Area Name: KARBOOK
Established : 29-11- 2020
Patron : Our Lady of Good Health
Parish Priest : Fr. Antony Balan
Brief
History: In 2011, when Karbook became a Sub-division,
the Government was interested to open an English Medium School. With the help of Mr. Sukesh Debbarma, the
local catechist and Mr. Singha Kumar Tripura, the then Karbook Tahsil, a Catholic
from Gandacherra Parish, an application was given to the Government for the
land allotment to start an English Medium School. In 2014, the School was inaugurated. In 2016, the S.R.A. Sisters began to look
after the School and Hostel. In December 2020, Bishop Lumen erected a Parish at
Karbook, under the patronage of Our Lady of Good Health, and Fr. K.M. Allwin
was appointed the first Parochial Administrator.
Address: Our Lady of Good Health Parish
Bhagyaprasad Para, South Karbook,
Gomati Dt. - 799 104, Tripura
Institutions:
Brief
History: In 2011, when Karbook became a Sub-Division,
the Government allotted the present land to the mission to start a School. In 2014, the School was inaugurated. In 2019,
residential Hostel facilities for the Tribal Girls and Boys were started in
order to encourage, pursuance of education and dissuade children dropping from
school. The SRA Sisters joined the missionary work in 2016 and took the charge
of the girls hostel and school.
- Holy Cross School, Karbook - 2014
- SRA Sisters, - 2016
- St. Claret Mission - 2017
Established: 2017
Superior: Fr. Janardhan Munneli, CMF
This is the
first venture of the Claretian Missionaries of Northeast India in Agartala
Diocese, Tripura. Initially, Depacherra parish under Fr. Prasad Rao laid the
foundation for the Catholic Faith in Suknachari in 2017 with the help of the
SRA Sisters from Karbook. Later, the Claretian mission is pioneered by Fr.
Janardhan Munnelli CMF who reached Suknachari in September 2020 looking for the
possibilities of establishing a mission, after having spent an year of ministry
in Holy Cross School, Karbook, under Depacherra parish as assistant priest. A
small chapel was constructed and dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of the
Blessed Virgin Mary on 19 December 2020 by Rev. Lumen Monteiro, Bishop of
Agartala, marking the formal arrival of the Claretians in the diocese. At
present there are 80 baptized Catholics, and they all predominantly belong to
Tripura tribe. With a view to provide better educational facilities in the area,
Fr Janardhan, with the support of the Northeast India Independent Delegation of
the Claretian Missionaries, established Saint Claret School in May 2022 with 13
students and 2 teachers. The mission specific to this centre is evangelization
of people and education.
