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​Pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Father Arul Yagappan, MSFS
[email protected]
(910)425-1590

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.

Homilies
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05.26.24 The Most Holy Trinity  -  Year B
05.19.24 Pentecost Sunday - Year B
04.21.24 Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday - Year B
01.01.24 Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God
06.25.23 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year A
06.11.23 The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) - Year A
06.04.23 Most Holy Trinity - Year A
05.14.23 Sixth Sunday of Easter
04.30.23 Fourth Sunday of Easter
04.23.23 Third Sunday of Easter
04.09.23 Easter Sunday
04.07.23 Good Friday
​04.06.23 Holy Thursday
04.02.23 Palm Sunday
02.19.23 7th Sunday OT Year A
​03.05.23 Homily - Second Sunday of Lent, Year A
03.12.23 Homily - Third Sunday of Lent, Year A

Visit from the Superior of the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales 

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From the Desk of Father Arul

Click on the titles below to read content from our Pastor, Father Arul
Opening Letter to Parish
On the Assumption of the
Blessed Virgin Mary
Exaltation of the Cross
On Respect Life Month
On Mary Magdalene
On the Feasts of
​St. Monica & St. Augustine
On St. Matthew
On St. John Paul II, Pope
On the Transfiguration of the Lord
A Message for Labor Day
On the Feast of the Archangels
Our Lady of the Rosary
Reflections on Lent
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