C. J. Varkey (priest)

[2] At present, the congregation has 800 professed sisters working in one hundred communities in India, United States, Germany and Italy, engaged with different apostolic activities like teaching, nursing, orphanage, leprosy center, old age homes, family apostolate, social work, pastoral care, prayer and counselling.

He was one of the most admired figures in the Kerala Church and a leader of the charismatic renewal movement in the state.

[3][4] Varkey born in Kuzhikulam family Valavoor, PALA and lived in Kulathuvayal, 50 kilometers east of Kozhikode town.

In 1976, Monsignor Varkey started the Malabar region's first charismatic retreat center, it currently attracts thousands of people.

Pope Benedict XVI gave the priest the honorary title of monsignor in 2007 in recognition of his service to the Church.