 Carmel School, Valappu, Ochanthuruthu, Vypeen Island, Ernakulam District, Cochin, India, situated in the fisherman area towards the Arabian sea. Nearly 500 students studying in the Primary school and this year started the 8th standard and a High school. Class rooms are ready for the school. Furnitures are not available and a Library is required for the students of mostly Fishermen community with poor paying capacity.
The School started and nurtured by Apostolic Carmel mission founded Mother M. Veronica of the passion. Mother Veronica was ardent and full of Zeal to work for the mission in India, when she was sent to found a house of the Congregation at Calicut in 1862. She responded to an inner call and under the guidance of Fr. Marie Ephrem. O.C.C discovered her vocation to found a third order regular of active carmelites of serve the need of faith-formation through education of young girls of west coast of India. The Apostolic carmel grew and developed steadily and today it has approximately 2000 sisters in its 140 houses spread all over India and abroad engaged in the Apostolic work of teaching and other works of charity. |
