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 (March)

Date

Name of the Friars

Events

Year

03

Bipin Kishore Kandulna

+ Gregory Fernandes

Birth

Home

1990

2018

04

Joy Prakash

Davis Kallookaran

Alphonse Moras

Simon Pinto

+ Alexis v. Leeuwen

Birth

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Home

1948

1978

1978

1978

1999

05

Satynath Pegu

+Bal Raj Madanu

Birth

Home

1998

2018

09

Augustine Pinto

+ Gerald Scarisbrick

Sujit Ganji

Ordination

Home

Birth

1967

1980

1988

12

Gerald Lobo

Paul K.L.

St. Thomas Province – INDIA

Nichol John

Avinash Kujur

Ordination

Ordination

Erection

Birth

Birth

1977

1977

1985

1992

1995

13

Eugene A.

Samson

Tommy T.J.

Birth

S. Vows

S. Vows

1985

1985

1985

14

Jayapal Dwarakonda

Flame, Dindigul

Birth

Blessing

1979

2009

17

Basil Tirkey

Birth

1984

18

Johnvinzen Lyngdoh

Birth

1987

19

James N.

Ordination

1994

20

+ Sylvester Dias

Trevor D’Souza

Home

Ordination

1979

1993

21

+ Joseph Dias

Home

2002

23

Charles Mathew Kolanchery

Joy Prakash Kuzhiparambil

Bhatkal Friary – In Perpetum

+ Oswald Dijkstra

Ordination

Ordination

Acceptance 

Home

1974

1974

1989

2006

24



25

Lawrence Simon

Arok Sundar Sebastian

Dharma L. Bernard

Charles Bernard

Amaldas Belevendran

Andrew Edlin J.

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Ordination

Birth

1979

1979

1979

1993

1995

2001

26

Santosh Ekka

Birth

1978

27

Babu Jose Pamplany

Birth

1966

28

M. Lenin Joseph

Birth

2001

30

Paul Kallan

Birth

1961

31

Sagaya Soosairaj A.

Ordination

1997