St Mary's Church, Cheloor

St Mary's Church is a Syro-Malabar parish church in Cheloor/Edathirinji, Kerala, India (in diocesan records Mary Immaculate Church, Cheloor). The church follows leadership by Syro-Malabar Catholic Church under Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.

Overview

 * 1) Parish :  Cheloor
 * 2) Forane :  Irinjalakuda
 * 3) Patron :  Mary Immaculate
 * 4) First Church : 1879
 * 5) Consecration of First Church :  1880
 * 6) Cemetery :  1915
 * 7) Parish Priest Home :  1917
 * 8) Consecration New Church :  22.12.1996
 * 9) Religious Houses :  2
 * 10) Priests :  1
 * 11) Male Religious :  2
 * 12) Female Religious :  10
 * 13) Catholic Population :  2800
 * 14) Catholic Families :  525
 * 15) Family Units :  18

Worship time
Daily Mass : 6:30AM (Mon - Sat) Sunday : 6:30 AM, 11:30AM

Neighbour parishes

 * 1) St. Thomas Cathedral Irinjalakuda
 * 2) Our Lady of Dollars Irinjalakuda West (Thanisserry)
 * 3) St Antony's Church Paduva Nagar (Ikkarakunnu)
 * 4) St Sebastian Church Edakkulam
 * 5) St Marys's Church Padiyoor
 * 6) St Joseph's Syrian Church Mathilakam
 * 7) St Joseph's Latin Church Mathilakam
 * 8) St Joseph's Church Kaipamangalam
 * 9) Our Lady of Carmel Church Aripalam

Chapels

 * Mary Immaculate Grotto (inside compound)
 * Mary Immaculate Grotto (main road view)
 * 1) Fathima Matha Chapel, Kandeswaram
 * 2) St. George Chapel, near Church Road
 * 3) St. Antony's Chappel, Edathirinji
 * 4) St. Joseph Chapel, Americankettu North West
 * 5) Sacred Heart Chapel, Chelookavu
 * 6) St. Sebastian Chapel, Kattikulam
 * 7) St. Antony's Chapel, Edakulam Road
 * 8) St. Alphonsa Chapel, Pothany Road

Governance

 * Edavaka Prathinidhi Yogam
 * Kudumbasammelana Kendra Samithi

Kudumbasammelana units

 * 1) Little Flower
 * 2) St. Sebastian
 * 3) Dollars
 * 4) Lourd Matha
 * 5) St. John
 * 6) Holy Angels
 * 7) Don Bosco
 * 8) St. James
 * 9) St. Mathew
 * 10) St. Alphonsa
 * 11) Pavanathma
 * 12) St. Vincent De Paul
 * 13) St. Mary's
 * 14) St. George

Catholic organisations

 * C.L.C
 * Altar Boys
 * Gayaka Sangham (Choir)
 * Catholic Youth Movement C.Y.M
 * Catholic Movement
 * Jesus Youth
 * St. Vincent De Paul Society
 * Franciscan Almaya Sabha
 * Mathru Sangam
 * Vanitha Commission

Institutions

 * St Mary's L.P. School Edathirinji: Lower Primary School under CMC Sisters. Here learning in both Malayalam and English medium in Kerala State Syllabus

Religious houses in the parish

 * Jayamatha Convent: Monastery of CMC Sisters
 * Bethsaida Bhavan: Old aged home in the boundary of St Mary's Church Cheloor. Malabar Missionary Brothers (MMB) doing this job.

Fathers, brothers and sisters from parish

 * 1) Fr. Joseph Cheruvathur
 * 2) Br.Paulose Arimbuparambil MMB
 * 3) Sr.Stephin CMC

Former vicars
After New Church Building
 * 1) Fr.Joseph Maliyekal
 * 2) Dr. Antony Manjaly
 * 3) Fr.Raphel Puthenveettil
 * 4) Fr.Varghese Perinjeril V.C
 * 5) Fr. Johny Menachery
 * 6) Fr.Martin Payyappilly CMI (Acting)
 * 7) Dr. Joji Palamattah
 * 8) Fr. Joy Puthenveettil
 * 9) Fr.Benny Kizhakkeyil CST (Acting)
 * 10) Fr. Joby Kachappilly CMI (Acting)
 * 11) Fr.Dr. Davis Chenginiyadan

Mass times

 * Sunday 6.30 a.m Adoration 7.00 a.m Holy Mas 10.30 Holy Mass
 * Mon-Wed & Sat 6.30 a.m Holy Mass
 * Thursday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass
 * First Saturday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass & Novena in Grotto

Communication details

 * Vicar
 * St Marys Church Cheloor
 * Edathirinji P.O.
 * Kerala, India.
 * Pin # 680121.
 * Tel # 0091 480 2820865
 * Official Web Site : http://www.cheloorchurch.com
 * Blog : http://www.smccheloor.blogspot.com