Kola Carmel College, as is fondly known, is the
first major formation house that is established in the Regional Vicariate of
Tanzania. This house was established under the patronage of St. Edith Stein,
with the goal of housing the scholastics, while attending their ecclesiastical
studies in the philosophy and theology institute located very near to the
community. In spite of severe financial contstraints Rev. Fr. Marlon Rodrigues,
together with missionaries, took this bold step in beginning to establish this
edifice in the year 2001, but the work completed and was inaugurated in 2002 on
All saint’s day, by Rev. Fr. Archibald Gonsalves, the Vicar Provincial of the
Karnataka Goa province. From 4th November 2002, this house has
become a sanctuary to the Carmelite Scholastics, aspiring to priesthood.