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Chavara Mission, in the civil districts of
Jalgaon,Dhulia and Nandurbar within the territory of Kalyan Diocese in India, was
formally inaugurated at a solemn Mass led by Rt. Rev. Dr. Paul Chittilappilly, Bishop of Kalyan, on February 2, 1993.
Devamatha Province of Carmelites of Mary
Immaculate (CMI) was given the care of this area in 1992. Rev. Fathers Diego
Kodankandath and Raphael Kurian were the pioneers of Chavara Mission. They
started staying in a rented house at Jalgaon. On October 1, 1992 present
regional house was erected at Dhule. In July 1994, we started Chavara
English Medium School at Walwadi village, Dhule. A Rural Health Centre was
constructed with a view to extending our service to the Adivasis.
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Members of CMI Devamatha province are doing higher studies in sacred
disciplines in Belgium and Rome along with their pastoral ministry. A few
priests are exclusively engaged in pastoral ministry in Sweden, Germany,
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