S T A R S
St. Thomas Association for Rural Service
St. Thomas Association for Rural Service was established in the year of 1991 as the official social work organization of Calicut CMI province with the vision of having a society based on justice, gender equity and fullness of life for all. Since its inception, STARS has been working towards Empowerment of the marginalized especially the tribals, farmers, women and children, youth through a process of awareness, organization, rehabilitation, advocacy and collective actions for raising their socio-political, educational, economic, health status and endorsement of safe environment in Kozhikode, Kannur, Wayanad and Kasargod districts of Kerala, Chamrajnagar district of Karnataka and Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu.
Our source of inspiration
St.Kuriakose Elias Chavara
STARS (St.Thomas Association for Rural Service) was born out of the social vision
of St Kuriakose Elias Chavara (1805-1871), an educationalist and a social
reformer of the nineteenth century South India. He entered the seminary in 1818
and was ordained a priest in 1829. St Chavara founded the congregation of
Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), in 1831 with a vision to serve the
marginalized and underprivileged.
This first indigenous Catholic religious congregation of India today has more
than 3000 priests serving in different parts of the world. He was canonized on
23 November 2014 in Rome by Pope Francis. The CMI congregation inspired by the
vision of St Chavara renders its service in educational, social, health care and
other sectors aiming at the integral development of the society.
Stars
Our Core Values
This Core Values Commitment describes who we are, what we do, and how we do it.
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1. The dignity of the Human being
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2. Equity
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3. Justice
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4. Solidarity
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5. Transparency and Accountability
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6. Professionalism
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