Novitiate is a year which signs the first time experiencing the religious life. Novitiate is derived from the Latin word “novus” which means new.
We Anthony Cruz, Lenish, Raju and Santhosh have joined our novitiate on 15th of May 2007. Fr. Philip, the delegate superior had received us into the novitiate and placed us under the guidance of Fr. Oreste, the novice master.
The uniqueness of our batch is that the four of us represent all the four states of south India i.e. Bro. Anthony from Tamilnadu, Bro. Lenish from Kerala, Bro. Raju from Karnataka and I from Andhra Pradesh. Is it not unique?
We began our journey with a spiritual retreat led by Fr. Wilson Parekattyil [Schoenstat fathers] for a week, which has helped us to have a good idea of what we had to do this year; and how this year is special and important for our future life.
In this year we had classes about the Charism of Don Orione, our father and founder, which were taught by Fr. Lawrence Tosatto who helped us to understand and become good Sons of Divine Providence. The Constitutions of The Sons of Divine Providence and human maturity were taught by Fr. Oreste who helped us to be able to analyse our emotions and use intelligence to act according to it. We also had classes on Prayer again by Fr. Oreste, during which we experienced different types of prayer such as meditation, contemplation and personal prayer etc.
During this year we had some Inter novitiate gatherings in which all the novices of our area took part. In these gatherings there were seminars on
1. Creativity in Liturgy
2. Communication and community building
3. Consecrated Life [ Evangelical vows]
4. Mysticism
5. Discernment
These gatherings helped us to be able to communicate well and fearlessly with others.
Every Friday we went for apostolate: you may find better information about it in the article by Bro. Anthony Cruz. Once in a month we had recollection which was guided by different priests.
In the middle of the year we went for a week to Kollam where we have a house in an Island called Joseph’s Island, in order to review our first part of novitiate by praying and meditating on the 3 vows, poverty, chastity and obedience in silence.
We also had a trip to Hogenakal water falls which are in Tamilnadu, there we experienced the beauty of nature and had a good relaxation.
At the end of the novitiate we went to Mysore where there is a Spirituality Centre of OCD fathers for the annual retreat to prepare for ourselves for the first religious profession. During this we prayed and experienced the love of God and the call of the Lord as it was led by Fr. Lawrence fdp. Thank you
Bro. Santhosh Kumar FDP
We Anthony Cruz, Lenish, Raju and Santhosh have joined our novitiate on 15th of May 2007. Fr. Philip, the delegate superior had received us into the novitiate and placed us under the guidance of Fr. Oreste, the novice master.
The uniqueness of our batch is that the four of us represent all the four states of south India i.e. Bro. Anthony from Tamilnadu, Bro. Lenish from Kerala, Bro. Raju from Karnataka and I from Andhra Pradesh. Is it not unique?
We began our journey with a spiritual retreat led by Fr. Wilson Parekattyil [Schoenstat fathers] for a week, which has helped us to have a good idea of what we had to do this year; and how this year is special and important for our future life.
In this year we had classes about the Charism of Don Orione, our father and founder, which were taught by Fr. Lawrence Tosatto who helped us to understand and become good Sons of Divine Providence. The Constitutions of The Sons of Divine Providence and human maturity were taught by Fr. Oreste who helped us to be able to analyse our emotions and use intelligence to act according to it. We also had classes on Prayer again by Fr. Oreste, during which we experienced different types of prayer such as meditation, contemplation and personal prayer etc.
During this year we had some Inter novitiate gatherings in which all the novices of our area took part. In these gatherings there were seminars on
1. Creativity in Liturgy
2. Communication and community building
3. Consecrated Life [ Evangelical vows]
4. Mysticism
5. Discernment
These gatherings helped us to be able to communicate well and fearlessly with others.
Every Friday we went for apostolate: you may find better information about it in the article by Bro. Anthony Cruz. Once in a month we had recollection which was guided by different priests.
In the middle of the year we went for a week to Kollam where we have a house in an Island called Joseph’s Island, in order to review our first part of novitiate by praying and meditating on the 3 vows, poverty, chastity and obedience in silence.
We also had a trip to Hogenakal water falls which are in Tamilnadu, there we experienced the beauty of nature and had a good relaxation.
At the end of the novitiate we went to Mysore where there is a Spirituality Centre of OCD fathers for the annual retreat to prepare for ourselves for the first religious profession. During this we prayed and experienced the love of God and the call of the Lord as it was led by Fr. Lawrence fdp. Thank you
Bro. Santhosh Kumar FDP
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