Ministries

People from various states in India and from countries abroad, reach Sehion Retreat Centre to attend the sermons and obtain blessings from the Most High.

At the Retreat Centre, the Word of God is proclaimed all through the year'. At a time, the Centre accommodates nearly 500 pilgrims for a residential reretreat. The main retreat commences at 11.30am IST on every Sunday, and concludes at 7.00 am IST, on the ensuing Friday. The retreats are led by Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil PDM, Fr. Soji Olikkal, Fr. Binoy Karimaruthingal PDM, Fr. Saju Elanjiyil, Fr. Samson Christy PDM and Fr. Antony Nedumpurathu.

Apart from this, every Friday and Saturday, a one-day retreat is arranged.

One-day Bible Convention is also held on every first Friday of the month led by Rev. Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil PDM

On every second Saturday, One-day Bible Convention Led by Rev Fr Soji Olikkal for Teenagers and Pre Teenagers is arranged in the Sehion Retreat Centre. The Same day another One-day Bible Convention Led by Rev Fr Samson Christy PDM for All

For the general public, Spiritual Sharing, Confession and Deliverance prayers are arranged on all Fridays and Saturdays

From different walks of life, people gather at the Sehion Retreat Centre to obtain relief, blessings, redemption and healings by participating in the various retreats and classes.

The evangelization team conducts power conferences for priests, sisters and lay leaders and organizes discipleship training programs and priests conferences. These services are conducted at Thavalam Sehion Kalkurushumala as well as different parts of the world. The first retreat for priests was conducted on 23rd November 2008 at Sehion Retreat Centre. The service of Kalkurushumala was started in the first phase of 2011. This is a centre for the world evangelization. Let us pray for the powerful services of this ministry meant for the upliftment of the Catholic Church and people.

At Sehion Retreat Centre, on 17th December 2004, Mar Jacob Manathodath, the Bishop of Palakkad diocese, Kerala, India, inaugurated SEHION TELEVISION, and it has commenced the telecast of its services and programs through various reputed television channels, since then. The first program, "ABHISHEKAGNI" led by Rev. Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil was telecast in Shalom Channel on 3rd April 2005. Since then, 'ABHISHEKAGNI' is being telecast in the channel, on all Sundays, at 8.30 pm IST. Re-telecast of this program can be viewed on all Fridays at 11.00am IST, and for the viewers in Gulf region, it is re-telecast on all Saturdays at 1.30am IST.

The supporting office where the post production activities of Sehion Television programs are held, is put up at Sehion Studio, Thavalam Attappady in Palakkad district, Kerala state, India. By God's grace this office is equipped with the world's most advanced technology, and is managed by skilled, experienced and dedicated personals.

Maranatha Media Centre, the media ministry of SEHION MINISTRIES was inaugurated by God’s grace on the 29th April 2007, at Sanjo Tower, Palakkad.

TFor the need to spread the Word of God, and to share the compassion and love of God, Rev. Fr. Xavier Khan Vattayil, the renowned spiritual orator, and director of SEHION MINISTRIES had been blessed to promote this venture of using the print-audio-visual media to propagate the Gospel with more vigour and vitality in states of India and abroad.

Currently, the Media Centre is blessed to have its new director, Rev. Fr. Antony Nedumpurath, who is bestowing his personal attention to gear up the promotional activities of the Media Centre, and in ensuring timely availability of products and services to feed the spiritual needs of general public.

Hundreds of spiritual books in various languages composed by Rev. Fr. Xavier Khan, number of Christian devotional hymn CDs, many inspirational DVDs, and many other religious articles are made available for the public at Maranatha Media Centre, and at 15 book stalls in Kerala and abroad. God has blessed SEHION MINISTRIES and this Media Centre to spread the Good News via a mobile book stall, ‘Elshadai Mobile Bookstall’ which moves on wheels since 3rd December 2010 to many parishes in Kerala, reaching out to nearly one crore of faithful each year.

Under the able guidance and outstanding co-ordinating capabilities of Br. Sabu Kasargod, at present Maranatha Media Centre is thriving in every manner to attain greater heights in spreading the message of God not only in Malayalam, but also in other Indian languages such as, Hindi, Tamil, Odiya and Kannada; and in foreign languages including English, Spanish, German etc.

This is a powerful team praying for various Sehion services. Hundreds of people join their hands together with this ministry and pray from different chapels in Sehion Retrat Centre And Sehion Kalkkurishumala as well as from their houses. This team includes the people who come to intercede for a month, a week or a day and some are staying permanently for the intercessory prayer. 16 different chapels are arranged for priests, sisters and laymen and the prayers are made in the presence of the Most Holy Eucharist.

This ministry is the strong foundation and power house of Sehion. Intercession is done for the Pope, KCBC, priests, sisters and evangelization programs in all continents. Separate intercession is made for the prayer requests that come through telephone and e-mail.

Retreats and conventions outside the Sehion Retreat Centre are conducted through outreach ministry. This ministry, headed by priests from Sehion Team, organises retreats in parishes of the different dioceses and for youth and children and also campus retreats in colleges. Spiritual counselling is also arranged during the retreats. The classes in these retreats are mainly based on the Holy Sacraments. Usually a three or five day programs are carried out in these retreats. For making available the services of Sehion outreach ministry, booking shall be done atleast eight months before with the consent letter or invitation of the authorised persons. Arrangements for the retreats have to be done as per the advice of the team leader or priests from Sehion outreach ministry and the poeple should be well prepared by continuous prayer.