An Indigenous Catholic Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical right in the Syro-Malabar Church, founded in 1933 at Kottayam, Kerala by the respected fathers Very Rev Fr Mathew Alakulam and Very Rev Fr Joseph Paredom; serving the People of God in different states: Andrapradesh, Arunachalpradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu in India and Africa, America, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Philippians.
MCBS: Missionary Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament
Founded on: May 7 1933
Founders: Rev Fr Mathew Alakulam and Rev Fr Joseph Paredom
Charism: to live and proclaim the Eucharistic Mystery we celebrate
Motto: To Be with Him and To Be Broken
Superior General: Fr Joseph Maleparampil
Provinces: 2, Emmaus, Zion
Members: 440 Professed Members, 37 Novices, 172 Seminariens
MCBS at a glance
Members | 547 |
Bishop | 2 |
Priests | 392 |
Brothers Co-operators | 02 |
Major Seminarians | 151 |
Novices | 40 |
Minor Seminarians | 155 |
Houses of Formation | 10 |
Houses and Institutions | 93 |
Mission Centers | 20 |
Mission Stations | 37 |
Ayurveda Hospital | 01 |
Centre for caring the poor and aged | 5 |
Training Centre for Physically Handicapped | 01 |
Children’s Homes | 08 |
Dispensaries | 12 |
Hospital | 01 |
Centre for Caring for mentally handicapped | 03 |
Govt School for the mentally retarded | 02 |
HIV- AIDS Hospital | 01 |
Hostels | 10 |
I.T.I | 02 |
Printing Press | 1 |
B. Ed College for Spe.Edu | 1 |
Nursery Schools | 21 |
Retreat Centers | 3 |
Schools | 32 |
Self Help Groups | 750 |
T. B. Sanitorium | 1 |
Tailoring Schools | 18 |
Training Centre for Deaf and Dump | 1 |
Vocational Training Centre for the Mentally Deficient | 1 |