Very. Rev.Fr. Basilius Panat CST was born on 15 February 1891 at Kothanalloor, Kottayam in Kerala. He grew up in Chalil, a coastal village near Cherthala, Alappuzha. After completing his schooling, he joined the diocesan seminary, Ernakulam in 1909 and was ordained priest on 26 December 1918. He began his priestly ministry as the assistant parish priest at St. Joseph’s Forane Church, Vaikom. His tenure as the parish priest of St. Mary’s Church, Mookannur, Angamaly in 1924 along with the charge of Sacred Heart Orphanage eventually resulted at the beginning of the “Little Flower Brotherhood” in 1931. In 1945 it was reorganized as a clerical Congregation. It was raised to Pontifical Status in the year 1996 and spread out in many countries. He was called to Eternal rest on 4 October 1976.