Story of Saint Euphrasia | Stories of Saints | English

Mother Euphrasia was born on 17th October 1877, in a village called Kattoor in Kerala. Her father, Eluvathingal Cherpukaran Anthony was a well known businessman, and Her mother Kunjethy was a virtuous woman. On the eighth day of her birth, she was named Rosa, after her paternal grandmother. At the age of nine, Rosa is said to have experienced an apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which led her to make a commitment never to marry, and to commit her entire life to God. When she was ten, she entered the boarding school attached to the first indigenous Carmelite community in the Syro-Malabar Church, founded by Saints Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Leopold Beccaro in 1866 at Koonammavu in Ernakulam District.
As she grew older, Rosa wanted to enter the Sisters of the Mother of Carmel, who follow the Rule of the Third Order of the Discalced Carmelites. Her father opposed this, as he wanted to arrange a marriage for her with the son of another prosperous family in the region. Seeing her resolve, her father eventually relented and accompanied her to the convent. Watch the amazing story of this saint today!
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