could not be cured. As Jewel's family is coming from a financially poor background, their only option was to pray to the almighty. After his grandmother prayed to Sister Euphrasia, the doctors noticed that his tumour was shrinking. Dr Sasikumar of Dhanya Hospital again examined him and found the tumour to have disappeared. Many doctors examined the boy and stated that it was a complete miracle.[11][12][13][14]
Veneration
Mar Joseph Kundukulam, the Archbishop of Thrissur instituted the Diocesan Tribunal for the cause of Euphrasia in 1987 by declaring her 'Servant of God'. On July 5, 2002, Pope John Paul II, recognized her heroic virtue of Euphrasia, declaring her 'Venerable'. A miracle attributed to her intercession and approved by the Vatican in June 2006 concerned the apparent healing of a carpenter from bone cancer. On December 3, 2006, she was beatified in St. Anthony's Forane Church, Ollur, Thrissur, with the declaration of the Major Archbishop, Varkey Vithayathil on behalf of the Pope Benedict XVI.
Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Pedro López Quintana and Archbishop Jacob Thoomkuzhy of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Thrissur joined 30 prelates and 500 priests for the beatification events. Ollur Parish belongs to Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, part of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, one of the two Catholic Oriental-rites based in Kerala. Her feast day is August 29.
Canonisation
On April 3, 2014, Pope Francis authorised the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate the decrees concerning the miracle attributed to Evuprasiamma' intercession. This confirmed Pope's approval of Evuprasiamma' canonisation. She was canonized on 23 November 2014 by Pope Francis at Saint Peter's square along with Kuriakose Elias Chavara.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Bl. Euphrasia of the Sacred Heart of Jesus", Vatican News Service
- ^ a b "Praying mother in beatification list". Times Of India. June 30, 2006. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
- ^ The New, Indian Expres. "Euphrasia sainthood".
- ^ Euphrasia, Eluvathingal. "Euphrasia". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Euphrasia Eluvathingal, Ollur, Thrissur. "Euphrasia sainthood along with Chavara Kuriakose Elias". The Hindu.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Congregation of the Mother of Carmel "Blessed Mother Euphrasia"
- ^ "Two miracles that made Sister Euphrasia a Saint". Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "Saint Euphrasia Miracles". CMC Sisters. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "Sister Euphrasia Eluvathingal, the "mother who prays," is Saint". AsiaNews. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "All you need to know about newly canonised Saint Euphrasia and Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara". DNA India. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "Two miracles that made Sister Euphrasia a Saint". Manoramaonline.com. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "Saint Euphrasia Miracles". CMC Sisters. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "Sister Euphrasia Eluvathingal, the "mother who prays," is Saint". AsiaNews. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
- ^ "All you need to know about newly canonised Saint Euphrasia and Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara". DNA India. Retrieved 2014-11-23.
