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VERSION:3.0
FN:Reverend Benny Mekkatt
TITLE:Pastor
URL;TYPE=WORK:https://www.blessedsacramentsp.org/
GEO:44.9695570;-93.0104670
REV:20200303T061521Z
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CATEGORIES:Roman Catholic
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ORG:Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
NOTE:I am humbled and honored to be appointed as your pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church. I consider it a privilege and a great gift to be able to serve within this parish community. This new appointment is a return to the east side for me, as I recently served as pastor at Presentation of Blessed Virgin Mary. I know some of you, and I am sure, at least a few of you, already know me. Most of you may be still curious to know more about me, so let me use this column to introduce myself. I am originally from Kerala, India. I come from a traditionally Catholic family. As my name indicates, Benny, I am the Benjamin (the youngest) of six children. I have three sisters and two brothers, and one of my sisters is a nun, belonging to the Franciscan Clarist Congregation (FCC). My mom and other siblings live in India. I am also blessed to have dozens of nieces and nephews and a few grand nieces and nephews, too. I am a member of the Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception (CFIC), founded by a saintly man, Blessed Luigi Maria Monti, in Rome, Italy in 1857. The Congregation has communities and missions in 23 countries. As part of my priestly training I lived in India, Italy and the Philippines. After completing my studies for the priesthood, I was ordained a priest in India on October 9th, 2004. Three years after my ordination I was asked to come to St. Paul as part of our CFIC community at the Church of St. Mary in downtown St. Paul. During my first six years in Minnesota, I worked primarily as a hospital chaplain at Hennepin County Medical Center and helped out in various parish communities. During that time I used to celebrate the first Saturday Mass at Blessed Sacrament. For three and a half years I was pastor at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Maplewood. Since July 1st, 2017, I have served as pastor at the Church of St. Mary. In the same month, I was also appointed as the Superior for the CFIC North American Delegation.
TEL;TYPE=WORK,VOICE:(651) 738-0677 ext. 11
TEL;TYPE=WORK,FAX:(651) 738-6492
N:Reverend Benny Mekkatt

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