St George's Syro-Malabar Forane Church, Kulathuvayal

The administrators of the diocese paid special attention to the spiritual needs of the new settlers and gave them all the necessary help.As new Christian settlements were established, the missionaries of Kozhikode diocese started paying attention to the needs of the community.The bishop of Kozhikode, Leo Presarpio SJ, understood the problems of the settlers and did everything to help them.Joseph Peediekkal, the vicar of Vadakara church, to manage the spiritual needs of the people of Kulathuvayal, Maruthonkara and Padathukadavu, which were part of the Perambra settlement area.Peediekkal celebrated the holy mass for the settler community at Kulathuvayal, in the house of Chacko Njallimakkal.Janab Moythu Sahib donated 10 acres (40,000 m2) of prime land at Kulathuvayal hill top for the new church.The thatched shed for the new church was constructed under the leadership of Fathers Peediekkal, Mathew Kappukattil, and John Makkil.They were mostly the humble offerings of the poor mothers who were struggling in the midst of dangerous fevers and acute scarcity.The road to Kulathuvayal from Padathukadavu was built, led by Janab Moythu who contributed food for the workers.Utilizing the 6000 rupees he contributed, a new car was bought from Coimbatore by Professor K. M. Chandy (former governor of Gujarat), and the bishop was taken to Kulathuvayal in that along the new road.Ayilloor established several churches for the Christian settlers, at Peruvannamoozhy, Koorachundu, Kallanode, Thalayad, and Kattippara.During his sixteen-year incumbency several construction works were carried out in Kulathuvayal, including the church and the school.The church building he constructed was peculiar with its balcony, priest home, and the eighty feet tall tower.[2] The Sacred Heart convent on the eastern side of the Kulathuvayal hill was established mainly because of the attempt of Mgr.Although they no longer exist, they served an essential purpose in their time; they disappeared only after fulfilling their goals.He helped the bishop, Mar Sebastian Velloppilly, to establish the Corporate Management for the schools that came under the diocese.The construction of the first floor of the high school including the office, and the widening of the Perambra-Koorachundu road were the major developmental activities undertaken under his leadership.Francis Kallikattu came after him, and completed the construction of St. George's Higher Secondary School Kulathuvayal.George Karukamalil helped for the formation of new Parish at Narinada which was named after the first saint of India St. Alphonsa.Kulathuvayal was declared as the one and only Official Pilgrim Centre in Syro-Malabar by Cardinal Mar George Alanchery on 28 April 2012.Vinoy Purayidom was appointed as the Corporate Manager of the Educational Institutions in Thamarassery Diocese, Fr.The parish spreads through the panchayats of Koothali, Chakkittapara, Koorachundu, Perambra and Kayanna in Kozhikode district.The land is made wet and fertile by the reservoir of the Kuttiady irrigation scheme, and the Chembrapuzha that springs from Chakkittapara, flows east until it reaches Koorachundu, and then turns west and flows around Kulathuvayal till it reaches Kuttiadypuzha.St. George's Higher Secondary School Kulathuvayal situates in a remote hilly area of Calicut district of Kerala state.Varkey was appointed as the first Manager of the school and was permanently recognized by the government of Kerala as per proceedings of no R/Dis/No/211/66 dated 10/03/1966 of the DEO Vatakara.At present, it has 800 professed sisters working in one hundred communities in India, the US, Germany and Italy, engaged with different apostolic activities like teaching, nursing, orphanage, leprosy center, old age homes, family apostolate, social work, pastoral care, prayer and counseling.In 1976, Monsignor Varkey started the Malabar region's first charismatic retreat center that now attracts thousands of people.