The Local Church understood the importance of fellowships -small communities -in carrying out the objectives of Vatican Council II and the need of involvement of even the least, the last and the lost of the society, in building a new local church, which eventually lead to the formation of B.C.C. In 1989 when Rt. Rev. Dr. Soosa Pakiam became the bishop of Trivandrum he continued the above process more vigourously. The above process aimed at the involvement of the laity where ever possible including liturgy, in the renewal process of the Diocese, empowering the laity, evolving a lay leadership to enable the community (The (Latin) Catholics which consist of different ethnic groups) to come to the fore front of the society in every field.

 

The Basic Christian Communities(BCC) of the parish assembles at least once in a month in one of the houses for the meeting. A unit consist of families from 10 to 30 in number, in a particular geographical area. The programme of the meeting consist of prayer, reading, sharing of word, discussion based on the reading, in the background of local need, occasion or a particular situation. The discussions ultimately lead the unit to undertake a particular mission/programme. The meeting can be a celebration of religious festival, local festival, different occasions of family life etc. The method of conduct of meeting is suitably modified to suit the occasion, retaining the basic elements of the B.C.C.

Ward meetings are held under the leadership of co-ordinator frequently, to find out proper functioning of the units. Similarly leaders meeting at parish level and the office bearers meeting at Forane level are conducted regularly. In the Diocese, the Director of B.C.C. convene the meeting of animators, co-ordinators, resource team whenever necessary