The order of Discalced Carmelites has been faithful to her call for evangelization of the Indian subcontinent since the 17^th century, particularly among the St Thomas Christians and newly formed Christian communities in South Kerala

The Carmel Hill Monastery which stands tall in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram, bears the fruit of two centuries of prayers and efforts to establish a novitiate for natives and thus form an indigenous Carmelite clergy in India. 

The Holy See directed that the mission activities in its zeal for the salvation of souls should lead to the formation of indigenous congregations rooted in unadulterated faith, and thus follow the apostolic tradition and ‘beget churches’. In support, the Flanders Province in Belgium, engaged in missionary activities in Quilon,