Father Soji Olikkal

Fr Soji Olikkal was born on 19th September in Pandalur, Kerala, India. His home parish is St Thomas Church in Kanjirapuzha Palakkad, Kerala. After his schooling he went to Seminary. Whilst at the Seminary, he graduated in Philosophy and Theology from Paurastya Vidya pidam Kottayam, and in arts from MG University. Father Soji was ordained a priest on 29th December 2001.

In his first years as a priest, he became Assistant Director of Sehion Retreat Centre in Thavalam, where he coordinated Inner Healing retreats, couples retreats as well as retreats for priests, nuns and seminarians. He also gave talk shows called Maranatha on Divine Television and another on Jeevan TV by the inspiration of The Holy Spirit.

Later he became the parish priest at Infant Jesus Church in Edayapalam and Zonal Director of Nurses Fraternity in Coimbatore. Whilst in India he was also the Diocesan Director of the Catholic Charismatic movement.

After 9 years in India, Father Soji came to the UK in 2009 as the Assistant Chaplin of the Syro Malabar Catholics. Working with Fr Sebastian Arikat, he conducted many renewal retreats among the Kerala Community in the UK and in 2010 December he became Priest in charge at Blessed Robert Grissold Church. If you want to learn more about the charitable work the parish does within Kerala, India, please click here.