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| location = [[Vendore]], [[Thrissur District]], [[Kerala]]
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| consecration_year = 1927
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'''St Mary's Church''' ({{lang-mal|സെന്റ് മേരീസ്‌ പള്ളി}}) is a [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Syro-Malabar Catholic]] church in [[Vendore]], [[Thrissur district]], Kerala, India.<ref name="syro">{{cite web|title=St Mary's Church, Vendore|url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/parish.php?id=1442|publisher=Syro-Malabar Church|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> It is famous in the patronage of Our lady Mother Mary and belongs to [[Archdiocese of Thrissur]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trichurarchdiocese.org/sacellum/parishes/view_details/71
|title= Vendore Parish. Archdiocese of Thrissur }}</ref>
[[File:VendoreAmma.jpg|thumb|left|Mother Mary with baby Jesus sitting in chair]]

Vendore Parish is Famous by name '''''Vendore Amma ({{lang-mal| വെണ്ടോരമ്മ}})'''''
comes under jurisdiction of [[Pudukkad]] Forona and is located in between [[Amballur]] and [[Mannampetta]] 200 m from Vendore Junction.

According to latest information almost 1063 Christian families are in Parish.

==History==

The history of Vendore Church begins in 1923. Earlier Vendore family members were part of [[Pudukkad]] Parish. After 1923 the Christian family members in [[Vendore]] grouped together and they needed a Parish in their location. As per the discussion came in the meeting held, some selected persons meet Bishop in [[Archdiocese of Thrissur]]. And finally Bishop allows a new Parish in 1924. Four ''Manjaly Family'' members donated the place for the parish in the name of Our lady [[Mother Mary]]. The statue in the church was imported from foreign country. The miraculous statue in which [[Mother Mary]] carrying baby [[Jesus Christ]] in her hands was crafted in woods was brought from [[Kochi]] via train to [[Pudukad Railway Station]] and then in decorated bullock cart. St Mary's Church, Vendore was Blessed in 1927 with 52 families.

==Festivals==
Vendore celebrates two major feasts in a calendar year. The feast of [[Mother Mary]] on September<ref name="math">{{cite web|title=വെണ്ടോര്‍ തിരുനാള്‍|url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/thrissur/malayalam-news/vendor-1.2228818|publisher=mathrubhumi|accessdate=17 December 2017}}</ref>
and feast of Saint Sebastian in month on January.
[[File:St Mary's Church Vendore.jpg|thumb|right|Light Illuminated church during St.Sebastian festival]]

==Mass Timing==

* Sunday: 05:45am, 07:00am,10:30am, 05:30pm
* Monday to Friday: 05:45am, 07:00am
* Saturday: 06:30am, 05:30pm

==Convent==

Provincial council granted and bought a house near the parish church, raised to a convent on 28 May 1987 by Mar [[Joseph Kundukulam]]. By the plead from parishioners, the convent is named as ''St. Mary's FC Convert'' <ref name="syr">{{cite web|title=St Mary's FC Convert at Vendore|url=http://www.fccthrissur.org/home/convent/5122|publisher=Assisi-Provincial-House|accessdate=16 December 2017}}</ref>

==Religious Organization==

* [[Kerala Catholic Youth Movement]]
* CLC
* [[Jesus Youth]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://stmarysvendore.in Official Parish Website ]
*[http://www.deepika.com/localnews/Localdetailnews.aspx?id=322939&Distid=KL8 വെണ്ടോർ പള്ളി നിർമിച്ചു നൽകുന്ന വീടുകളുടെ താക്കോൽദാനം | ദീപിക ]
* [http://localnews.manoramaonline.com/thrissur/local-news/2017/09/10/t4a-stories.html വെണ്ടോർ പള്ളിയിൽ തിരുനാൾ ആഘോഷം | മനോരമ 2017 ]
*[http://trichurparishhistory.blogspot.in/2010/09/st-marys-church-vendore.html Parish History]

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{{Christianity in Kerala}}
{{Churches of Kerala}}

[[Category:Syro-Malabar Catholic church buildings]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholic churches in Kerala]]
[[Category:Churches in Thrissur]]
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1927]]
[[Category:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India]]

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