Profile - Fr. AUGUSTINE PEREIRA
(11.02.1854 - 21.10.1911)
Profile - Fr.Augustine Pereira
PROFILE OF THE SERVANT OF GOD AUGUSTINE PEREIRA
1. Date of birth 11th Feb 1854 2. Place of Birth Tuticorin 3. Name of the Parents Mr. Ignatius Pereira, Mrs. Maria Michealammal 4. Date of Baptism 18th February, 1854 5. Primary, Middle and Higher Education St.Xavier’s High School -Tuticorin. 6. Colombo – Practicing Domestic business 1871 7. Inter Mediate Study under the care of
Fr. Larmey S.J – Nagapatinam 1873-1875 8. Ministry – Helping Fr. Larmey at the
Parish of Panjampatty as a Catechist 1875 – 1900 9. Sub Dioconate Ordination 27th December 1899 10. Dioconate Ordination - Thiruchirapalli 28th December 1899 11. Inception of the Congregation – CIC
At Panjampatty – Amalorpaviyin Veedu 1899 12. Priestly Ordination– Tuticorin 14th January 1900 13. First HolyMass – Tuticorin 15.01.1900 14. Appointed as Assistant Parish Priest - Panjampatty 1900 15. Parish Priest Silukkuvarpatty 1901 16. Ministry with Fr. Visuvasam – Panjampatty 1902 – 1904 17. Pastoral Assistant with Fr. Nespoulous SJ. at
Panjampatty 1904 -1911 18. Spiritual Guide to the `Beates` - CIC sisters at Panjampatty 1899 – 1911 19. Beates – Entering the Noviciate, Madurai
(Foundation Day of CIC) 2nd July - 1911 20. Date of Death 21st October 1911 21. Date of Burial 22nd October 1911 22. Exhumation and Reburial of the Mortal remains, in
Panjampatty Convent Campus, (Relics) 25th April 1986
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
