Little Flower Major Seminary, Aluva is the Major Formation Centre of the Little Flower Congregation (CST Fathers). It is the expression of the farsighted vision and the fruit of the challenging endeavour of love and action as taught and witnessed by Very Rev. Father Basilius (Thomas) Panat, the venerable Founder of our Congregation. It has a history spanning over fve decades. It was established in 1960 as Little Flower Study House and ofcially inaugurated on 12th March, 1961. It was constituted into a Major Seminary to teach Philosophy and Religion on 3rd July 1962. The Seminary is a home for all the Major Seminarians of the Congregation.

vision and way of life. The foundations of his programme of formation were his prudent adaptation of the concrete living-context of the people and of his times. His life and vision were influenced not only by his spiritual and religious convictions but also by the Freedom movement of India, Nationalist Movements, Ideologies of Rural Uplift and scientifc thinking. The broad vision and reformist orientation of the II Vatican Council had its immediate impact and influence upon our Founder. His challenging and polyvalent vision, formed out of these divergent spiritual, social and intellectual influences, found its concrete expression in starting a Formation House for the Seminarians of the Congregation. Little Flower Seminary, Institute of Philosophy and Religion, is a tangible expression to the legacy and heritage of its Founder to the new generation.