{"id":4247,"date":"2020-01-25T14:43:23","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T14:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2020-01-25T14:43:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T14:43:23","slug":"hello-from-fr-vianney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2020\/01\/25\/hello-from-fr-vianney\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Fr Vianney"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I am Fr. Vianney, a priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, in the southern most part of India. I was ordained priest on 3 May 1984. I started my priestly ministry as assistant parish priest in the diocesan Cathedral and served our diocese in various different offices. I did my doctorate in Canon Law in Rome. After I returned to the diocese, I worked as Chancellor, Judicial Vicar, Director of the Pastoral Centre. Lastly, I was the Director of Technical Schools in the diocese. I am very much interested in Catechetical and Bible ministry. Among all ministries I did in my priestly life, these two are to me the most important and most rewarding. I took so many efforts in order to bring catechesis to all the Catholic faithful, especially to the children. It had a great impact. Similarly, I started Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church of Tamilnadu. This is a scheme to teach little children the Bible through stories, folk songs, small plays and visual aids etc. It had a tremendous reception from them. During summer holidays this Vacation Bible School will be conducted for ten days Till this day children are eagerly awaiting this school.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am also interested in uplifting of the poor, specially of the rural youth and the empowerment of rural girls and young women. For this purpose I have taken a personal initiative and started a skill training centre in a backward village. Courses are offered in tailoring, type-writing and computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the intention of gaining a new experience I approached the Archdiocese of Southwark and the diocese has sent me to St. Edmund’s, Beckenham. This is the first time for me in England although I have been in Germany quite often as a holiday pastor. On the very day of my arrival I could feel the vibration of friendly reception in the person of Fr. Steve and all his co workers. The same reception I get from all whom I meet after mass every day. I thank you for accepting me. I am happy to serve you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am Fr. Vianney, a priest from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, in the southern most part of India. I was ordained priest on 3 May 1984. I started my priestly ministry as assistant parish priest in the diocesan Cathedral and served our diocese in various different offices. I did my doctorate in Canon Law in Rome. After I returned to the diocese, I worked as Chancellor, Judicial Vicar, Director of the Pastoral Centre. Lastly, I was the Director of Technical Schools in the diocese. I am very much interested in Catechetical and Bible ministry. Among all ministries I did in my priestly life, these two are to me the most important and most rewarding. I took so many efforts in order to bring catechesis to all the Catholic faithful, especially to the children. It had a great impact. Similarly, I started Vacation Bible School (VBS) for the first time in the history of the Catholic Church of Tamilnadu. This is a scheme to teach little children the Bible through stories, folk songs, small plays and visual aids etc. It had a tremendous reception from them. During summer holidays this Vacation Bible School will be conducted for ten days Till this day children are eagerly awaiting this school. I am also interested in uplifting of the poor, specially of the rural youth and the empowerment of rural girls and young women. For this purpose I have taken a personal initiative and started a skill training centre in a backward village. Courses are offered in tailoring, type-writing and computers. With the intention of gaining a new experience I approached the Archdiocese of Southwark and the diocese has sent me to St. Edmund’s, Beckenham. This is the first time for me in England although I have been in Germany quite often as a holiday pastor. On the very day of my arrival I could feel the vibration of friendly reception in the person of Fr. Steve and all his co workers. The same reception I get from all whom I meet after mass every day. I thank you for accepting me. I am happy to serve you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4252,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}