Convention Four

​Prison Ministry India conducted its fourth national convention from 4th to 6th of December, 1998 at retreat house, Mumbai, Maharashtra. Fr. Varghese Karippery was the national coordinator of PMI who arranged the national gathering and master mind behind the gathering. The inaugural function of the national convention was inaugurated by by Cardinal Simon Pimento who appreciated the work of PMI and its style of work. The meeting was presided over by Very Rev. Fr. Augustine Kanjamala SVD, the provincial superior, Bandra. The sessions are dealt with the topics such as biblical basis of Prison Ministry India, cause of crime and its effect and a Christian response, prison ministry in present context, and three “R” theory. About 110 people from 14 states participated in the meeting. Fr. Varghese Karippery handed over his responsibility of national coordinator to Fr. Sebastian Theckanath, a diocesan priest of Ernakulam- Angamally Archdiocese.