TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chacko, K C
AU  - Chacko,K C
TI  - The Pioneer Lay Franciscan:  Puthenparampil Thommechan
U1  - LN 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Alwaye
PB  - Kerala Franciscan Association
N1  - includes index and biblioraphy; Prologue ...........................17  The People of Kerala..............................22  St. Francis and third order..........................27  Birth and early years..................30  Thommechan turns ascetic..............................37  Branded Revolutionary...........................45  at the head of the third order.................................50  Thommechan`s love of poverty .............53  Humility........................55  Obedience......................59  His Devotional Life.........................63  Thommechan and lent..................................71  Sense of justice and social awareness....................76  Death and burial..........................................81  Tommechan in the eyes of others...............................84  The relevance of franciscan tertiaries in the Modern world................91  The franciscan third Order in Kerala........................111  Epilogue..................114
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