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Pala family to witness canonisation ceremony

Maria with her family
Maria with her family

Pala:

Maria Rose, a resident of Kottarathil in Pala, who was cured of a medical condition after making an appeal through Father Chavara, and her family will go to Vatican to attend the function that will declare Father Chavara Kuriakose Elias as a saint. Maria will witness the canonisation along with her father Jose, mother Marykutty and brothers Ebin and Febin.

Curing Maria’s eyes was the miracle that was approved by the court in Vatican for the canonisation of blessed Father Chavara Kuriakose Elias. Maria was born on April 5, 2005, with squint. Jose, who is a driver in Pala, and his wife Marykutty sought the intercession of Father Chavara, and Maria was cured.

It was on October 9, 2007, that Marykutty went to Mannanam and appealed to Father Chavara to intercede. On October 12, she went with Maria and prayed at his tomb. Jose and Marykutty said Maria’s eyes were cured during evening prayer on October 16.

After it was reported that Maria’s squint was cured through prayer, a medical team conducted an inquiry and collected evidence. Later, a commission, including doctors assigned by the Bishop of Pala, conducted a study and submitted a report. A special commission from Vatican too conducted an inquiry and accepted the miraculous cure.

Maria is a student of class five at the St. Thomas TTI in Pala. She will leave with her family from Nedumbassery at 7am on the Nov 21. Her brother Ebin J. Kottaram is a student at the Kunnoth seminary in Thalassery. Her other brother Febin is a BBA student at Mar Augusthinose College in Ramapuram.

source: http://www.english.manoramaonline.com / On Manorama / Home> News> Kerala /  by Manorama Correspondent / Sunday – November 16th, 2014