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{{Infobox saint
|name = [[Venerable]] Joseph Vithayathil
|image = Joseph Vithayathil - ജോസഫ് വിതയത്തിൽ-1.JPG
|imagesize = 200px
|titles = Religious; ''Pithavu''
|birth_date = 23 July 1865
|birth_place = Puthenpally, [[Ernakulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1964|06|08|1865|07|23|df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Kuzhikattussery]], ([[Aloor, Kerala|Aloor]], [[Mala, Kerala]])Thrissur District, India
|venerated_in = [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]
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|feast_day = 8 June
|attributes = Religious habit
|patronage = Congregation of the Holy Family
}}

'''Joseph Vithayathil''' was a priest from India who has been declared as [[Venerable]] by the [[Catholic Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.va/fr/news/promulgation-de-decrets-27|title=Infos du Vatican - Toutes les infos sur l'Église - Vatican News|website=www.news.va}}</ref>
He was born in Puthenpally, Varapuzha, Ernakulam District of [[Kerala]] State of [[India]] to Catholic parents of the [[Vithayathil]] family on 23 July 1865.<ref name="Stjosephs.edu.in">{{cite web |url=http://stjosephs.edu.in/index/jvmessage |title=St. Josephs College, Irinjalakuda |newspaper=Stjosephs.edu.in/index/jvmessage |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He had two brothers and two sisters.<ref name="mala.co.in"/>

At the suggestion of his parish priest Fr. Zecharias, he started priestly studies and joined the seminary<ref name="Mangalapuzha.org">{{cite web |url=http://mangalapuzha.org/servant_details.php?id=5 |title=St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalapuzha |newspaper=Mangalapuzha.org |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name="Chffatri.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.chffatri.org/about/father-joseph-vithayathil |title=FATRI |newspaper=Chffatri.org |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> on 30 May 1881.<ref name="mala.co.in"/> He was [[ordained]] as [[Priest]] on 11 March 1894<ref name="SMC">http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/saint_josephvithayathil.php?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=400&width=700</ref> by Bishop [[Mar Adolph Medlycott]] of [[Thrissur Diocese]] at the St. Antony's Church, [[Ollur]] with 11 others.<ref name="mala.co.in"/>

==Priestly life==
After being [[diocesan priest]] for a few years, in 1902<ref name="https://mariamthresia.org_2018-01-03c">{{cite web |url=https://mariamthresia.org/milestones.html |title=Bl. Mariam Thresia |newspaper=Mariamthresia.org |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> he was sent to perform [[exorcism]]s on a young mystic girl called [[Mariam Thresia]].<ref name="Vatican.va news">{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20000409_beat-Mankidiyan_en.html |title=Mariam Thresia Chiramel Mankidiyan |newspaper=Vatican.va news |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> Here he became her [[Spiritual director]] until her death in 1926. He asked her to write her life story from early childhood, on the instructions of his Bishop. This resulted in the Autobiographical Notes of Blessed Mariam Thresia dealing with her life experiences and events up to 1905.<ref name="Chfsisters.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.chfsisters.com/content/our-co-founder |title=Home :: Congregation of the Holy Family |newspaper=Chfsisters.com |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref>

