Ordination date: March 12, 1958
Current status: Retired, living in India
NOTE: I want to know this priest's story. How did he come to Belleville? His last name appears to be Indian. Was he a native who somehow came to the Belleville diocese and became a priest under its auspices, then returned to the homeland? Inquiring minds want to know. Google yields a few hits. This Messenger piece from 2008 provides a bit of information: Also celebrating his golden anniversary is Father Joseph Thoonkuzhy who served in the Belleville diocese for 10 years beginning in 1986. In the Belleville diocese he served as a hospital chaplain, parish administrator and pastor. He was incardinated as a Belleville diocesan priest in 1991 and retired in 1996.**
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Prayer for Fr. Thoonkuzhy and all priests in the Belleville diocese and in the Church worldwide:
by St. Therese of Lisieux
O Jesus, eternal Priest,
keep your priests within the shelter of Your Sacred Heart,
where none may touch them.
Keep unstained their anointed hands,
which daily touch Your Sacred Body.
Keep unsullied their lips,
daily purpled with your Precious Blood.
Keep pure and unearthly their hearts,
sealed with the sublime mark of the priesthood.
Let Your holy love surround them and
shield them from the world's contagion.
Bless their labors with abundant fruit and
may the souls to whom they minister be their joy and
consolation here and in heaven their beautiful and
everlasting crown. Amen.
1 comments:
Hi ,
I know Fr.Joseph Thoonkuzhy ,he is now living his retired life in a small village in idukki,(kerla state ,india).I got the opportunity to stay with him in his retreat like residence some two years back and I participated in prayer with him in his personel chappel.
I was touched by his compassion and love for others and his high level of enthusiasm and the pleasant attitude.
if you would like more details , i shall provide his contact details.
Thanks
Shiju V.Joseph
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