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'''Joseph H. Pereira''', popularly known as the '''Singing Priest''', is an Indian Roman Catholic priest, social worker and the founder trustee of ''Kripa Foundation'', a [[Mumbai]]-based [[non governmental organization]] working for the rehabilitation of HIV patients and people affected by [[substance abuse]].<ref name="Founder Managing Trustee">{{cite web | url=http://www.kripafoundation.org/Itinerary_Inside_page.html | title=Founder Managing Trustee | publisher=Kripa Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref> He has been associated with [[Mother Teresa]] and [[B. K. S. Iyengar]] and is a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Rev. Fr. Joseph H Pereira – Founder and Managing Trustee of the Kripa Foundation">{{cite web | url=http://ngogateway.com/profiles/rev-fr-joseph-h-pereira-founder-and-managing-trustee-of-the-kripa-foundation/ | title=Rev. Fr. Joseph H Pereira – Founder and Managing Trustee of the Kripa Foundation | publisher=NGO Gateway | date=2016 | access-date=27 February 2016}}</ref> A pupil of B. K. S. Iyengar and a proponent of [[Iyengar Yoga]], he is a certified instructor of the [[yoga]] school. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2009, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Joseph Pereira was born in a [[Luso-Indian]] Roman Catholic family in the suburbs of [[Mumbai]], in the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] and did his early schooling locally where he had the opportunity to study [[Sanskrit]].<ref name="The Best Way of Helping Is To Care">{{cite journal | url=http://www.yogateachermagazine.com/content/father-joe | title=The Best Way of Helping Is To Care | journal=Yoga Teacher Magazine | year=2014 | volume=2 | issue=1}}</ref> He started learning yoga from the age of eleven and, choosing the vocation of a priest, he enlisted himself in a seminary where he was involved with the choral groups there. He continued his academic studies to secure a master's degree Philosophy and Psychology from the [[University of Mumbai]] and a certification in counselling theory and practice from the Hazelden Institute of the [[Hazelden Foundation]], USA.<ref name="About Father Joe Pereira">{{cite web | url=http://www.iyengaryogahongkong.com/index.php/events/208-father-joe-pereira-2015 | title=About Father Joe Pereira | publisher=Iyengar Yoga HK | date=2016 | access-date=28 February 2016}}</ref> While at the seminary, he got an opportunity to meet [[B. K. S. Iyengar]], renowned yoga guru and the originator of [[Iyengar Yoga]], and joined him as a student of yoga in 1968. In 1971, he started participating in the activities of [[Mother Teresa]] and a decade later, he founded ''Kripa Foundation'' in 1981, with a few inmates, on the premises of the [[Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Bandra]] where he served as the parish priest.<ref name="The Best Way of Helping Is To Care" /> The Foundation, which had a modest beginning, grew over the years, presently operating out of 69 centres in India and also has presence in Canada, Germany and USA.<ref name="About Us">{{cite web | url=http://www.kripafoundation.org/Home.html | title=About Us | publisher=Kripa Foundation | date=2016 | access-date=28 February 2016}}</ref> The organization works for the rehabilitation of HIV/AIDS patients and the victims of substance abuse and alcoholism and is affiliated to the [[Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment]]. The centre employs yoga as a means to treat alcoholics and drug addicts.<ref name="In Mumbai, a Catholic priest-yogi attacks Western propaganda against yoga">{{cite web | url=http://scroll.in/article/718719/in-mumbai-a-catholic-priest-yogi-attacks-western-propaganda-against-yoga | title=In Mumbai, a Catholic priest-yogi attacks Western propaganda against yoga | publisher=Scroll.in | date=7 April 2015 | access-date=28 February 2016}}</ref>

Pereira teaches yoga philosophy in various Indian institutions including the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] and is a member of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Rev. Fr. Joseph H Pereira – Founder and Managing Trustee of the Kripa Foundation" /> He is the national coordinator of the [[World Community for Christian Meditation]] (WCCM) and is a trustee of the Indian chapter of the [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (AA).<ref name="Founder Managing Trustee" /> He acts as a consultant to the [[Archdiocese of Bombay]] in matters related to drug addiction and conducts regular workshops on de-addiction and yoga in India and abroad,<ref name="Rev. Fr. Joseph H Pereira – Founder and Managing Trustee of the Kripa Foundation" /> for which he has brought out several audio/video CDs such as ''Wholeness and Holiness'', ''Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation'', and ''The Whole Person in Prayer''.<ref name="Founder Managing Trustee" /> His students included [[Lee Kuan Yew]], the first Prime Minister of Singapore.<ref name="About Father Joe Pereira" /> He is the author of ''Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation'', a guide for beginners of yoga.<ref name="Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation">{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yoga-Practice-Christian-Meditation-Pereira/dp/B00JQERADQ | title=Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation | publisher=MedioMedia | author=Joseph Pereira | year=2009 | isbn=978-1933182957}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2009.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

== See also ==
* [[Mother Teresa]]
* [[B. K. S. Iyengar]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES2nxnxhRiU | title=Father Joe Pereira in Pune | publisher=Anne Braucks | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=8 July 2012 | access-date=27 February 2016}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Yoga for the Practice of Christian Meditation | publisher=MedioMedia | author=Joseph Pereira | year=2009 | isbn=978-1933182957}}

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