He helped her<ref name="Irinjalakudadiocese.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.irinjalakudadiocese.com/congregations_details.php?id=19 |title=Diocese of Irinjalakuda |newspaper=Irinjalakudadiocese.com |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> establish the [[:ml:തിരുകുടുംബ സഭ|Congregation of the Holy Family]] on 14 May 1914 blessed by Mar [[John Menachery]].<ref name="Chfsisters.com"/> He was appointed as the Chaplain of this convent in 1922.<ref name="Mattersindia" /> After the death of the Mariam Thresia, he guided the congregation<ref name="books.google">{{cite book|last=Podimattam|first=Felix M.|title=Global Spirituality: Ecumenical, Inter-religious, and Continental Spirituality|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUhtugQKiuQC&pg=PA60|year=2005|publisher=Media House|isbn=978-81-7495-199-1|page=60}}</ref><ref name="Holyfamilyschoolfarakka.in">{{cite web |url=http://www.holyfamilyschoolfarakka.in/our-guiding-lights |title=Holy Family School |newspaper=Holyfamilyschoolfarakka.in |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> until the formation of its General Council in 1942.<ref name="mala.co.in">{{cite web |url=https://www.mala.co.in/article/fr-joseph-vithayathil-co-founder-of-congregation-of-holy-family-chf-kuzhikkattussery |title=Fr. Joseph Vithayathil, Co-Founder of Congregation of Holy Family (CHF), Kuzhikkattussery |newspaper=Mala.co.in |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> Under his guidance a school for teaching stitching, tailoring, weaving, knitting etc. was started in 1929 at Kuzhikkattussery.
[[File:Joseph Vithayathil - ജോസഫ് വിതയത്തിൽ - കല്ലറ.JPG|right|thumb|Tomb of Joseph Vithayathil]]

==Death and Veneration==
He died on 8 June 1964 (same date on which [[Mariam Thresia]] died) and was buried at Kuzhikkattussery near the tomb of Mariam Thresia.
He was declared as [[Servant of God]] on 18 May 2004 by [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref name="Zenit">{{cite web |url=https://zenit.org/articles/indian-co-founder-a-servant-of-god/ |title=Indian Co-Founder a "Servant of God" – ZENIT – English |newspaper=Zenit.org |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name="Syromalabarchurch">{{cite web |url=http://www.syromalabarchurch.in/syro-malabar_saints.php |title=The Syro Malabar Church: Saints |newspaper=Syromalabarchurch.in/syro-malabar_saints.php |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> Mar Paul Alapatt, the current bishop of [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Ramanathapuram|Ramanathapuram Diocese]], was the Promotor of Justice for the Cause of the Servant of God Fr. Joseph Vithayathil.<ref name="Ramanathapuramdiocese.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.ramanathapuramdiocese.com/home/inner/3 |title=Eparchy of Ramanathapuram |newspaper=Ramanathapuramdiocese.com |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> He was elevated to [[Venerable]] on 14 December 2015 by [[Pope Francis]]<ref name="Mattersindia">{{cite web |url=http://mattersindia.com/2015/12/indian-among-17-to-advance-on-sainthood-track/ |title=Indian among 17 to advance on sainthood track |newspaper=Mattersindia.com |date=17 December 2017 |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name="Newindianexpress.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2016/sep/11/Kerala-on-the-path-of-sainthood-1518104.html |title=Saints from India |newspaper=Newindianexpress.com |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref><ref name="nominis.cef.fr">{{cite web |url=https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/13049/Venerable-Joseph-Vithayathil.html |title=Vénérable Joseph Vithayathil |newspaper=nominis.cef.fr |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref> along with 16 others.

==Media==
*''Dhanyan Joseph Vithayathil'' is a teleserial on his life, broadcast on [[Shalom (TV channel)]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/213652421&usg=AOvVaw3bMvjJMTCyqCr8zl2hKc6d|title=Dhanyan Joseph Vithayathil episode on Vimeo |publisher=Shalom TV |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref>
*A book titled ''Karmayogi: Life History of S.D. Fr. Joseph Vithayathil'' edited by Lucy Arikkatt has been published Holy Family Publications in 2004.<ref name="googlebooks">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wshBQwAACAAJ |title=Karmayogi: Life History of S.D. Fr. Joseph Vithayathil |publisher=Holy Family Publications |accessdate=2018-01-03|year=2004 }}</ref>
*Joseph Vithayathil has written a book titled ''Biography of Rev.Mother Mariam Thresia''.<ref name="Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in">{{cite web |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/36450/12/chapter%202.pdf |title= |newspaper=Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/36450/12/chapter%202.pdf |accessdate=2018-01-03}}</ref>

== References ==
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