Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I. was an Indian Catholic priest and social reformer. He founded an Indian religious congregation for men, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. He believed that intellectual development and the education of women was the first step towards overall social welfare and founded, the Congregation of the Mother of Carmel, the first religious congregation for women in 1866<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, C.M.I. was an Indian Catholic priest and social reformer. He founded an Indian religious congregation for men, now known as the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate. He believed that intellectual development and the education of women was the first step towards overall social welfare and founded, the Congregation of the Mother of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kerala-facts-renaissance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n