Founder
Fr. Joseph Maliparampil
1909 - 1998
Assistant parish priest, St. Mary's Church Bharanganam; spiritual architect of CML
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Every milestone below was distilled from Cherupushpa Mission League records and public archives so we can remember the courage, strategy, and sacrifice that built the CML Kothamangalam movement.
Founder
1909 - 1998
Assistant parish priest, St. Mary's Church Bharanganam; spiritual architect of CML
Founder
1925 - 2009
Lay animator whose organising genius opened parish units across Kerala
Early collaborators
They rallied households, parish councils, and students so that the first CML batches could visit missions, host retreats, and take responsibility for Syro-Malabar evangelisation.
Mission timeline
Fr. Joseph Maliparampil and P. C. Abraham Pallattukunnel launch CML in Bharanganam during the centenary of St. Therese of Lisieux, inspiring children to become missionaries at home.
Bishop James Kalacherry and Bishop Thomas Tharayil bless the movement, ensuring every parish can host a unit and receive formation tools.
CML establishes an India-first vocation bureau in Bharanganam (later the Kerala Vocation Service Centre) to accompany youth discerning priesthood and consecrated life.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council formally recognises CML, cementing the league's place in every diocese of the state.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India acknowledges CML as a national lay missionary movement, encouraging dioceses outside Kerala to replicate the model.
KCBC folds CML into the Commission for Church's Extension and Vocation so diocesan plans always reserve space for missionary formation.
The Syro-Malabar Bishops' Council takes direct responsibility for CML with the Major Archbishop as patron, reaffirming the original missionary DNA.
Documentation pledge
If you have photos, oral histories, or parish souvenirs from the early years of CML, share them with the diocesan media desk. We will digitise and catalogue every contribution while we wait for the legacy diocesan site to return.
Source note
The timeline is adapted from the Cherupushpa Mission League article on Wikipedia (last retrieved November 2024) and diocesan briefing notes. We will swap to first-party citations as soon as the original cmlkcslkothamangalam.com archive is restored.