Fr. AUGUSTINE PEREIRA
(11.02.1854 - 21.10.1911)
History of the Cause of Servant of God Augustine Pereira
History of the Cause of Servant of God Augustine Pereira
Petition to Diocesan Bishop 25th October 2008 Acceptance by Bishop 2nd December 2008
Publication of the Cause by Bishop 3rd December 2008
Prayer for Beatification 8th December 2008
Initiation of the Cause in the Congregation 19th December 2008
Appointment of the Postulator 19th December 2008
Appointment of Canonization Committee 21st December 2008
Death Centenary Celebration 23rd October 2010
Inauguration of ThirthaBavan, Panjampatti 23rd October 2010
Nihil Obstat from Tamil Nadu Regional
Bishop’s Council 17th July 2011
Bishop’s Instruction of the Cause to
Congregation for Saints 20th March 2014
Letter received from Rome 12th September 2014
Nihil Obstat from Rome 26th March 2015
First Solemn Session Celebration of
Servant of God Augustine Pereira 21st October 2016
Solemn Closing Session Celebration of
Servant of God Augustine Pereira 10th December 2018

There is a proverb in Tamil: As is the mother, so is the child. How very true it is in the life of this wonderful child, Augustine!. Whenever his mother used to visit the missionary sisters called The Dame Repatrice (who were the forerunnersof the present day …

A child was born on 11th, February, 1854, with a silver spoon in its mouth and as the eldest son of Mr.Ignatius Xavier PereiraandMrs.MariaMichaelammal at Tuticorin, which is called the Pearl City of the East Coast of India.
The Genesis and the Growth of the Congregation
“People with pure love can experience God”
Welcome to CIC Madurai
Congregation marks its centenary

A child was born on 11th, February, 1854, with a silver spoon in its mouth and as the eldest son of Mr.Ignatius Xavier PereiraandMrs.MariaMichaelammal at Tuticorin, which is called the Pearl City of the East Coast of India

As is the mother, so is the child
A child was born on 11th, February, 1854, with a silver

Foundingof thepresent
A child was born on 11th, February, 1854, with a silver

Congregation and the magnitude
A child was born on 11th, February, 1854, with a silver
Fr.Augustine Pereira – Servant of God