Gagultha Retreat Center online community aims at reaching out to the unreached to spread the GOOD NEWS to various language communities having responded to the call of our Lord, Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession (Psalms 2:8)

ABOUT GAGULTHA

Gagultha retreat center, (Kurumal, Thrissur, Kerala, South India) is a charismatic retreat center which began functioning on March 10, 2007. This center is promoted and owned by the Franciscan Capuchin Order. The provincial of the ST. Thomas Capuchin Province is the patron of this center, under whose powerful guidance and fraternal blessings, all activities of various ministries are prayerfully held by Gagultha Retreat center. Presently Rev. Fr. Benny Peter Vettickanakudy OFM. Cap is the director of Gagultha Retreat Center. We gratefully remember Fr. Jose Mundadan OFM. Cap and Fr. Antony Maniparamban, who were the directors of the Renewal Center. Our vision is to help the people to live renewed and empowered Catholic Christian life through the power of the Holy Spirit, in order to fulfill the mission of the church, which is evangelization. We will accomplish this by proclaiming the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the love of the Father in the power of the Holy Spirit which leads to the renewal of the grace and culture of Pentecost.

The experience of born again in the fire of Holy Spirit and to help individuals to lead a Christ centered Christian life, with the strong intercession of Holy Virgin Mother Mary. People come for spiritual renewal and liberation from the evils like bondage of alcohol and drug addiction, bondage of habitual sins, and various other family problems. Many sick and ailing people are healed. After long years of issueless married life, barren women are blessed with children. Our Centre is noted for the powerful deliverance ministry, anointing of the Holy Spirit. Thus, the good news of salvation has instilled a new hope in the hearts of people irrespective of caste and religion.

Programs of Retreat Centre:

1. Retreat for students on 2nd Saturday from 9.30 am to 2 pm.
2. Residential retreat on every 2nd and 4th Sundays from 4 pm to Wednesday 10 pm
3. Weekend retreat: from 2nd Friday from 4 pm to Sunday 1pm
4. One day Bible convention is held on every Friday from 9 am to 3pm

FR. BENNY PETTER

DIRECTOR

Fr David Peramanagalam

Administrator

Fr Vinny Varghese

Assistant Director

Meet Our Team

Gagultha Retreat Centre is under San Damiano Ashram headed by Rev Fr David Peramanagalam as Superior. The Ordinary Chapter of St. Joseph Province in 1993, 26th April to 01st May, decided to open an Ashram in the Archdiocese of Thrissur. Mar Joseph Kundukulam (late), the Arch-Bishop of Trichur Arch-diocese gave informal permission on 25th of August 1993 to start a Friary in his diocese. Br. Jose Pullokaran was appointed to find a suitable site for it. On 20th of December 1994, a land of 5 acres belonging to two families, was purchased. On 14th June 1997, the temporary residence and the foundation stone of the new Ashram were blessed by Br. Mathew Paikada, the Minister Provincial. Brs. Jos Pullokaran and Gasper Kavungal were the initial members of the new fraternity. The formal permission for the Ashram was received from Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy, the Archbishop of Thrissur on 13th August 1997.

DIRECTOR MESSAGE

Welcome to Gagultha Retreat Centre Director''''s Message Welcome to Gagultha Retreat Centre, a sacred place dedicated to spiritual renewal and growth. Located in the serene surroundings of Kurumal, Thrissur, Kerala, our retreat centre offers a peaceful haven for those seeking a deeper connection with God. At Gagultha Retreat Centre, we believe in the transformative power of prayer, meditation, and spiritual fellowship. Our mission is to provide a supportive environment where individuals can experience the love and grace of God, strengthen their faith, and find solace in His presence. As you embark on your spiritual journey with us, let the words of the Bible guide and inspire you. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28
We invite you to explore our programs, participate in our retreats, and experience the divine peace that only God can provide. May the Lord bless you and keep you.)Welcome to Gagultha Retreat Centre

ONLINE MINISTRY

Online Ministry
On establishing The Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization by Pope Benedict XVI at vespers on 28 June 2010, eve of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, to carry out the New Evangelization, the pope said that "the process of secularisation has produced a serious crisis of the sense of the Christian faith and role of the Church", and the new pontifical council would "promote a renewed evangelisation" in countries where the Church has long existed "but which are living a progressive secularisation of society and a sort of ''eclipse of the sense of God''." On June 29, 2013, Pope Francis released a related apostolic exhortation Evangelii gaudium (English: The Joy of the Gospel) on "the church''s primary mission of evangelization in the modern world".[17] In its opening paragraph, Pope Francis urged the entire Church "to embark on a new chapter of evangelism". New media tools such as the internet, social media and smartphones are being used as vehicles for expressing the new evangelization.Media organizations are using the new media and social media to promote the work of evangelization. New evangelisation poses great opportunities in fact it is only means to reach out to the ends of the world to accomplish the great commission given by our Lord, our Master.

Gagultha Retreat Center

Having realized the need of the hour Gagultha Retreat Center online community aims at reaching out to the unreached to spread the GOOD NEWS to various language communities having responded to the call of our Lord, "Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your own possession" (Psalms 2:8). Currently we are reaching out to the English, Hindi, Tamil speaking communities apart from Malayalam Community through online platfrom to form prayer communities all over the world. The ministry aims at reaching out to all language communities wherever online media accessibility is possible to fulfill the dream of Gagultha Retreat Center