saint thomas christians from kerala have established their own places of worship across the united states. the website "usindian.org" has collected a comprehensive list of all the traditional st. thomas christian churches in the us. there are also catholic indians hailing originally from goa, karnataka and kerala, who attend the same services as other american catholics, but may celebrate the feast of saint francis xavier as a special event of their identity. the indian christian americans have formed the federation of indian american christian organizations of north america (fiacona) to represent a network of indian christian organizations in the us. fiacona estimates the indian american christian population to be 1,050,000.