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Benjamin Vima
Benjamin A. Vima is a diocesan priest for 40 years, having been born, bred, trained and ordained in India, now working as international priest in USA. He is incardinated to the Diocese of Tulsa, Ok...view moreBenjamin A. Vima is a diocesan priest for 40 years, having been born, bred, trained and ordained in India, now working as international priest in USA. He is incardinated to the Diocese of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He had his philosophical and theological studies in India; he holds two Masters in both Religious and Theater Communication from the Loyola University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago. He too underwent D. Min program at Oral Roberts University, Tulsa.
Besides serving as pastor in different parishes both in India and USA, he was the founder and the first executive director of Sathangai, an Archdiocesan Center for Catholic Communications in Madurai, South India. He is a Liturgical and Social Music composer and publisher. He has produced and published many volumes of Tamil Liturgical hymns under the title: “Isaithen.” ‘A PEOPLE’S THEATRE: For Community development in Tamilnadu, India’ was his first book to be used as a guide for all development theatre workers in India. Besides many booklets of his homilies, he has published recently three books, “My Dear Ecclesia”-a compilation of his Letters for Parish Weekly bulletins; “SONDAY SONRISE”-homilies for Sundays and Solemnities for Years ABC; and “DAILY DOSE for Christian Survival”-Daily Scriptural Meditation and Spiritual Medication. He has composed and released also a music album of Catholic Masses for English-speaking congregations. At present he serves as pastor at Sacred Heart Church parish, Skiatook, Oklahoma, USA.view less