St Mary's Church, Vendore

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St. Mary's Church Vendore
Religion
Affiliation	Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
Leadership	Metropolitan Archbishop of Thrissur
Year consecrated	1927
Status	Active
Location
Location	Vendore, Thrissur District, Kerala
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Geographic coordinates	10°25′59″N 76°16′49″E / 10.4331056°N 76.28031450000003°E / 10.4331056; 76.28031450000003
Architecture
Type	Church
Completed	1924[1]
Direction of façade	West
Website
www.stmarysvendore.in

St Mary's Church (Malayalam: സെന്റ് മേരീസ്‌ പള്ളി) is a Syro-Malabar Catholic church in Vendore, Thrissur district, Kerala, India.^[2] It is famous in the patronage of Our lady Mother Mary and belongs to Archdiocese of Thrissur.^[3]

Vendore Parish is Famous by name Vendore Amma (Malayalam: വെണ്ടോരമ്മ) comes under jurisdiction of Pudukkad Forona and is located in between Amballur and Mannampetta 200 m from Vendore Junction.

According to latest information almost 1063 Christian families are in Parish.

The history of Vendore Church begins in 1923. Earlier Vendore family members were part of Pudukkad Parish. After 1923 the Christian family members in Vendore grouped together and they needed a Parish in their location. As per the discussion came in the meeting held, some selected persons meet Bishop in Archdiocese of Thrissur. And finally Bishop allows a new Parish in 1924. Four Manjaly Family members donated the place for the parish in the name of Our lady Mother Mary. The statue in the church was imported from foreign country. The miraculous statue in which Mother Mary carrying baby Jesus Christ in her hands was crafted in woods was brought from Kochi via train to Pudukad Railway Station and then in decorated bullock cart. St Mary's Church, Vendore was Blessed in 1927 with 52 families.

Vendore celebrates two major feasts in a calendar year. The feast of Mother Mary on September^[4] and feast of Saint Sebastian in month on January.

• Sunday: 05:45am, 07:00am,10:30am, 05:30pm
• Monday to Friday: 05:45am, 07:00am
• Saturday: 06:30am, 05:30pm

Provincial council granted and bought a house near the parish church, raised to a convent on 28 May 1987 by Mar Joseph Kundukulam. By the plead from parishioners, the convent is named as St. Mary's FC Convert ^[5]

• Kerala Catholic Youth Movement
• CLC
• Jesus Youth

• Official Parish Website
• വെണ്ടോർ പള്ളി നിർമിച്ചു നൽകുന്ന വീടുകളുടെ താക്കോൽദാനം | ദീപിക
• വെണ്ടോർ പള്ളിയിൽ തിരുനാൾ ആഘോഷം | മനോരമ 2017
• Parish History

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