Father A. Pitchaimuthu

Priest’s legacy highlights model for countercultural witness to poverty

On: February 18, 2022

In: Blog

By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, Feb 17, 2022: I remember a true story shared by a religious nun about when she was taking a class on the vow of poverty during an interreligious novitiate formation program in the Philippines. The story goes like this: Once a young boy rang the bellContinue Reading

Priest musician, Siddha practitioner dies

By: Robancy A Helen

On: January 30, 2022

In: Religious

By Robancy A Helen Viruthachalam, Jan 30, 2022: Father A. Pitchaimuthu, a practitioner of Siddha medicine famous for composing the Catholic liturgy in folk style, died January 30 in Tamil Nadu, southern India. He was 82. The death of the priest, who was also an educationist, occurred at 5:30 amContinue Reading