Through the Eucharistic retreat ministry we share our Eucharistic experience with the people of God to make their lives patterned after the Eucharistic style of life.
MCBS Welcomes...
MCBS Congregation welcomes you to the MCBS Website. We live in a world of communication. Through this website we intend to communicate to the world the humble activities of MCBS Congregation to build the Kingdom of God.
We aspire your support and communion with us. May the Eucharistic Lord bless you all abundantly.
Fr Augustine Paikattu
MCBS Superior General
Who We Are
An Indigenous Catholic Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical right in the Syro-Malabar Church, founded in 1933 at Kottayam, Kerala by the respected fathers Very Rev Fr Mathew Alakulam and Very Rev Fr Joseph Paredom; serving the People of God in different states: Andrapradesh, Arunachalpradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamilnadu in India and Africa, America, Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Philippians.
MCBS Apostolates
Proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God
MCBS Ministries & Missions
Ministries and Missions we Do
FBA -Friends of Birds of the Air- founded by late Fr George Kuttickal MCBS, is one of the greatest humanitarian organization which gives shelter today to millions of abandoned people on the streets of India.
We understand our social apostolate in terms of our concern for human values, our effort for liberation from social injustice, and improved quality of human living.
We interpret the word of God and all aspects of human existence in the light of the Eucharistic mystery, in new language, fresh styles and models through modern methods that are familiar to the present world.
We take up parishes in view of forming ideal worshipping Christian communities and true Eucharistic fraternity after the model of the first Christians (Acts 2, 37-47).
Founders' Quotes
Fr Mathew Alakulam MCBS
Mystic of the Holy Eucharist
“Praised be to the most Holy mystery of the Eucharist, full of goodness and glory. Let there be worship and glory to the most Blessed Sacrament, as innumerable times as there are stars in heaven an clouds in sky!”
Fr Joseph Paredom MCBS
Prophet of the Holy Eucharist
“How lovely to dwell in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament! What there can be more joyful than this! That is what God has given us!”
Fr Mathew Alakulam MCBS
Mystic of the Holy Eucharist
“Stir up the faith in the Holy Sacrament in the measure in which it is losing ground.”
Fr Joseph Paredom MCBS
Prophet of the Holy Eucharist
“On all occasions in my sermons I would feel miserable if I were not to speak at least a few words on the Blessed Sacrament.”
MCBS Priestly Formation
Growing into the Fullness of Christ
1. Minor Seminary Formation
Minor seminary is the first step in the process of MCBS formation. It consists of aspirancy and postulancy and is for a period of 2-3 years.
2. Novitiate
During the novitiate each novice strives for a fuller understanding of his vocation to the religious life as MCBS. It comprises one full year.
3. Philosophy
MCBS formation includes 2-3 years of philosophical and secular studies to lead the students gradually to a solid and consistent knowledge of man, the world and God.
4. Regency
Regency provides a year of practical experience and pastoral exposure which keeps the candidates in touch with the practical ways of carrying out the MCBS mission.
5. Theology
The theological studies of 3-4 years help the scholastics to seek and experience God in their concrete life situations.
6. On-going Formation
Formation is the process of becoming more and more a disciple of Christ, growing in union with Him and in configuration to Him, which lasts till the final phase.
Sponsor a Seminarian!
The Specific purpose of the MCBS Congregation is to promote vocations to the priesthood and to train and supply zealous, dedicated and hardworking missionaries wherever there is need in the Church.
We invite you to Sponsor a Seminarian with a full or partial sponsorship donation to cover the annual costs of one of our seminarians. Your gift can be a one-time or multi-year sponsorship. For more details:
Joining the MCBS!
A vocation is a call. It is a call from God. You may choose your own career, you cannot choose your vocation. It is God who chooses you. Your response is to choose to follow the vocation God calls you to follow.
Ask yourself: Have I been thinking of joining the MCBS? Have I been dreaming of being a priest? Do I see myself as a religious?
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