Inspired by St.Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-71), a visionary and social reformer of divine caliber from Kerala in 18th century, the members of the congregation is carrying the visionary legacy of our patron for the last two decades. His wholistic social reformation was based on education. He believed that, unless and until our minds and mentalities are not transformed with knowledge and wisdom, the society will remain as a static and stagnant entity.Hence the best tool for any positive social change and social upliftment is education. Taking inspiration from this great visionary, the congregation at present is serving in the elementary, and higher education levels with more than 650 schools, 30 colleges and other varied educational institutions in India for educating socially useful citizens with a strong conviction that each one is a precious gift of God.
Who we are
K. E. Carmel School (Kuriakose Elias Carmel) Suri, is the sixth educational institution of CMI congregation in Bengal and has begun its journey in 2016 April. It is run by Catholic Minority Community, with all the rights and privileges granted by the constitution of India. It is a unit of the educational ministry of the religious congregation, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), under St. Joseph's Province Thiruvananthapuram and is managed by CMI Dharmanivas Educational Trust (DET) in Bengal. It imparts instructions to students from NURSERY to CLASS - VIII. The classes will be upgraded yearly and will reach up to higher secondary level in near future.
Our Backgrounds
Our Inspiration
Our Inspiration - St. Elias Chavara
Our Strength - CMI
Our Strength
Carmelite of Mary Immaculate (CMI) is the first indigenous congregation in India,under the Catholic Church, started in 1855, with a mixture of Carmelite spirituality and Indian spirituality in action.The ‘active sanyasa congregation’ has set its priority, to respond to the needs of the times. As a result the congregation has a commendable track record in the fields of education, medical care, social works, media communications and pastoral care for the past 190 years. At present the Congregation has 3000 permanent members all over the world, with 15 administrative provinces.
| Provinces | 15 |
| Region | 1 |
| Sub-regions | 7 |
| Delegations | 2 |
| No. of Countries CMIs Work | 31 |
| Bishops | 10 |
| Priests | 1884 |
| Deacons | 1 |
| Brothers | 22 |
| Pontifical Athenaeum | 1 |
| Deemed University | 1 |
| Canonical Houses | 45 |
| Houses | 60 |
| Formation Houses | 40 |
| Mission Stations | 177 |
| Parishes | 98 |
Our Commitment
The CMI Missionary Fathers from Kerala (St.Joseph's Province, Trivandrum) invest their best, for the excellent formation of the next generation, as our contribution to the national development. Through our educational institutions we respond to the National need to prepare our youth to be socially responsible, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually integrated. We have been nurturing them with our rich experience in education from the past 190 years by upholding the age old spiritual traditions of India. We aspire towards creating a just and humane society where dignity of a person is respected, unjust social structures are challenged, our cultural heritage of ahimsa,secularism,religious harmony and national integration are upheld and where the poor and marginalized are specially attended to.
Our Motto
Everyone has received a Divine Call to devote oneself for the welfare of the society. (Jeremiah 1:10). Based on this ideal K.E.Carmel Group of Schools has its motto: "TO PLANT AND NURTURE". Education is a process in which teachers, parents and students work together to have the delicate seed of divine wisdom planted in the young minds and to nurture its spontaneous growth by providing an appropriate atmosphere of concentration, dedication and hard work. To educate is not merely to develop and improve an individual but to influence the family and society of which one is a member. It is his or her divine call to work towards the creation of a New Heaven and Earth by spreading happiness, peace, joy and love around. We develop Hands to help, Lips to smile and Words to cheer up others.
CARMEL MISSION
Our mission is to, aim at an education by which, character is formed, strength of mind increased, intellect expanded and one can stand on one's own feet with a conviction that everyone is a precious gift of God. Hence, K.E. Carmel nurtures the little minds to become:Intellectually competent,spiritually mature, morally upright, psychologically integrated, physically healthy and socially acceptable.
OUR APPROACH
Being aware that educational process is the most important human resource development, we open our institutions to all, irrespective of sex, caste, colour or faith. For the integral development of our students we organize various curricular and co-curricular activities.
TWENTY DOs AND DONTs OF CARMELIANS
1 |
Depend more on God, less on self. |
2 |
Share the truth, don’t hoard it. |
3 |
Be global-minded, not local-minded. |
4 |
Go with people, don’t avoid them. |
5 |
Aim to serve, not to be served. |
6 |
Push on, don’t stand still. |
7 |
Be gentle, don’t hurt. |
8 |
Submit ideas, don’t impose them. |
9 |
Be optimistic not pessimistic. |
10 |
Cheer up, don’t be depressed. |
11 |
Be more of a ‘go-giver’ than a ‘go-getter’. |
12 |
Be daring, not timid. |
13 |
Admit your mistakes, don’t deny them. |
14 |
Be humble, not proud. |
15 |
Inspire confidence, don’t dishearten. |
16 |
Disagree without being disagreeable. |
17 |
See both points of view, not merely your own. |
18 |
Be patient not impetuous. |
19 |
Be a doer, not just a talker. |
20 |
Don’t flee suffering, enjoy it. |
TAKE TIME
Take time to play - it is
the secret of youth.
Take time to work - it is
the price of success.
Take time to think
- it is the source of power.
Take time to read - it is
the foundation of knowledge.
Take time to worship
- it is the highway of reverence.
Take time to help and
enjoy - it is the source of happiness.
Take time to dream
- it hitches the souls to the stars.
Take time to serve
- it is the one sacrament of life.
Take time to laugh
- it is the music of the soul.
Take time to pray -
it helps you to be peaceful.
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