Kurisumala Ashram, A Cistercian Abbey
In 1996, Fr. Francis went to Rome, together with Bishop Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, to ask the General Chapter of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance to affiliate Kurisumala as a monastery of their order. After the necessary procedures were carried out, Kurisamala Ashram became a Cistercian abbey on July 9, 1998, with Fr. Francis being installed as the first abbot.
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