St. Alphonsa Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

St. Alphonsa is a Syro-Malabar Catholic parish in North Chesterfield, Virginia—one of the Eastern Catholic churches in full communion with Rome—serving Malayalee families from the greater Richmond area. The community traces its faith heritage to the apostolic mission of St. Thomas in India (52 AD) and gathers each Sunday for both an English Mass and a Malayalam-language liturgy, with daily weekday Masses offered throughout the week. Under the pastoral care of Fr. Babu Anithanam MST, the parish works to pass on its distinctive Eastern Christian tradition to the next generation.