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Meet Our Pastor, Father Arul
Fr. Arulanantham (Arul) Yagappan, MSFS, was born on May 13, 1970 as the sixth child and the last son of Mr. & Mrs. Yagappan in Trichy, Tamilnadu, India.
He wanted to become a missionary, after graduation from high school, so he joined the religious congregation of the Missionaries of St. Francis De Sales (MSFS) and was ordained to priesthood on January 27, 1997. He obtained a Bachelor Degree of Education from Bundlekhand University, U.P, and a Master of Arts from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
As a missionary priest he served in different parts of Andrapredesh (A.P) and Tamilnadu as Vice Principal of a school and Director of the Home for the Aged for 10 years in India. In 2005, he was called to serve in the island of St. Lucia, West Indies as a pastor. Then in October 2013, he was called to serve in the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida assigned to St. Paul Catholic Church, Jacksonville Beach. In March 2016, he became an interim administrator at St. Paul Catholic Church, River Side, Jacksonville. In June 2016 he was assigned as Parochial Vicar at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Then he was assigned as Parochial Vicar of St. John the Evangelist parish, Chiefland, Florida until he joined Good Shepherd in Hope Mills in June of 2021.
Good Shepherd Parish is blessed to have Father Arul join our family community and formally installed on Sunday, January 23, 2022 by Bishop Luis Zarama.
Fr. Arulanantham (Arul) Yagappan, MSFS, was born on May 13, 1970 as the sixth child and the last son of Mr. & Mrs. Yagappan in Trichy, Tamilnadu, India.
He wanted to become a missionary, after graduation from high school, so he joined the religious congregation of the Missionaries of St. Francis De Sales (MSFS) and was ordained to priesthood on January 27, 1997. He obtained a Bachelor Degree of Education from Bundlekhand University, U.P, and a Master of Arts from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
As a missionary priest he served in different parts of Andrapredesh (A.P) and Tamilnadu as Vice Principal of a school and Director of the Home for the Aged for 10 years in India. In 2005, he was called to serve in the island of St. Lucia, West Indies as a pastor. Then in October 2013, he was called to serve in the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida assigned to St. Paul Catholic Church, Jacksonville Beach. In March 2016, he became an interim administrator at St. Paul Catholic Church, River Side, Jacksonville. In June 2016 he was assigned as Parochial Vicar at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church. Then he was assigned as Parochial Vicar of St. John the Evangelist parish, Chiefland, Florida until he joined Good Shepherd in Hope Mills in June of 2021.
Good Shepherd Parish is blessed to have Father Arul join our family community and formally installed on Sunday, January 23, 2022 by Bishop Luis Zarama.
Homilies
Visit from the Superior of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales
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