Kuriakose Elias Chavara
It is the second time in less than two months that I write about the Blessed Kuriackos Elias Chavara, who will be declared a Saint, on November 23. He is one of the greatest social reformers of Kerala, whose contributions have, unfortunately, gone unrecognised for reasons like his own aversion to self-glorification and publicity.
Though I first read about Fr Chavara only when Pope John Paul II visited Kottayam on February...
