St Paul Province of Heralds of Good News. He taught us to love and to do it. Love in Action

Christ Jesus, in sending his disciples on mission urged them to go to the whole world. Knowing the job cumbersome, He promised them the Paraclete, Who would lead them on their path. The disciples, guided by the same Spirit went to the ends of the then World, leaving the rest to the future followers of Christ.

The Missionary Society of HGN, in its divinely-guided growth, saw it an existential necessity to amend the Constitutions, based on the signs of the age, and heeding to the missionary call of the Church. The decision of the Society’s Extraordinary General Assembly of 2004 decided to decentralize itself and erect Provinces for the more productive mission Following this cue from the Centre, St. Paul Province, which was given the jurisdiction of the Southwest Region, was officially inaugurated on 8 October 2008, at St. Mary’s Minor Seminary, Karunapuram, Kerala, by His Excellency Most Rev. Agnelo Gracias. St. Paul, the great Missionary Apostle was to be interceded to as the heavenly patron of the Province. The First Provincial Chapter elected Rev. Fr. Siby Peedikayil as the first Provincial. The administrative body included Rev. Fr. Baiju Kalapurayil as the Vice-Provincial, Rev. Frs. Nikson Adattu, Selvan Lazar and Thomas Olikunnel as Councillors, and Rev. Fr. Sibi Thadathil as the Provincial Procurator. The Team was to administer from the Provincialate set up at Pampady, Kottayam, Kerala

Being devoted to the single-minded missionary zeal of the Founder Rev. Dr. Jose Kaimlett, the newly created province ventured into its mission field, which would in the following years cover a wide range extending from educational institutions to care homes to prayer centers and pastoral guidance. The province would send its missionaries to a big portion of Indian states and states Overseas. This mission scheme of the Province helped it to create its own cliché in pastoral works, especially in Kerala, a spiritually rich state. The rapport created by the members would encourage many dioceses across India and the Globe to welcome our Missionaries to their inlands.

The milestones of the yesteryears include the brief note given here. 28 April 2010 marked the Blessing of Good News Priest Home and temporary Provincial House at Pampady by Most Rev. Sebastian Thekethecheril, the Bishop of Vijayapuram, and inauguration by Rev. Fr. A. Francis, the Superior General of HGN. With a roof over the mission of the province spread in establishing various houses including Good News Asha Bhavan, Vagamon (2010) for the mentally challenged; Good News Ammaveedu, Pampady (2010) for the elderly men and women destitute: Good News Sneha Bhavan, Kakkoor (2013) for the elderly men destitute

With the brief yet steady growth, the province stepped into a new phase as the Second Provincial Assembly held on 9 and 10 August 2011, re-elected Rev. Fr. Siby Peedikayil as the Provincial Superior. The election retained Fr. Balju Kalapurayil and Fr. Sihi Thadathil as the Vice-Provincial and Provincial Procurator respectively, and the new counsel Body con Frs Selvan Lazar, Joseph Kandathiparambil, and Saji Pamplaniyil. The team would lead the province into various mission programs of the new decade with the opening of Village chapel at Yernagudem, A.P. in 2012, St. Paul’s Hostel at Miao, Arunachal Pradesh in 2013, and St Mary’s Noye Hostel, Bonakal, Telangana. in 2014. Meanwhile, the mission’s emphasis on educating the underprivileged resulted in erecting good schools in Arunachal Pradesh and the then united states of Andhra Pradesh

The Missionaries of the Province, who were sent to different nations in order to be good ministers of Christ, were nourished with the words of faith and with good doctrine, which they drew principally from the Sacred Scriptures, studying the mystery of Christ, whose heralds und witnesses they were to the lands they were sent. Knowing that each member should be well trained and prepared for the missions, the seminarians are given intensive and holistic formation through various seminaries across the country. The brothers keep up their brotherly-spirit nourished by the periodic gatherings. The priests, including the formators, are enriched in their efforts pertaining to their own field of mission get enriched by the retreats and on-going formation programs that the Province offers at regular intervals. The members are also motivated by the blessed acquaintances they had with various personalities. To name, the list would adom the encouragements given by Most. Rev. Sebastian Thekethecherril, Most Rev. Bernard Mortes, Most Rev. Paul Maipan, Most Rev. George Palliparambil, Most. Rev. Mathew Cheriyankunnel, PIME, Mar. Joseph Kallarangatt, Mar. Sebastian Adayanthrath, Rev. Msgr. Jose Navez among others

The Third Provincial Assembly held at Pampady (6 8 August 2014) elected Rev. Ft. Saji Schastian as the new Provincial Superior. Rev. Fr. Thomas Olikunnel was elected the Vice Provincial, and the new council body spotted Rev. Frs, Sibi Thadathil, Joseph Kandathiparamnbil, and Vinod Plackal. Fr. Selvan Lazar was appointed as the Provincial Procurator. The works of the new team saw the concretization of many projects including the Extension Block of Good News Asha Bhavan, Vagamon, St. Maryx Girls Hostel at Bonakal, Telangana in 2015, and St. Paul School at Pathralapadu, Telangana.
The province with its missionary wings extended to various parts of the world with the members extending their services in India, Italy, Australia, United States, Canada, The Netherlands, Germany, Papua New Guinea, etc. We have, as per the status of 2016, 94 Fathers and in India and abroad 74 seminarians. The office of the province can be reached through the addresses given on our home page

Nations are still many to be led to Christ, and so the missionaries remain extremely necessary. We continue what Christ had told us, to go to the whole world, to make disciples for him. The St. Paul Province does it… amore in azione… love in action. Truly.