We friars Joy Valooran, Dominic C.J, Varghese Sebastian, Johnny Anthony and Jamesmon P.C. at St.Francis Friary, Kochi could start helping the people by making mask from 16th of March through a wide range of volunteers including our lay groups. Since complete lockdown, we reached cooked food packets to the most deserving living on streets and lone-elderly at homes, through an existing system of volunteers.
The Community members of St. Francis Friary in Kochin, realising the immediate need of usage of masks, launched into stitching them. We collected around 11 tailoring machines from homes and convents (to be returned later) and we also bought a cloth cutting machines, 3 tailoring machines and two layers of fabrics for masks. We were able to distribute more than 6,500 masks to Hospitals, Police department, Scavengers, Auto-drivers, Migrant workers, Fishermen, Patients and for the poor people. We also supplied more than 11,500 cut-pieces of mask materials to different groups for stitching in their own respective places. Now due to lockdown volunteers were unable to come to stitch the mask in our friary campus. Therefore, we are sending the stitching materials to their homes and get them stitched.
We distributed cooked food daily to the homeless living on streets & lone-elderly at homes, migrants, and beggars. In the coming days we want to reach people in need through providing provision kit. We are working towards this venture.
Despite of Government efforts, there are still hundreds of poor people struggling for their nourishment. Therefore, we realised the necessity of giving some basic raw food items (around 745 Kits) to the identified deserving people to sustain them for two weeks. After two weeks we have to give them another bundle of Kits. We are also providing reusable-masks to scavengers (500 masks) and families (1400 masks).
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Date |
Name of the Friars |
Events |
Year |
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01 |
Charles Mathew Kolanchery |
Birth |
1947 |
|
02 |
Joseph Raj M. |
Birth |
1975 |
| 03 | Bl. Helene Enselmini, OSC | 1242 |
|
|
04 |
St. Charles Borromeo, OFS Bl. Teresa Manganiello, OFS Charles Bernard |
Birth |
1584 1876 1963 |
|
05 |
Lawrence Simon Bala Marneni + Thomas Thannikary + Bernard D’ Silva |
Birth Birth Home Home |
1949 1962 1996 2010 |
|
06 |
Bl. Marguerite deLorraine, OSC Singarayar A. Salvador D’Souza |
Birth Birth |
1521 1970 1979 |
|
07 |
St. Didacus of Alcala, OFM Bl. Raynier of Arezzo, OFM Hemant Xess |
Birth |
1463 304 1975 |
| 08 | Bl. John Duns Scouts OFM | 1308; |
|
|
09 |
Bl. Gabriel Ferreti, OFM Saji P. Mathew |
Birth |
1456 1975 |
|
10 |
Bl. Louis Guanella, OFS Augustine Pinto + Wilbert Smit |
Birth Home |
1340 1936 2003 |
|
11 |
Bl. Mary Crucifixa, OFS Fulgence Ekka Basil S. Lobo |
Birth Birth |
1826 1964 1971 |
| 12 | Bl. Giovanni della Pace, OFS | 1433 |
|
| 13 | St. Didace d’ Alcala, OFM | 1463 |
|
|
14 |
Franciscan Martyrs of Palestine + Mark O’Rourke Salvador Drego |
Home Birth |
1391 1974 1984 |
|
15 |
Bl. Sebastian de Jesus OFM Bl. Mary of the Passion FMM + Anthony Almeida |
Memoria Home |
1734 1904 1970 |
|
17 |
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Patroness of the OFS Bl. Jeanne de Signa, OFS |
|
1231 1307 |
|
18 |
Bl. Salome of Cracow, OFS |
|
1268 |
|
19 |
St. Agnes of Assisi, OSC Bl. Maria Milagros, OSC Thomas Joseph +Kamal Ekka |
Birth Home |
1253 1936 1962 2008 |
|
20 |
Franciscan Martyrs of Spain Irudayaraj Fernando + Bonaventure Davis + Bishop Ambrose Y +Jesu Irudayam |
Birth Home Home Home |
1936 1966 1971 1997 2009 |
|
22 |
Franciscan Martyrs of Armenia +Joachim Tinneny |
|
1895 2009 |
|
23 |
Bl. Marie de Jesus, Third Order Regular + John C. O’Dowda Maria Ratheesh Jenive |
Home Birth |
1902 1982 1999 |
|
24 |
Bl. Timothy Trajonowski, Conv Rajesh Praveen Kumar |
Birth |
1942 1994 |
|
25 |
All Deceased of the Seraphic Order St. Humilis of Bisgnano, OFM Bl. Elizabeth of Reute, Third Order Regular Carlos Dias Tojy M. |
Birth Birth |
1637 1420 1959 1970 |
|
26 |
St. Leonard of Port Maurice, OFM Balthazar Pinto |
Feast Birth |
1751 1960 |
|
27 |
St. Francis Anthony Fasani, Conv Johnson M. V. |
Feast Birth |
1742 1969 |
| 28 | St. Jams of La Marca, OFM | Feast | 1476 |
|
29 |
All Saints of the Seraphic Order Dependent Custody Foundation,North East. Amaladass Manickam |
Feast Erection Ordination |
2008 1985 |
|
30 |
Bl. Antoine Bonfandini, OFM Prasad Papabathuni |
Birth |
1482 1970 |
