Xavier khan vattayil biography of barack

When Fr Xavier Khan Vattayil set aside his life to strengthen the Church in adverse circumstances by conducting retreats for priests, creating opportunities for the sanctification of the religious, forming and sending out lay missionaries, forming lay missionary movements, preparing and sending out his brother priests for world evangelisation, and doing powerful missionary works using the media platforms, the Lord was revealing in him the charisms for the upcoming generations of PDM.

Through unwavering obedience to his bishop in favourable and in unfavourable circumstances, a life of simplicity and using his talents in a creative manner, he worked hard to bring everyone together. In all these, God was transforming him for the building up of the Church through the founding of PDM. He served there as the Parish Priest for 3 years from 2 May to 30 April His zeal for the salvation of souls led to the beginning of Sehion Retreat Centre, which inaugurated on 28 April and he served there as the founder director.

In , he began Sehion Town Ministry in Palakkad, the Capital town of the district and the headquarters of the diocese. He serves as the founder director of these ministries. Rather, he desired to renounce the world to possess God. The Holy Spirit gave him the grace and enthusiasm to take on struggles and sufferings to gain souls. During his seminary formation time, Fr.

Vattayil, who had a heart burning with the love of God and a personality full of zeal, took the Bible, the biographies of the saints, and other spiritual publications to different parishes and carried them door-to-door and tried to bring the souls back to Jesus. Realizing his inner call for penance and atonement along with the salvation of souls, during his philosophy studies, he used to go to the forest with some of the brothers to pray.

He shared his inner call with the the authorities of the major seminary and His Excellency Bishop Mar Joseph Irimpan who was the Bishop of the diocese during his studies in theology. He was ordained priest in the Diocese of Palakkad on 28 April When he started Sehion Retreat Center on 28 April , as its first director, he again realized that his inner call was to ignite the entire world with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Xavier khan vattayil biography of barack

In , when Sehion began the Retreat for Priests, Fr. Vattayil desired to give up everything he had and come down for the salvation of souls and world evangelization, and to start priestly consecrated communities. Our three Founders, who had the spark of the same inner call, but grew up and were formed in different life situations, were brought together by Divine Providence at Sehion in the year Miracles are reported by many believers who attend these conventions.

Multitudes of people come for healing and deliverance. He completed his high school from Pallikurup High school in In the same year he joined Seminary in the Diocese of Palakkad. He earned pre degree from University of Calicut in He graduated in Philosophy from University of Kerala in It is a remote place and travel facilities were very limited during that time.