Month's Mind Mass for Fr George Kallungal, CSC
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(29-09-1945
to 24-12-2016)
A Deeply Spiritual Person & A Faithful Religious
Rev. Fr. George
Kallungal, CSC was born at Nedungapra, near Perumbavoor, in Kerala on 28th
September 1945. He was the 3rd child of the 7 children in the
family. Fr. George was a very serious and conscientious student during his
school days and he was the topper of his class and school. He was also the
student leader and was popular in the school as a good orator and leader.
Fr. George made his first profession in the Congregation of Holy Cross on May 30th, 1970 at Yercaud in Tamil Nadu and Final Profession on June 14th 1973 at Pune in Maharashtra. He was ordained a priest on October 27th 1973. He began his ministry as Rector and Vocation Promoter at Trichy in Tamil Nadu in June 1973 and continued in the same ministry for 5 years. He was well acclaimed as a good orator in Tamil as he mastered the language very well during his 5 years in Trichy. Following this ministry, he spent a year in the formation house at Museum road, Bangalore as Assistant Director and another year as the Rector of the formation house.
He spent two years in Rome doing his studies in Spiritual Theology from 1980 to 1982. On his return to India he was appointed as the Novice Master at Holy Cross Novitiate, Yercaud, a position he held for the next 8 years. All along his life, he had a great desire to be a missionary. He worked for a short while as a missionary in Ghana and Dhaka in Bangladesh and at parishes in Meghalaya and Tripura. Most of his services were focused in giving formation and counselling to the young students in formation houses, schools or college. He was living a retired life at Moreau Community House due to his illness, when the good Lord called him to his eternal reward on 24th of December 2016.
Fr. George Kallungal was a deeply spiritual person and a
faithful religious of Holy Cross. He used to spend long hours in prayer in the
presence of the Blessed Sacrament. He was a cheerful and affectionate person
with a positive attitude and an inspiration to many generations of Holy Cross
priests. He was a person of many values in his life and he was like the
conscience keeper of the community on many occasions. He was a good singer, a
gifted speaker and retreat preacher. He was very effective in giving
inspirational seminars and sessions to the youth. Many have benefitted from his
counselling skills and the students and teachers whom he has counselled speak
highly of him and are deeply grateful to him for the help they received. He had
a great mastery over the English Language and he was also a good editor and
proof reader for many important documents of Holy Cross School as well as the Province
of Northeast India when he was healthy. We will miss his physical presence, but
console ourselves with the thought that the Congregation of Holy Cross,
Province of northeast India will now have a heavenly intercessor in the person
of Fr. George Kallungal, CSC. May his soul rest in peace.
Fr. Emmanuel
Kallarackal, CSC
