Daughters of Mary St. Mary’s Province is one among the 6 provinces of Congregation of the Daughters of Mary (DM). Congregation of the Daughters of Mary is a missionary congregation of Pontifical Right according to Canon Law CCEO 505(2). It is founded by Monsignor Joseph Kuzhinjalil, a zealous missionary priest of the Archdiocese of Changanassery, with the Paternal Blessings of the Servant of God and Architect of the Reunion Movement Archbishop Mar Ivanios in Syro Malankara Catholic Church on 8th May 1938 at Marthandom, in Kanyakumari District. The primary mission of the congregation is to bring Good News to the poor and neglected, concentrating families for their integrated development as well as to announce the Gospel of Christ to the end of the world, to foster unity.
Daughters of Mary , St Mary’s Provincialate is situated at Pongummood, a lush green landscape near Medical College in Trivandrum District. It is on Trivandrum – Kollam route, between Ulloor and Sreekaryam.
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The patrons of our congregation and its models of holiness and apostolic life are: The Blessed Virgin Mary, the congregation’s mother and protector, who responded to the call of God the Father with a spotless life and unconditional surrender. Saint Francis of Assisi, the congregation’s primary heavenly patron, who made Gospel the rule of his life; embraced poverty; lived an evangelical life; preached to everyone about the love of God and entrusted himself totally to God’s providence. Following his example the congregation has adopted the Franciscan Spirituality.