Chavarul of Chavara
A Precious Gift to Families
Keywords:
Healthy formation, Family, ChavarulAbstract
The Chavarul written by St Kuriakose Elias Chavara is considered as the final testament which needs to be adhered to without any alterations. St. Chavara has left an ineffaceable mark on the social, spiritual, and educational fields in Kerala, and believed in empowering children through education. He considered the family as the basic unit of the Church and community and asks them to follow strict timetable in their daily life for prayer and spiritual reading with the children.
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