Women TOCD: Facts Versus Fabrications

includes index and biblioraphy

THE BEGINNINGS OF THE INDIGENOUS CONGREGATION FOR WOMEN Roles of Important Personalities in the Foundation....................................................12 Role of Fr. Kuriakose Elias Chavara...............13 Role of Fr. Leopold................................................ 25 Roles of Widow Eliswa and Anna ........................41 TOWARDS THE CANONICAL ERECTION OF WOMEN TOCD A Humble Beginning.................................................... 58 Role of Msgr. Bernardine Bacchielli................58 The Issue Concerning the Constitution............60 Construction of Panambumadam....................62 Thresia as the Third Member.......................74 Ceremonies of the Erection ofPanambumadam.19 Clara as the 4th Member..............................82 Construction of the New Convent............................... 89 A Prophetic Utterance.................................89 A Hard Life.............................................91 A Firm Decision.........................................92 The Construction Process.............................94 TOWARDS THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE LIFESTYLE OF THE EARLY MEMBERS The Inspiration and Rationale Behind the Foundation 150 Inspiration..............................................150 Rationale................................................159 Two Comrades as the Formators of Religious Life.163 3.2.1. Spiritual Guides.......................................164 Procurators of Temporalities.......................l83 Receiving and Rejecting the Members............184 Fr. Leopold as the `Formator`.................................. 193 Paternal/Maternal Figure...........................193 A Spiritual Guide......................................196 Canonical Superior....................................218 Procurator of Temporalities........................220 A Witnessing Figure..................................220 Fr. Chavara as the Formator ....................................221 A Paternal/Maternal Figure........................221 The Spiritual Guide...................................230 The Procurator of Temporalities..................269 A Witnessing Figure..................................272 Role of the first Members ..........................................278 Role of Mother Eliswa................................279