Knanaya Catholic Congress of Oceania

KCCO shall be the Federation of Knanaya Catholic Associations in Oceania that are approved by the KCCO National Council and are formed under the basic Knanaya principles. Under basic Knanaya principles, the Knanaya Catholic Associations provide voting membership to individuals, eighteen years of age and over, that are born of both Knanaya parents, married individuals whose spouses are also born of both Knanaya parents. The current member associations with voting rights are Adelaide (KASA), Alice Springs, Brisbane (KCCQ), Cairns (CKCQ), Canberra (CKCA), Darwin, Melbourne (VKCC), Newcastle, New Zealand (KCANZ), Orange, Perth (KAWA), Singapore, Sydney (SKCA), Townsville (KCCNQ) and Wagga Wagga
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Vision & Mission

To maintain unity in and among all member associations.
To provide a forum for the community members residing in the territory to preserve and foster their moral, social, cultural, religious, educational, literary and artistic heritage and to preserve the endogamous nature of the Knanaya Community.
To establish a forum for youth to maintain and invigorate cultural heritage handed down by their forefathers.
To promote facilities for young Knanaya Catholics in the territory to learn about the Knanaya community and the history of survival as community in the past through endogamy
To provide lay leadership so vital to the spiritual and temporal growth of the community in the territory.

To raise, solicit and receive funds, charities and donations to carry out worthy humanitarian causes.
To promote family unity, education and provide assistance wherever need exists.
o organize debates, lectures, exhibitions, research works, outdoor entertainment, public meetings, conventions, seminars on matters of interest to community members.
To award scholarships, medals, stipends, educational aids and loans to deserving candidates.
To assist first and second-generation community members within the territory to assimilate with the Oceania social, cultural, civic, educational and economic structures and systems and to become responsible, law-abiding and respectful citizens.

KCCO History

Christianity started in India with St. Thomas, the Apostle. In A.D.345, Thomas of Cana, a leading navigator, merchant and intrepid world traveler of Cana in the Middle East lead a bold band of his people consisting of 72 families to Kodungalloor in the Kerala coast with a view to strengthening the church established by St. Thomas. This group of Christian pilgrims won the respect of the local king and became recipients of several honors and social distinctions. The descendants of this group maintained their separate identity and traditions, although they co-operated in all spiritual activities of the Indian Christian hierarchy of which they formed an integral part. Knanaya Christians are the descendants of these Jewish Christian immigrants in Kerala. They were also called Southists (Thekkumbhagar) because they lived on the south side of Kodungalloor.
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