St. Mariam Thresia

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St. Mariam Thresia was an Indian mystic, visionary, and the founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family. She lived a life of prayer, healing, and service, especially to families, the sick, and the poor.

St. Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan was born on April 26, 1876, in Puthenchira, a small village in Kerala, India, into a deeply religious but modest Syro-Malabar Catholic family. Even from her earliest years, she showed signs of a profound spiritual life, experiencing mystical visions and intense devotion to prayer and the Holy Family.

Despite her desire for religious life, Mariam Thresia was not initially accepted into convents due to her extraordinary spiritual phenomena, which were often misunderstood. Instead, she began living a life of solitary consecration, marked by prayer, fasting, and service to the poor. She practiced frequent self-mortification and lived simply, often walking miles to visit the sick and help struggling families.

She became known for her spiritual gifts, including ecstasies, visions, and even bearing the stigmata. After a period of ecclesiastical scrutiny and guidance, particularly under her spiritual director Fr. Joseph Vithayathil, she was permitted to found a religious congregation.

On May 14, 1914, she established the Congregation of the Holy Family in Thrissur, Kerala. The congregation was dedicated to serving families in need, caring for the sick, educating children, and nurturing Christian values in homes. She took the name Mariam Thresia in honor of the Blessed Virgin and lived as the congregation’s first superior.

St. Mariam Thresia continued her charitable work, enduring physical suffering, spiritual trials, and the burdens of leadership until her death on June 8, 1926, at the age of 50. She died from injuries sustained while caring for a sick person.

Her sanctity and miracles led to her beatification by Pope John Paul II on April 9, 2000, and she was canonized by Pope Francis on October 13, 2019.

Feast Day

8-6-

Birth Date

26-4-1876

Died Date

8-6-1926

Canonised Date

13-10-2019

Kuzhikkattussery, Kerala, India

St. Mariam Thresia, radiant in faith and devoted in service, Guide us with your love and inspire us to live with compassion. Help us to follow your example of humility and dedication to God, That we may serve others with kindness and grace. Intercede for us, dear saint, and grant us the strength to carry our crosses. Through your prayers, may we grow in holiness and draw closer to Christ. Amen.
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