CHURCH HISTORY
The history of our
St. Roch church has started from the year 1915. It was known through
elderly people that, a small cottage is used for prayer towards St. Roch
using a small idol of St. Roch from the year 1915 0nwards. At this time
our church was under the parish of Kurusady. Later our church has been
brought under the parish of Rajavoor and after that and still under the
parish of Ramanathichanputhoor (North)
This small idol of St. Roch, can be still seen in our church.
Later, being realized about the gracefulness of our St. Roch
towards our illness and diseases, it was decided and the prayer house was converted into a church by Fr. Ignatius in the year 1943 and was in use for years. Still our elder people cherish in the beautiful moments they were in part of this church and church activities and the first mass conducted by Fr. Benzigar, our church was under Kollam diocese at that time.
In the later stage our St. Roch church extension work was done by Fr. Thomas Fernandez in the year 1976.
As years pass-by blessings from our St. Roch also was in abundant and our village got developed. Later in a stage, it was decided to build a beautiful church for our beloved St. Roch by our parish priest Late Rev. Fr. A. Amalraj.
The new church building work started in the year 1995. Being with abundant love towards St. Roch, almost all the people in our village, from small child to the most elderly people, raised their hands in the
development of the new church; either by funds or through the manual help in construction.
The new church for St. Roch grew in a medium pace and with a beautiful phase. Finally after a couple of years, the construction work got completed and was blessed and opened by our Bishop, Late Rev Fr. Leon A Dharmaraj, on 8th August 1997, in the presence of our parish priest Late Rev. Fr. A. Amalraj.
Anyone who gets a chance to have a glance of our church never left the place without leaving an astonishing comment. Such a beautiful design it was and it was the talk of the town for a few months.
Our people’s love towards our Paathukavalar, never will decrease but rather will increase day by day and as a result, they were not ready to leave the church as it is and as a further development, a KEBI along with a big stage was decided to be built. The work for this KEBI along with stage started on 3rd July 2000.
The KEBI and stage were opened on 24th June 2005, by Rev. Fr. Jokim in the presence of Rev. Fr. Joseph Colin.
During festival days our St. Roch church shines in bright and decorative lights. There was a problem during these days as the power supplies required on these days are in abundant and hence the expense got big concern. Hence our village people decided to get a high voltage generator for our church and the same was bought and in use from 18th August 2013.
Our church and related activities are getting developed day by day and similarly the blessings we get from our Paathukavalar St. Roch is also getting increased day by day. He as a savior protects our people from any form of disasters.
Let’s do pray towards our St. Roch regularly.
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This small idol of St. Roch, can be still seen in our church.
Later, being realized about the gracefulness of our St. Roch
towards our illness and diseases, it was decided and the prayer house was converted into a church by Fr. Ignatius in the year 1943 and was in use for years. Still our elder people cherish in the beautiful moments they were in part of this church and church activities and the first mass conducted by Fr. Benzigar, our church was under Kollam diocese at that time.
In the later stage our St. Roch church extension work was done by Fr. Thomas Fernandez in the year 1976.
As years pass-by blessings from our St. Roch also was in abundant and our village got developed. Later in a stage, it was decided to build a beautiful church for our beloved St. Roch by our parish priest Late Rev. Fr. A. Amalraj.
The new church building work started in the year 1995. Being with abundant love towards St. Roch, almost all the people in our village, from small child to the most elderly people, raised their hands in the
development of the new church; either by funds or through the manual help in construction.
The new church for St. Roch grew in a medium pace and with a beautiful phase. Finally after a couple of years, the construction work got completed and was blessed and opened by our Bishop, Late Rev Fr. Leon A Dharmaraj, on 8th August 1997, in the presence of our parish priest Late Rev. Fr. A. Amalraj.
Anyone who gets a chance to have a glance of our church never left the place without leaving an astonishing comment. Such a beautiful design it was and it was the talk of the town for a few months.
Our people’s love towards our Paathukavalar, never will decrease but rather will increase day by day and as a result, they were not ready to leave the church as it is and as a further development, a KEBI along with a big stage was decided to be built. The work for this KEBI along with stage started on 3rd July 2000.
The KEBI and stage were opened on 24th June 2005, by Rev. Fr. Jokim in the presence of Rev. Fr. Joseph Colin.
During festival days our St. Roch church shines in bright and decorative lights. There was a problem during these days as the power supplies required on these days are in abundant and hence the expense got big concern. Hence our village people decided to get a high voltage generator for our church and the same was bought and in use from 18th August 2013.
Our church and related activities are getting developed day by day and similarly the blessings we get from our Paathukavalar St. Roch is also getting increased day by day. He as a savior protects our people from any form of disasters.
Let’s do pray towards our St. Roch regularly.
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