After barely a year of pastoral ministry, Fr. Jegaraj took charge of the parish of St. Anthony at Tembipada and put his heart and soul into regularizing the property papers of the place. This was in view of putting up a new and larger Church to accommodate the growing population of the area, and also to provide a better presbytery for the priests residing there. After initiating the process, he was requested to take up the work of Novice-master and was sent to NVSC, Pune for a year’s training in formation. Subsequently he took up the work of forming novices at Agashi. Enthusiastic and energetic, he puts his hands to a number of varied ministries including preaching in English and Tamil. At present he is doing his higher studies in Australia.

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