St. Alphonsa - Some important dates
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19, Aug.1910 |
Saint Alphonsa (Annakutty) born in the village of Kudamalloor, near Kottayam. |
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27, Aug.1910 |
Alphonsa is baptized at St Mary's Church, Kudamalloor. |
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1913 |
Suffers from infected eczema for over a year. |
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1916 |
Joins the first standard in Government Primary School Thonnankuzhy, Arpookara. |
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27, Nov.1917 |
Receives the first communion. |
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1918 |
Moves to the Primary School at Muttuchira. |
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1923 |
Burns her feet falling into a pit of smouldering chaff. |
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1927 |
Comes to the Poor Clares Convent at Bharananganam, on Pentecost Day. |
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2, Aug.1928 |
Receives the Postulant's Veil at Bharananganam. |
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May, 1929 |
Joins the Malayalam High School at Vazhappally. |
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1930 |
Alphonsa's foster mother dies. |
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19, May, 1930 |
Receives her religious habit at Bharananganam. |
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22 may, 1930 |
Resumes her studies at Changanacherry. |
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May, 1930 |
Works as a temporary teacher at the Primary School at Vakakkad, 15 k.m. east of Bharananganam. |
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1933 |
A year of physical and mental suffering. |
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11, Aug.1935 |
Joins the Noviciate for the newly professed nuns. |
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l 2, Aug.1936 |
Takes her perpetual vows. |
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14, Aug.1936 |
Returns to Bharananganam from Changanacherry. |
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Dec.1936 |
Miraculous cure through the intercession of St Little Theresa of Lisieux and Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara. |
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14, June.1939 |
Falls ill with double pneumonia. |
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18, Oct.1940 |
A thief stumbles into her room. She loses her memory temporarily as a result of the shock. |
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29, Sep.1941 |
Alphonsa is seriously ill and the extreme unction is administered. |
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30, Sep.1941 |
Regains her memory, as she herself had prophesied, on the Feast of St.Little Therese. |
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1941- 45 |
A period of Comparatively better health. |
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July.1945 |
Bouts of vomiting. Alphonsa is seriously ill again. |
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28,July.1946 |
Departs for her heavenly abode. |
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1951 |
Death of Alphonsa's father. |
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2, Dec. 1953 |
The Diocesan Tribunal set up and Alphonsa declared Servant of God. |
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Oct.1962 |
The report of the Diocesan Tribunal submitted to the Sacred Congregation. |
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15, July.1980 |
The Apostolic process for the beatification of Saint Alphonsa started. |
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9, July.1985 |
Sr. Alphonsa becomes Venerable Sr Alphonsa. |
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8, Feb. 1986 |
Alphonsa beatified by the Pope at Kottayam. |
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12, October. 2008 |
St. Alphonsa canonised Pope Pope Benedict XVI. |
St Alphonsa Canonisation
Pope Benedict XVI cleared Sister Alphonsa's name for canonisation on 1 June 2007, a process that was started 55 years ago. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1986 in Kottayam, 40 years after her death, in recognition of the numerous miracles associated with her.
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