St. Michael's Church
Aanaikulam

Parish Name              :   St. Michael's Church
Address                     :  Anaikulam - 627 117, Vallioor (Via), Tirunelveli Dt.
Patron Saints            :  St. Michael
Telephone No           : Parish Priest No: 7010451048

A Brief History :
Anaikulam is a small Village, bifurcated from Kizhavaneri parish in 9th September, 2012. It has been entrusted to the Religious Congregation, Called "Congregation of the Mission - CM (Vincentian Fathers)," founded by St Vincent De Paul. We, the Vincentian fathers are happy to render our service and spiritual assistance to faithful in this parish. The presbytery beeing old, the provincial administration is ready to support financially for a new presbytery and the work will begin very soon.

Since it is a small parish we are able to vist the families often and pay indvidual attention to the faithful. We have regular mass in the parish and regular Sunday mass in all the substation. The parish has no management schools. New schools and convents, we hope to establish eventually.

The parish has five sub stations and all the villages have church as well. The total number of families 206 and around 100 families settled outside for business but they belong to this parish. All the villlages have their own administration. We are taking efforts to form parish Pastoral Council.

Succession of parish priests:
1. Fr S. Philomin Arputharaj, CM : 13.09.2012 - 31.03.2014
2. Fr S. Merlin, CM : 31.03.2014 - 21.04.2017
3. Fr C. Arockia Arul Prakash, CM : 21.04.2017 - 02.06.2019
4. Fr. X. Peter Arputharaj, CM : 02. 06. 2019-07.06.2021
5. Fr M. Lourdusamy, CM : 12.06.2021- Continues

Sub-Stations:
Pandarakulam - St. Thomas Church
Thalaivarmanai - St. Michael Church
Karungkannankudiyiruppu - St. Sebastine Church
Salethpudur - Our Lady of La Salette Church
Therkkupudur - St. Antony of Paduva Church

Grottos in the parish:
1. St. George - Anaikulam
2. Our Lady of Veilankanni - Pandarakulam
3. Holy Cross - Pandarakulam

Catholic Population : 1200

No. of Catholic Families : 206

Sunday Mass – Timings : 7:30. a.m.
Weekdays : 5:30 a.m
Saturday at St. George Grotto : Mass 7:00 p.m.

Participatory Structures
1. Anbiyams 7
2. Pastoral Commissions
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New Info provided by : Fr M. Lourdusamy, CM
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Updated on 13th Oct. 2022, Final correction done on May 23rd 2023