Welcome to St. Mother Teresa Syro Malabar Catholic Parish
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.”
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”
“The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.”
Let’s come together as a family and let’s love the family of St. Mother Teresa Parish promoting peace and spiritual growth.
Mass Timings
Sunday : 4:30 PM
Tuesday : 9:15 AM
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday : 7:30 PM
Catechism : 3:00 PM (Sunday)
Location
6557 Thorold Stone Road
Niagara Falls, ON L2J 1B2
Our Parish
St. Mother Teresa Syro-Malabar Parish Niagara Falls is a catholic Parish under the Syro Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga. Our parish was formally instituted by Bishop Mar Jose Kalluvelil in September, 2016 and Rev.Fr. John Mylumvelil was appointed as the First Parish Priest. Over the years the parish has grown substantially into a vibrant religious community fulfilling the pastoral needs of the Syro-Malabar faithful across Niagara Region.
The parish is committed to provide pastoral care to its members and to foster children and young generation in Syro Malabar Catholic Tradition assimilating Canadian Values. The parish community gathers every Sunday to celebrate the holy mass in Malayalam.
Our Patroness
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. At a very young age, she felt a calling to be a nun and serve through helping the poor. At the age of 18, she was given permission to join a group of nuns in Ireland. After a few months of training, with the Sisters of Loreto, she was then given permission to travel to India. She took her formal religious vows in 1931 and chose to be named after St Therese of Lisieux – the patron saint of missionaries.
Mother Teresa felt that serving others was a fundamental principle of the teachings of Jesus Christ. In 1950 She founded the Missionaries of Charity, a religious congregation devoted to helping those in great need. She was beatified as "Blessed Teresa of Calcutta" on October 19, 2003, by Pope John Paul II. On September 4, 2016, Pope Francis Canonized Her as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
Eparchy of Mississauga
Syro Malabar Catholic Church is the second largest Eastern Catholic Church which traces its origin to St. Thomas, the Apostle, who landed in Malabar Coast, India in AD 52 and established seven Christian communities in Kerala. Syro Malabar Catholic Church is a sui juris Church governed by the Synod of Bishops headed by the Major Archbishop and its headquarters is in Kakkanad, Kerala, India. Mar Alencherry is the current Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church.
The Apostolic Exarchate of Mississauga was erected for the Syro-Malabar Catholics in Canada on August 06, 2015, by His Holiness Pope Francis and Very Rev. Dr. Jose Kalluvelil was appointed as its first Bishop Exarch. The Exarchate of Mississauga was elevated to the status of Eparchy by the Holy Father Pope Francis On December 22, 2018.
