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Founder

VENERABLE MAR THOMAS KURIALACHERRY

The Congregation of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (SABS) was founded officially on 8th December 1908, when the first members received the religious veil at St.George’s Church Edathua. It had its origin in the personal experience of the Eucharistic love and presence of the Venerable Mar Thomas Kurialacherry (1873-1925) the first bishop of Changanacherry and Rev. Mother Francisca de Chantal (1880 – 1972), the first member of the congregation. The community life of the members of the SABS congregation has begun at the Cattle shed at Edathua, of the Servant of God Puthenparambil Thommachen, who was known as ‘Kerala Assisi’. The beginning of the first convent was on Dec.10, 1908 at Champakulam in the district of Alappuzha in Kerala state in South India. Mar Thomas Kurialacherry says that even from his childhood, he earnestly desired to have a group of people to adore Holy Eucharist, the supreme expression of the love of God to mankind. He was fortunate indeed to have his studies in Mannanam and priestly formation in Propaganda College Rome, where he could deepen his love for the Eucharistic Lord. He used to visit the chapels near the school and College spending time with the Eucharistic Lord in adoration. The long hours spent before the Blessed Sacrament in the Perpetual Adoration chapels instilled in him a deep personal relationship with Jesus in the Eucharist and an ardent desire that the Holy Eucharist be known, loved and adored by all, always and everywhere. He was attracted and influenced by the word of God “I am come to cast fire on earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?” (Lk.12, 49). He wanted to bring all the people to the true faith and adoration which he considered would bring victory over the ignorance, faithlessness and adultery prevailing in his home land Kerala and in India.

 Now by 2022, we have 22 Provinces .The fruitful missionary activities in India inspired us to venture into the whole world to make known the compassionate love of the Eucharistic Lord. Thus we have missionaries in Germany, Italy, USA, Switzerland, England, Nepal and in East Africa. In 2016 the mission region in East Africa became a province with 89 sisters in 22 convents distributed in Kenya, Tansania and Uganda. Today about 5000 SABS are the witnesses and transmitters of the Eucharistic Love throughout the world in 10 countries, drawing everyone to the Holy Eucharist. To make Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament known, loved and adored, we are engaged in different apostolic activities like Eucharistic, Education, Healing, Social and Family apostolates. The vision of the Founder and the Co-Foundress is still continue to ignite many a mind and is sure to shine on in the years to come.

The Process of Beatification and Canonization of the Founder of SABS Mar Thomas Kurialacherry was initiated in 1983 and the ‘Positio’ on his Heroic Virtues was submitted for the approval of the Sacred Congregation of the Canonization of Saints in 1996. It was studied by a team consisting of 8 Theologians and a Promoter of Faith and he was officially declared Venerable on Aril 2, 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI. The tomb of Venerable Mar Thomas Kurialacherry at the Cathedral church Changanacherry is a pilgrim centre where the people of God pray fervently the prayer of intercession. Now we are prayerfully waiting for two first class miracles through his intercession to be accepted and acknowledged by the Congregation of the Saints.

 Our charism is the devotion to the Holy Eucharist. The core of this devotion is a deep personal attachment to Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. The main goal of our healing ministry is the proclamation of the Good News that life is worth living because it is a precious gift from God. The objective of this ministry is to respond to all those who are in need of healing in the holistic sense and to be sensitive to the needy and committed to serve the poor. We treat all human beings from conception to natural death with deep respect and care. Following the steps of the Good Samaritan, we commit ourselves to the ministry of the sick with tenderness and compassion. Seeing the Eucharistic Lord in the faces of the physically, mentally and spiritually wounded, we give them the compassionate touch of the Lord and try to help them to regain their natural health. We make our ministry to the sick, a continuous adoration. We draw all to the Holy Eucharist, the nectar of the sick, the refuge of the weak and the bread of life, through our merciful dealings and unselfish love.