CHRIST SCHOOL, A PREMIER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN BANGALORE, BLOSSOMED OUT OF THE EDUCATIONAL VISION OF CARMELITES OF MARY IMMACULATE, FOUNDED BY THE GREAT EDUCATIONALIST AND SOCIAL REFORMER ST. KURIAKOSE ELIAS CHAVARA
Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara was born on 10 February 1805 at Kainakary, Kerala. At the age of five he began his studies in a village school, called Kalari. When he was 13, he joined the seminary at Pallipuram for his priestly training. While he was in the seminary, his parents and his eldest brother died in an epidemic. On 29 November 1829, he became a priest.
Saint Chavara was instrumental in founding two Catholic Religious Congregations – one for men, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), and the other for women, Congregation of Mother of Carmel (CMC). For spiritual renewal and all round development of the society.
Starting seven ashrams and a convent in different parts of Kerala, St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara initiated a spiritual movement among the people of Kerala. He established the first Catholic Sanskrit School, a major seminary and a printing & publishing house at Mannanam. He directed that every church should start a school attached to it and encourage children even poorer sections to attend the schools by supplying midday meals and dress for them.
He founded a ‘Home of Charity’ to take care of the destitute, the beggars, the uncared sick and the old. He also organized the first voluntary charitable association in Kerala for self-help among the needy.
Even in the midst of such manifold activities, he found time to write several literary and spiritual books in prose as well as verse. Among them, ‘Anastasyayude Rakthasakshyam’ the first narrative poem and ‘Nalagamangal’, is the first chronicle of history in Malayalam, Tamil, Sanskrit, Syrian, Latin, Italian and Portuguese.
Saint Chavara was a man of prayer and great charity. He lived for 65 years and died on 3rd January 1871. His sanctity was officially recognized by the Church, when Pope John Paul II declared him ‘Blessed’ on 08 February 1986. He was canonized on 23rd November 2014 by Pope Francis. Saint Chavara is the heavenly patron of all CMI institutions. Let us pray to him to intercede before God for all our needs, especially for success in our studies.
You are the Light of the World
Our motto is taken from the Holy Bible Mathew 5:14. Imbibing this spirit, Christ School concentrates on the integral growth and total formation of the human person by leading the life in a righteous path. Light cannot be sordid. We make the students to apprehend that they are the light of the world and they must live uprightly to reveal the love of God. Let the light sparkle before others by doing good deeds essential to the well-being of the world.
Awakening every child to be the light of the world, by
inculcating Perfection of Character, Mental Supremacy and Spiritual Conscience.
Christ School is a fostering ground for the holistic development of every child to spread their radiance for the growth and excellence in the society.
- Faith in God
- Moral Uprightness
- Human and Healthy
- Intellectual Competency
- National Integration
The school Logo reflects the quintessence and values that the school upholds.
The Dove soaring high typifies the students to elevate themselves to lofty heights and not to look down even when there is turbulence, which will automatically force them to excel.
The symbolic representation of Christ School Bengaluru , in the form of Lamp signifies the enlightenment of mind and intellect.
The Triangle represents perfection and the source of unlimited potential.
The Circle symbolizes wholeness and oneness.The circles enclosing the triangle epitomizes a means of warding off negativity and generating positivism and protection.
The Rays emitting out of the triangle are the core values that one has to attain with all earnestness, sincerity and endeavour to radiate this light to every corner of the world.
The Rays emitting out of the triangle are the core values that one has to attain with all earnestness, sincerity and endeavour to radiate this light to every corner of the world.