The initiative to start a monastery at Pala was taken by Fr Casimir Alappat on September 1952. About 2.5 acres of land was donated by Mr Varghese Ammiyanickal and Mr Mathew Kattakayam. The foundation stone was laid on January 20, 1953 and was blessed by Mar Sebastian Vayalil, Bishop of Pala on November 7, 1953. In February 14, 1954 this house was canonically erected as a Monastery. The new Monastery and Chapel were consecrated on July 18, 1968 by Mar Sebastian Vayalil. Since 1954, Providence Home, the Old Age Home for the destitute, remained a joint venture of the Monastery in collaboration with St Vincent de Paul Conference, Kizhathadiyoor. Its ownership was transferred to the Monastery in 1956 and in 1985 the management of the home is handed over to the Sisters of Destitute (SD). St Vincent English Medium School and a Boarding House was started on February 20, 1963. St Vincent EM HSS is unique as the first English medium school owned and managed by the CMI Congregation. Chavara CMI Public School with CBSE syllabus, established in 1998. Two educational projects initiated by Chavara Educational and Charitable Trust, Pala at Hill View Campus, Kurianad (2016) and Chavara Valley Campus, Mutholy (2017) are vivid examples of a new era of religious collaboration and resource sharing.

 

INSTITUTIONS & ACTIVITIES

• St Vincent EM HSS

      Web: www.svhsspala.edu.in

      E-mail: svhsspala@gmail.com
      Mob: 09947212975 (Office)

• Chavara Public School (CBSE)

      Web: www.cps.ac.in

      E-mail: chavaraschoolpala@gmail.com

      Mob: 09446746191 (Office)

• St Vincent Boarding House

      Mob: 09747571716

• Chavara Hills CMI Public School, Kurianad

• Chavara Valley Campus,  Mutholy

• Carmel Shopping Complex, Pala