Missionary Society Of Saint Thomas
The Missionary Society of St Thomas the Apostle is a Catholic missionary organization founded in 1968 in Kerala. It is the missionary of the Syro Malabar Church, for missionary work in less Christian areas in and outside India. It was founded by bishop Sebastian Vayalil.
For organisational purpose the Society functions as regions. There are three officially declared regions. They are Ujjain in M.P., Mandya in Karnataka, and Sangli in Maharashtra. There are 300 priests working as full-time members of the Society. All of them belong to the Syro Malabar Church.
Apart from that, a few priests are working in various other continents as pastors. MST in USA is an extension of the MST in Kerala.
Read more about Missionary Society Of Saint Thomas: History, Founder, Founding, MST Comes Into Being, The Society Begins Functioning, The General Assembly 2008, External Links
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