Hence on completion of his schooling, he joined a St. After completing his high school education, he intended to become a Catholic priest and joined a Catholic seminary. He has had basic training in Carnatic and Western musical systems.
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As a youth he used to sing in the Church choir. Right from his childhood days, his sister who was also a nun was influential in making him lead a holy and God fearing life. He has completed his middle school in "Thiruvarangam" a village nearby and high School in St.Mary's Higher Secondary School, Madurai. Berchmans was the youngest of five children- elder sister, two elder brothers and one younger brother. His parents were farmers, and were devout Catholics. Berchmans is well known and is referred to as "Father" in the Christian circles.īerchmans was born on 3 August 1949 in Soosaiapparpatti (Semponkudi), a small village near Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India. He operates mainly from Kalayar Kovil in Tamil Nadu, where the headquarters of his "Jebathottam" Trust is located. He is being viewed as an inspirational figure among Tamil Christians and many young and new worship leaders. Many of his songs have been translated into other languages including Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Sinhala, Hindi and English.
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He has composed over 400 songs, mostly in Tamil. Priest, evangelist, singer-songwriter, worship leader, musician, record producerįr S J Berchmans is an Indian evangelist and Christian worship songs writer-composer from Tamil Nadu. Gospel songs, contemporary christian music, contemporary worship music Kalayar Kovil, Sivaganga district, Tamil Nadu
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Soosaipatti, Paramakudi, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu, India