OFM Franciscans - India

Published Books

Achilles MEERSMAN Ancient Franciscan Provinces in India 1500-1835
  Bangalore, CLS Press, 1971.
Achilles MEERSMAN The Franciscans in Bombay
(History of the Franciscans in territory comprised within the boundaries of the Archdiocese of Bombay) Bangalore, Everybody’s St. Anthony, 1957.
Achilles MEERSMAN Franciscans in India 1291-1942
The Karachi Rotti Press, 1943
Achilles MEERSMAN The Franciscans in Tamilnad
Schoneck-Beckenreid, 1962.
Achilles MEERSMAN Annual reports of the Portuguese Franciscans in India
1713-1833, Lisboa, Centro de estudos historicos ultramarines, 1972.
Achilles MEERSMAN The Franciscans in the Indonesian Archipelago
Louvain, Nouwelaerts, 1967.
Achilles MEERSMAN The institution of the commissaries general for the Portuguese Franciscans in the east
Extract from AFH, Vol.59, 1966.
Achilles MEERSMAN The Franciscans in Junk-Ceylon
Kedah and Mergui, Firenze, Archivum Franc. Hist.Extractum, 1963
Achilles MEERSMAN Climbing down to Glory - The story of Brother Everard Witte OFM 1868-1950
Bangalore, 1958.
Oswald Dijkstra Family as Church, an introduction to Family Pastoral Service in India, CBCI Commission for family and Laity
Bangalore, 1977.
Oswald Dijkstra & L. Mascarenhas Dutch Franciscans and Their Missions. Vol.1: India and Pakistan, Utrecht, 1994
Achilles MEERSMAN Dutch Franciscans and Their Missions. Vol.1: India and Pakistan, Utrecht, 1994
Oswald Dijkstra Marriage and Sexuality
Christopher Coelho A New Kind of Fool
Christopher Coelho Sing With Francis
Christopher Coelho And Now I can See
Thomas Thannickary The Master and the Disciple
Paschal Fernando St. Anthony of Padua
(A Biography & Biblical devotions in honour of St. Anthony),ATC, Bangalore, 1998.
Gerwin Van Leeuwen Worship In Today’s Idiom
Gerwin Van Leeuwen Worship in Youth Idiom
Gerwin Van Leeuwen Fully Indian Authentically Christian
Bernard D’souza The Coming of the Lord
Achilles MEERSMAN The Franciscans in the Indonesian Archipelago
Louvain, Nouwelaerts, 1967.
Dominic CJ 1000 Athmeeya Ganangal’ (Hyms)
Dominic CJ 1000 and Plus Athmiya Ganangal (Hyms)
Dominic CJ Vajana Mala

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI

ST. FRANCIS

ST. FRANCIS

FRIARS' BIRTHDAY (December)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

02

St. Louis Friary – Palmaner

Fidelis D’ Lima

Foundation

Ordination

1949

1964

05

Abraham Vadana

Shaji Nicholas Vadachery

+ Valentine Crasta

Birth

Birth

Home

1946

1969

2011

06

Baptist D’ Souza

Birth

1975

07

+ Anthony’s Church - Bannur

Erection

1999

09

Anil Kerketta

Birth

1980

11

Richard D’Silva

+ Agnel D’ Mello

Ordination

Home

1960

2013

13

Vincent Soosai

Varghese Sebastian

Scaria Varanath

Thomas M.M.

Dayanand

Anand Suresh Minj

Nideesh M. John

Birth

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Birth

Birth

1970

1975

1975

1975

1975

1987

1993

14

+ Titus Myppan

Home

2012

15

Gregory Fernandes

Ordination

1963

16

Paul K.L.

Assisi Sadan - Nagpur

Birth

Foundation

1952

1993

17

Sidney Mascarenhas

Varghese Lakra

Ordination

Birth

1967

1977

18

Ajit Kerketta

Birth

1976

19

James Kallarackan

Friary Chapel – Palmaner

Birth

Blessing

1942

1967

21

Parish Church - Palmaner

Blessing

1964

22

Francis Agnelo Rozario

Birth

1966

24

Emmanuel Christopher

Birth

1992

25

Mukti P. Ekka

+ Celestine Reardon

+ Ambrose Staskunas

Birth

Home

Home

1973

1976

1986

26

Tony D’ Souza

+ Paschal Fernando

Birth

Home

1962

1994

27

Irudayaraj Fernando

Sahaya Dhas J.

Ordination

Ordination

2002

2013

28

Madhu Sudhan Reddy

Ordination

2015

29

Thumma Ranjith Kumar Reddy

Ordination

2015

30

+ Gratian McEvoy

Wilson Paul Nattalil

Stephen Lamin Gashnga

+ Kuriyan Joseph

Home

Ordination

Ordination

Home

1992

2003

2012

2015

31

Sleeva Reddy

Birth

1968