The cause for beatification of Father Varkey Kattarath, founder of the Vincentian Congregation, was opened Wednesday at a ceremony in India.
Fr Kattarath founded the congregation, modelled on St Vincent de Paul's Congregation of the Mission, in 1904. The community's charism is evangelization, particularly of the poor.
He was declared a Servant of God on February 5 at the headquarters of the Vincentian Congregation in Kochi. The cause was requested by the congregation, which is based in the Syro-Malabar Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly.
