COVER STORY
FR. JAMES
ATHIKALAM
Easter in
the Land of
the Dawn-lit
Mountains
I
t was my desire to know the real taste of mission, to have a direct down to
earth mission experience. Except for the first three years of my priestly life,
my ministry revolved around priestly formation and administration. The
main aim of taking decennial break was for spending some time in mission
and also in prayer. The presence of Fr Mathew Kulirany MST in Arunachal
and my visit to his mission last year, the welcoming attitude of Bishop John
Thomas of Itanagar prompted me to go to this mission front during my
decennial break. Bishop suggested me to go to Sagalee mission where MST
father Kulirany is working and I think it was the wish of Fr Kulirany too.
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SANTHOME MISSION