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The Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle (MST)

The Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle (MST) is a missionary venture of the Syro-Malabar Church. The main thrust of the MST is to foster and promote missionary activites of the Church. Thirty six years down the road, the Society has come a long way, especially in the missionary activities.

Thirty seven years down the road, the Society has come a long way in the missionary activities in India and abroad. Today MST has 284 priest members witnessing the Gospel in ten different countries in five continents. The Society has over 100 candidates under five stages of formation in its own centres of formation manned by well qualified and experienced teams of formators.

 

MST is a Society of Apostolic Life with an exclusively missionary charism, whose sole goal is to spread the Kingdom of God through witness and apostolic involvement. Drawing spiritual enthusiasm from St Thomas, the Apostle of India and her patron, MST is committed to take up missionary responsibilities anywhere in the world through collective apostolate. The way of life of the members of the Missionary Society is determined, spirituality enriched and life sanctified by their dedicated missionary apostolate.

         
The founder of MST is the missionary and visionary Bp Sebastian Vayalil, the former Bishop of Palai. MST was born on February 22, 1968 as an organized missionary effort of the St. Thomas Christian Church of Syro-Malabar rite and it cherishes its founding spirit and nature to this day.
     
Bp Sebastian Vayalil, Founder of MST
Cardinal Furstenberg lays the corner stone of the MST Headquarters - Feb. 22, 1968
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