Fr Anand Pereira SJ - Funeral Service @ Ka Rympei Arrupe Jesuit Novitiate on 14 June 2024

Born in Mangalore on the 19 March 1968, Fr Anand Pereira SJ joined the Society of
Jesus on the 10 July 1986 at Mt St Joseph, Bangalore. Having completed his
14 years of seminary formation, he was ordained a priest on the 30th of December
2000 and took his final vows on the 1st of May 2008.
As a priest, Fr Anand served in Pfutsero, Nagaland, from 2001 to 2006 as the
Director of the Pastoral Centre and Principal of three village schools. Following
this, he spent a year as the Principal of St. Paul's Institute of Education and St.
Paul's High School in Phesama, Nagaland. In 2008, he completed his tertianship
and took his final vows. The following year, he pursued doctoral studies at
Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Having earned the doctoral degree in
2013, he was appointed as the Superior of St. Paul's Jesuit Community in
Phesama, also serving as the Region Consultor and Region Coordinator for
Formation. From 2017 to 2019 he served as the Principal of St. Xavier's Higher
Secondary School in Moirang, Manipur. In 2019, he was appointed as the
Superior of Jesuit House Community in Guwahati, Assam, and the Region
Development Director. Since 2023, he had been serving as the Superior of the
Arunachal Mission of the Jesuits.
On 9 June 2024, Fr Anand Pereira SJ left us to meet the Lord, to enjoy his unending bliss.
The funeral service was held in the Jesuit cemetery in the campus of Ka Rympei Arrupe Jesuit Novitiate, Mawshohroh, Shillong.
May he remain with God!