thai-ordinationThe Congregation of the Mission has ordained its second local priest after 20 years of work in Thailand.

Francisco Veerasak Supaperm, 53, was ordained on May 30 at St. Francis Xavier Church in Bangkok. He will be based in Khon Kaen in the northeast.

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Father Francisco Veerasak Supaperm at his priestly ordination

The new priest said he was inspired by the congregation’s work with poor villagers. He was a former teacher in a Catholic school in Bangkok and later worked as a tourist guide in Australia for 11 years.
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