Saint Mary's Church welcomes Fr. Felix Nayak

I am Fr. Felix Nayak and I was born on the 7th of December 1966, in an interior village, called Dangeskhall, in the state of Odisha, India.

The names of my parents are late Agapita Nayak and late Sujana Nayak. Including me, we were six brothers and three sisters. I have already lost both my parents and the eldest brother.

At present, I have four brothers and three sisters. One of my nieces is a nun. I was very fortunate to be born in a devout Catholic family. Though my parents were very poor financially, they were very good Catholics. They struggled a lot to educate and bring up in the cat...