Indiatimes: Pala Alphonsa College not giving admission to trans community cannot be encouraged : Activists, students
Pala Alphonsa College not giving admission to trans community cannot be encouraged : Activists, students
Leenu K. Jose, a student of Alphonsa College in Pala, won the “ORMA Orator of the Year Award” in the second edition of the international speech competition organised by ORMA International (Overseas ...
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Students of Alphonso College, Pala, Maharaja's College and members of trans community react to the decision Students of Alphonso College, Pala, Maharaja's College and members of trans community react ...
A women’s college at Pala has approached the Kerala High Court seeking to quash state government’s orders granting reservation to transgenders and to give them admission to courses. KOCHI: A women’s ...
Alphonsa was canonized on 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI, making her the first canonized saint from India. St. Alphonsa is particularly venerated in Kerala, where her tomb at Bharananganam has become a pilgrimage site. Her feast day is observed annually on 28 July in the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
She received the postulant's veil on 2 August 1928 and took the name Alphonsa. In May 1929 she entered the Malayalam High School at Vazhappally. Her foster mother died in 1930. On 19 May 1930 she received her religious habit at Bharananganam.
Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception Muttathupadathu was proclaimed Blessed by Pope John Paul II in Kottayam, India, on the 8th of February 1986. With today s Canonisation, the Church in India presents its first Saint to the veneration of the faithful of the whole world.