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Pope Canonizes India's First Female Saint, Alphonsa Oct 12- Pope Benedict XVI celebrated mass to canonize India's first female saint, Sister Alphonsa Muttathupadathu, who disfigured herself to avoid marriage so she could become a nun. Alphonsa, who died in 1946 at the age of 36, lived in 'extreme physical and spiritual suffering' and was an 'exceptional woman'. Alphonsa was so determined to enter a convent that she stepped into a fire to disfigure her feet so that her aunt would stop pressuring her to marry. After her death, numerous miracles were attributed to her and her burial place in the Kerala town of Bharananganam became a pilgrimage site, especially for those seeking relief from ill health.

 Only one Mass at 9:00 am on all Sundays until July 2013. No CCD class until August 2013; Please check the announcement/current events pages for details......No mass on Sunday 4:30pm....

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Christ is the seed in the garden of our souls, so we may grow to be as beautiful as the Passion Flower, and as faithful as St. Thomas, His follower, whose faith has shone as long as our Church has grown, a faith transmitted to us by his vision: "to be like Christ is our mission" .

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St. Alphonsa Syro Malabar Catholic Church of DFW, Texas, is named after the first ever native Saint of India. This church, which is under the jurisdiction of St.Thomas Syro Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago, is located at 200 S. Heartz Road, Coppell, TX 75019. Our church community consists of faithful individuals and families of Malayalee Catholic descendants. The parish facilities include CCD school for grades Pre-K through 12th grade. There are approximately 250 families registered with the parish.