Simon Puthen Purayil Ignatius

1932–2018

എസ്സ്. പി. ഇഗ്നേഷ്യസ്

Introduction

Biography

I was born in a Christ­ian fa­mi­ly in 1932 in Ca­li­cut.

I worked with Ke­ra­la Me­di­cal Mis­sion from 1955 till 1959. I be­came a church worker of CSI North Ke­ra­la Dio­cese from 1959 to 1962. Then the Lord give a me spe­ci­fic call to work among the childr­en.

As a result CSSM (Scrip­ture Un­ion) Ke­ra­la, In­dia, in­vit­ed me to work with them. I was a staff work­er in CSSM from 1962 to 1992 for 30 long years. I am ve­ry pleased now as I see ma­ny of my stu­dents in the world around and share the spir­it­ual in­sights they re­ceived through the min­is­try I was in­volved in.

After 1992 I al­so vol­un­ta­ri­ly worked as a Sun­day Work­er in the North Ke­ra­la Dio­cese of CSI till 1993. From 1993 to 2003 I worked as a mis­sion­ary in a vil­lage called Che­ru­plas­se­ry in Ke­ra­la.

Now I am lead­ing a peace­ful life at home in Sho­ra­nur. I have one wife and three child­ren. My three child­ren are mis­sion­ar­ies in North Ind­ia. Please do pray for us.