Juniors renewal programme


A renewal programme for the Juniors of the province was conducted at Aspirantate, Barasat from August 23-26, 2013. It was organized by Sr. Lily Perumpettikunnel the formation coordinator. The theme of the meeting was "Formation for Evangelization". The programme commenced with a prayer moment based on the call of God and our response to his unconditional love. After the welcome note given by Rev. Sr. Maria Pettayil our provincial, she distributed to all present the newly released "FMA India Formation Programme".

Sr. Lily then took over the following sessions. She made us understand the developmental tasks of the period of temporary vows and proceeded to dwell in detail on the FMA India formation programme explaining to us the contents of the book. She then guided us in elaborating a tentative programme of studies for the six year period. Sr. Lily also gave some practical tips on liturgical norms, our life in the community and mission. Sr. Rosalia Tirkey the youth pastoral coordinator of the province helped the group to deepen the spirituality of the preventive system and offered some concrete ways of being a good shepherdess among the young people. Sr. Rosy Veliyan, the principal of Auxilium School, Barasat, instead held an interactive session during which she made us understand about time management in our schools and the elements of the preventive system to be lived in the day to day running of the school.

Fr. Francis Pinto CSSR helped the participants to delve deep into the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the context of this year of faith. The last session was taken by Rev. Sr. Maria Pettayil our provincial reminded us about our vocational journey which made us aware of re-living with greater enthusiasm and zeal our religious call.

Participants