{"id":145,"date":"2025-08-16T03:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T08:55:47","slug":"about-ward-saints","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/about-ward-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"About Ward Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<h6>HFFCH : Wards<\/h6>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. ALPHONSA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\n19-08-1910\n\n\n\n\nDied\n28 July 1946 (aged 35)\n\n\n\n\nBeatified\n8 February 1986\n\n\n\n\nCanonized\n12 October 2008, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI\n\n\n\n\nMajor shrine\nSt. Mary&#8217;s Syro-Malabar Church, Bharananganam, Kerala\n\n\n\n\nFeast\n28 July\n\n\n\n\nPatronage\nAgainst illness\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. CHAVARA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\nFebruary 10, 1805 (Kainakary, Kuttanad, Kingdom of Travancore)\n\n\n\n\nDied\n<span style=\"white-space: normal;\">January 3, 1871 (aged 65) &#8211;&nbsp;<\/span>Koonammavu, Kingdom of Cochin\n\n\n\n\nBeatified\n8 February 1986, Kottayam by Pope John Paul II\n\n\n\n\nCanonized\n23 November 2014, Rome by Pope Francis\n\n\n\n\nMajor shrine\nSt. Joseph&#8217;s Syro-Malabar Dayra Church, Mannanam, Kottayam\n\n\n\n\nFeast\n3 January\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. EUPHRASIA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\nOctober 17, 1877,&nbsp; Kattoor, Thrissur District, Kerala, India\n\n\n\n\nDied\nAugust 29, 1952, Ollur, Thrissur, Kerala, India\n\n\n\n\nBeatified\nDecember 3, 2006, Ollur, Thrissur by Mar Varkey Vithayathil\n\n\n\n\nCanonized\n23 November 2014, Rome by Pope Francis\n\n\n\n\nMajor shrine\nSt. Mary&#8217;s Syro-Malabar Church, Ollur\n\n\n\n\nFeast\n<div>August 29<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAttributes\nSyrian Catholic saint\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. JOSEPH<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\nBethlehem, 90 BC (apocryphal date)\n\n\n\n\nDied\nNazareth, July 20, AD 18 (apocryphal date)\n\n\n\n\nFeast\nMarch 19\n\n\n\n\nPatronage\nFathers, families, and workers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. MARIAM THRESIA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\nApril 26, 1876, Puthenchira, Thrissur District, Kerala, India\n\n\n\n\nDied\nJune 8, 1926, Kuzhikattussery, Thrissur district\n\n\n\n\nBeatified\nApril 9, 2000 by Pope John Paul II\n\n\n\n\nFeast\n<div>June 8<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. MOTHER TERESA<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\nAugust 26, 1910, in North Macedonia\n\n\n\n\nDied\n5 September 1997 (age 87 years), Kolkata\n\n\n\n\nMajor shrine\nMother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India\n\n\n\n\nFeast\n<div>5 September<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nAttributes\n<div>World Youth Day<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h5>ST. THOMAS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn\n1st century AD Galilee (Roman Empire)\n\n\n\n\nDied\n21 December 72, Mylapore, India\n\n\n\n\nMajor shrine\n<div>Santhome Cathedral and Basilica, Tamil Nadu<\/div>\n\n\n\n\nFeast\nJuly 3rd\n\n\n\n\nPatronage\nIndia, Saint Thomas Christians, Architects, Atheist converts\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hffch.in\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}