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Welcome Father Shibi Pappan

Posted on November 19, 2018 in: General News

We are pleased to announce to our parishioners that Fr. Shibi Pappan has been assigned to St. Joseph as an associate priest to serve our parish. Fr. Shibi grew up in Kerala, India, the youngest of three children. He was ordained in November 2005 as member of an Indian religious order, the Bethany Ashram (formerly known as the Order of the Imitation of Christ). He has served in the parish of St. Patrick in Smithtown for the past four years and now will minister here in St. Joseph. He holds degrees in sociology, psychology and education from SDV Seminary, India, and St. John’s University.

We welcome Fr. Shibi and look forward to getting to know him better in the coming months. Fr. John Gouldrick, CM, and Fr. Bill Slater will continue to assist on weekends.