1. Jim Borst was a Dutch Roman Catholic missionary of Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, commonly called Mill Hill Missionaries.
23 Facts About Jim Borst
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Jim Borst was well-known spiritual leader in India and abroad.
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Jim Borst was a frequent speaker at many conventions and seminars.
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Jim Borst was the last Mill Hill missionary serving in the Kashmir Valley.
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Jim Borst was born on 3 August 1932 in Ursem, Netherlands to Mr Leonard and Mrs Margaret.
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Jim Borst completed his secondary education at Hoorn, Tilburg and Burn Hall.
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Jim Borst joined Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill in 1945 and from 1951 to 1953 studied philosophy in Roosendaal.
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Jim Borst completed his studies of theology in 1957 from Mill Hill, London.
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Jim Borst was ordained a priest for Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill, in London, United Kingdom on 7 May 1957 by William Cardinal Godfrey.
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Jim Borst started to serve his mission as a Parish Priest in Jammu and Kashmir, India, in September 1963.
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Jim Borst returned to Kashmir in year 1991 and helped in translating New Testament in Kashmiri.
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Jim Borst established two schools in Kashmir by the name Good Shepherd.
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Jim Borst founded Good Shepherd Sisters community but the congregation could not survive.
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Jim Borst helped in drawing current Constitutions and Directives around the time of the 1982 Chapter for the Mill Hill Society.
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Jim Borst was the principal of St Joseph's School from 1974 to 1975 and served as a parish priest of St Joseph's Catholic Church.
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Jim Borst directed Burn Hall School Srinagar for some time.
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Jim Borst translated the Holy Bible into the local Kashmiri language.
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Jim Borst started two charitable schools, one in Srinagar and other in Pulwama named "Good Shepherd Mission School".
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Jim Borst is the author of several books and articles.
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Jim Borst was operated on and a pacemaker was installed.
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Jim Borst died on 5 September 2018 at 11:45 am in Srinagar, Kashmir.
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Jim Borst was suffering from heart ailment and had recently received treatment.
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Jim Borst was buried at Sheikh Bagh Cemetery, Srinagar, Kashmir.