St. Teresa’s Prayer Group, Ernakulam, Celebrates 50 Years of Grace (BJEP018)
St. Teresa’s Prayer Group Ekm Celebrates 50 Years of Grace A long and fruitful Journey of Communion and Joy (Reflections from Dr. Edward Edezhath and 25 other group members, April 2026) Introduction The beginnings of this group were quite simple, a modest follow-up to a four-day seminar in the summer of 1976. By now, it has endured for half a century as one of Kerala's best-known formative Catholic Charismatic fellowships. The St. Teresa's Prayer Group in Ernakulam did not set out to become anything big. A few youth and elders, inspired by the new wave of Charismatic Renewal, came together to praise, listen, pray, and grow. Yet from that humble beginning emerged generations of leaders, a network of outreaches, and a model of community life that quietly shaped the Jesus Youth Movement and the Catholic Charismatic Renewal across Kerala and beyond. The Beginning: A Seminar That Changed Everything In June 1976, an orientation program on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal was...