As part of on-going formation, a day of renewal seminar was organized for the second and third years of priests from the South- East India Province at Beschi College, Dindigul on August 13th to 14th, 2018. There were six priests from second year batch and one from third year batch, namely, Fr. Yesu Raj, Fr. Jayakumar, Fr. Jerome, Fr. John Peter, Fr. Arockiam, Fr. Anish and Fr. John Fernandez. All together we were seven of us.
We started the program with the Eucharistic Adoration on 13th August from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, which was conducted by Rev. Dr. A. Santhiyagu, Msfs. After which, we had dinner and followed by the night talk. The night session was animated by Rev. Fr. C. John Britto, Msfs, the parish priest of Nalattinputhur, from 8:30 pm to 9: 30 pm. He focused his talk on the “Pastoral importance and expectation of a Priest and Priesthood” in this present scenario. He really spoke out his personal convictions. It was a thought provoking talk for each one of us. On the following day, August 14, 2018,we had morning prayerat6:30 am, and thanksgiving Holy Eucharistic celebration at 7:00 am, which was presided over by Rev. Fr. John Fernandez, followed by breakfast at 7:45 am.
We had second session on “Christian leadership” from 9:00 to 11:00 am animated by Rev. Dr. A. Santhiyagu, Msfs, in which he elaborated his reflections and discussions on the Three Temptations of Christ: The Temptation to be Relevant, to be Popular and to be Powerful and the three demands of Jesus’ call to discipleship and its commitment. After our tea break, we had the sharing of our pastoral experiences, our future aims and goals. We had lunch at 1:00pm, and after that we all departed to our respective places of mission and ministry. As a whole, it was a short and neatly organized programme. It was really a great time for all of us to come together to evaluate and share our pastoral experiences. We sincerely thank our provincial administration and specially Rev. Fr. A. Santhiyagu, Msfs, for making all the arrangements. Thank You.
Fr. Yesu Raj