ST. ALPHONSA CHURCH – PEEDIKAPPARA
“For nothing is impossible with God" - Luke 1.37
Peedikappara
is a place filled with variety of trees, plants and mountains. As we climb up
from Koombara, the huge curves and the hilly roads brings a fear in the minds
of drivers. As we reach at Peedikappara, the fear turns into joy and blessing
with the presence of St. Alphonsa church.
In
1988 Mr. Devasiachan Kochupurachal donated 1 acre and 6 cent of land to
construct a church under the patronage of St. Alphonsa. On august 12 1988 Rev
Fr. George Thamarassery the parish of Kakkadampoil and Fr. Albert from
Avilagiri Ashram celebrated the first mass in Peedikappara. It was a
fulfillment of dreams and a beginning of enrichment the Christian faith in
Peedikappara.
In
June 14 1998, the church was raised as a station and Fr. Job Kottilangadi was
appointed as the parish priest. Thereafter the station strengthened with the
help of many priests and sisters. Fr. Joseph Mary OCD has worked a lot to bring
the parish to the present form and to construct a church which most beautiful
with a prayerful atmosphere.
St.
Alphonsa church comes under Diocese of Thamarassery and under the patronage of
St. Alphonsa and St. Sebastian. The church celebrates its feast on July 28th
of every year.
In
1980’s Peedikappara was a place of struggles and pain in terms lack of
transportation, basic facilities and networking to other places. During that
time, people like Mr. Luckachan Muthukattil, Mr. Kuruvila Manayanickal and so
on under the guidance of Fr. George Thamarassery expressed the desire to
construct a new church in Peedikappara. Till that time, people had to go to
Kakkadampoil parish to receive religious services and to attend the mass. The
difficulty of a priest to come to Peedikappara for celebrating the mass and to
manage two parish was taken in consideration by Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy declared
Peedikappara as a station.
The
present parish priest I Fr. Sheen. The church offers mass on Sundays at 8.30 am
and on weekdays 6.45 am. The church also offers Novena on every Saturday at
4.30 pm.
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| Fr. Sheen parish priest |
The parish is supported by the sisters fromCarmelagiri convent
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