Ordination, Dec.18,1967

This is my ordination picture. It was taken at the Pontifical Seminary, Alwaye in 1967, just a few weeks before my ordination on Dec.18,1967. We spent seven years from 1960-67 at the Carmel Giri and Mangalapuzha campuses of the Alwaye Seminary for our priestly studies. After the end of the studies, we went to Changancherry and were ordained by Mar Matthew Kavukattu , the Archbishop of Changancherry on Dec.18,1967.
It was Archbishop Kavukattu who sent me for studies for M.A. English at St.Berchmans' College.He told me that there would arise a vancy in the Dept. of English and that I would have to teach at the college.