THE LITTLE FLOWER CONGREGATION

An Overview of the history of the Congregation
Date Events
19 March 1931 Beginning of the Little Flower Brotherhood
2 February 1938 First Profession of the first two members
27 December 1945 Re-organisation as a Clerical Congregation
08 October 1947 Approbation of the Constitution of the Congregation by Mar Augustine Kandathil
01 June 1948 Beginning of the Petit Seminary at Mookkannoor
01 June 1956 First ordination to Priesthood in the Congregation
12 March 1961 Blessing of the Major Seminary at Alwaye
1969 Launching of the North Indian Mission
1970 The Mission in Gorakhpur
1973 The Mission in Punjab
17 May 1925 Bifurcation into seperate Congregations as CST Brothers and CST Fathers
08 December 1978 The Mission in Rajastan
1982 The Holy See entrusts the new Diocese of Gorakhpur to the Congregation
1984 Re-organisation of the administration into two Regions
1992 The Mission in Nepal
1994 Two Provinces and two Mission Regions
21 December 1995 Raising of the Congregation to the Pontificial status
1998 The Mission in Africa
2001 Two Provinces and two Vice-Provinces