Rev. Fr. K.A. Jesu Nazarene
Director, Pastoral Centre
Coordinator of all the Commissions

Keeping in mind the constant call of the late Pope John Paul II and in the light of the Second Vatican Council which brought to light the very nature of the church as missionary, St. Xavier’s pastoral centre for the Archdiocese of Pondicherry and Cuddalore was started in 1993 with the view of evangelization of the non-Christians and the re-evangelization of the already baptized Catholics. Ever since its inception all the pastoral activities OF THE Archdiocese are planned and carried out by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre through various commissions.

• PASTORAL FORMATION:

               Primarily it is a centre where all Pastoral commissions’ meetings, training programmes and seminars take place.

• CO-ORDINATION:

               The various activities of different Pastoral commissions are coordinated. In the Archdiocesan level, long and short term Pastoral                programmes are taken up and executed. This includes various activities like the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, planning for the                meaningful celebration of the year of St.Paul, expressing the solidarity to the faithful affected by the violent attacks on the                Christians form different parts of India.

• AUDIO- STUDIO

               A full-fledged multi track   digital audio recording theatre is functioning at the Centre.

• CLERGY, VOCATION AND RELIGIOUS

               Rev. Fr. M. Swaminathan, Commission Secretary

               The commission takes care of the formation of both minor and major seminarians, assigning ministry places during holidays                and arranging the Annual get together are part of it. The main focus of the commission is to organize the ongoing formation                programme for the diocesan clergy on a regular basis. Vocation promotion is the primary task of the commissions’ Secretary.

• BIBLE COMMISSION

               Rev.Fr. A. Benjamin,Commission Secretary

GOALS

1. To help the faithful in having a correct understanding of the Bible against the fundamentalist approach of the sects.
2. To be able to interpret and explain the Word of God in Anbiams (BCC) and prayer meetings.
3. To create an interest in the Word of God and to assimilate the Biblical Spirituality.

MEANS

• Conducting Bible classes, group discussions and seminars.
• Distribution of handouts, notes and publishing articles on Biblical themes.
• Training the BCC Animators.
• Conducting seminars at the vicariate level.
• Preaching in the parishes.
• Distributing the copies of the Bible at a reduced rate.