St Mary's Church, Cheloor
St Mary's Church is a Syro-Malabar parish church in Cheloor/Edathirinji, Kerala, India. The church follows leadership by Syro-Malabar Catholic Church under Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Irinjalakuda.
Overview
- Parish : Cheloor
- Forane : Irinjalakuda
- Patron : Mary Immaculate
- First Church : 1879
- Consecration of First Church : 1880
- Cemetery : 1915
- Parish Priest Home : 1917
- Consecration New Church : 22.12.1996
- Religious Houses : 2
- Priests : 1
- Male Religious : 2
- Female Religious : 10
- Catholic Population : 2800
- Catholic Families : 525
- Family Units : 18
Worship time
Daily Mass : 6:30AMSunday : 6:30 AM, 11:30AM
Neighbour parishes
- St. Thomas Cathedral Irinjalakuda
- Our Lady of Dollars Irinjalakuda West
- St Antony's Church Paduva Nagar
- St Sebastian Church Edakkulam
- St Marys's Church Padiyoor
- St Joseph's Syrian Church Mathilakam
- St Joseph's Latin Church Mathilakam
- St Joseph's Church Kaipamangalam
- Our Lady of Carmel Church Aripalam
Chapels
- Mary Immaculate Grotto
- Mary Immaculate Grotto
- Fathima Matha Chapel, Kandeswaram
- St. George Chapel, near Church Road
- St. Antony's Chappel, Edathirinji
- St. Joseph Chapel, Americankettu North West
- Sacred Heart Chapel, Chelookavu
- St. Sebastian Chapel, Kattikulam
- St. Antony's Chapel, Edakulam Road
- St. Alphonsa Chapel, Pothany Road
Governance
- Edavaka Prathinidhi Yogam
- Kudumbasammelana Kendra Samithi
Kudumbasammelana units
- Little Flower
- St. Sebastian
- Dollars
- Lourd Matha
- St. John
- Holy Angels
- Don Bosco
- St. James
- St. Mathew
- St. Alphonsa
- Pavanathma
- St. Vincent De Paul
- St. Mary's
- St. George
Catholic organisations
- C.L.C
- Altar Boys
- Gayaka Sangham
- Catholic Youth Movement C.Y.M
- Catholic Movement
- Jesus Youth
- St. Vincent De Paul Society
- Franciscan Almaya Sabha
- Mathru Sangam
- Vanitha Commission
Institutions
- St Mary's L.P. School Edathirinji: Lower Primary School under CMC Sisters. Here learning in both Malayalam and English medium in Kerala State Syllabus
Religious houses in the parish
- Jayamatha Convent: Monastery of CMC Sisters
- Bethsaida Bhavan: Old aged home in the boundary of St Mary's Church Cheloor. Malabar Missionary Brothers doing this job.
Fathers, brothers and sisters from parish
- Fr. Joseph Cheruvathur
- Br.Paulose Arimbuparambil MMB
- Sr.Stephin CMC
Former vicars
After New Church Building- Fr.Joseph Maliyekal
- Dr. Antony Manjaly
- Fr.Raphel Puthenveettil
- Fr.Varghese Perinjeril V.C
- Fr. Johny Menachery
- Fr.Martin Payyappilly CMI
- Dr. Joji Palamattah
- Fr. Joy Puthenveettil
- Fr.Benny Kizhakkeyil CST
- Fr. Joby Kachappilly CMI
- Fr.Dr. Davis Chenginiyadan
Mass times
- Sunday 6.30 a.m Adoration 7.00 a.m Holy Mas 10.30 Holy Mass
- Mon-Wed & Sat 6.30 a.m Holy Mass
- Thursday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass
- First Saturday 5.00 p.m Holy Mass & Novena in Grotto