Our Carmel in Thiruvalla was a “dream come true” for the Diocese of Thiruvalla.

It was founded in 1948 by Mother Rosario of Jesus. She, together with seven Sisters from the Convent of Cerro de Los Angeles Spain, had come first to found the Carmel at Kottayam in 1933. Ever since the Malankara Reunion in 1930, it was the dream of the Bishop of Thiruvalla to have a Cloistered Carmel in his Diocese, the cradle of the Reunion Movement. For 15 years the re-united Malankara Catholics had been praying to St. Thérèse of Lisieux to have a Carmelite Monastery in their midst in order to help them towards the goal of their reunion. The return of the Sisters from the unsuccessful attempt, for one year, to have a foundation in Karwar was providential to realize their dream for the people of Thiruvalla.