On the 2nd day
of June, we held the continuation of our team building. We rose early at 4:00
in the dawn heading into our area prepared by the 4th Year as a
venue for the morning lauds. “TakBOKASYON- a run for Vocation is
the theme of the morning activity. In our sweet Filipino language, takbo means run and bokasyon means vocation-
squeezing the words to complete the said title. We solemnly prayed at the start
for strength and immunity- mind, body and spirit- as we start our fun run
activity. The whistle of Sem. Pablo became an indicator of receiving a signage,
a signal or instructions on the entire day as we went from the seminary going
along Wawa Dam. This opportunity of going to this historical area is very vital
for especially when we have our pastoral ministry in the chapels. We have three
residing parochial chapels near the Wawa Dam, the Sto. Niño Chapel, Our
Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Chapel and the St. Vincent Ferrer Chapel in
Sitio Sabangan. Stories says that this dam was the source of water supply of
the entire Metro Manila before until they discovered the Angat Dam. Still,
there is a strong clamor to beautify and improve the tourist destination.
In the end of our
academic year last March, Fr. Stan cited a very nice parathesis on
exercise. He told us that “A healthy body leads us into a healthy mind”. Our
minds become the channel of our living spirituality, minds can manipulate our
senses, and minds can change the world in a glimpse. Everyone arrived in the
seminary with back pains and muscle cramps. They absolutely feel the distance
of a kilometer run. Others attempted to run continuously, others preferred also
to walk and took a short breath. The best thing we observed was, we have not
seen seminarians running alone. We ran together as one family. If someone felt
dizzy, someone was there to assist. If something went wrong, everyone was so
attentive. We became our brother’s keeper. In our vocation, we cannot reach our
goals alone. Indeed, no one among us is an island. After the breakfast,
seminarians grab their short break by napping in preparation for the next
challenging activity. The Amazing Race prepared by the
facilitator was still designed in three categories, the Mentalert, Physicalert,
and the Spiritualert. We questioned about details on our congregation like
‘First Successor of Don Orione, Fr. Charles Sterpi’, to surpass and have with
them the next station. Thanks be to God for those seminarians who have really
retentive memories to curtail their time in their challenge. Practices were
also observed in the afternoon. We gave them the dynamics on making a drama or
script centralizing the life of a seminarian. Some were assigned in
‘Seminarians at the parish, at home, in school particularly CLARET, the
community life and the life in our apostolates. During our spirituALERT at
night, we chant the Divine Mercy Chaplet with the accompaniment of guitar
instrument. After the prayer, the session hall looked like a theater studio as
the teams act productively in their mini- drama. The Orange Team took the
scenario on parish apostolate where seminarians encouraged the youth to
participate in the chorale and perform basic catechesis. The Blue Team
exaggerated the community life by their comedy scene of portraying the ‘makulit
na seminarista’ inside the seminary. The Yellow Team inspired us all; they
portrayed the seminarians who are taking actions and catechesis in their
apostolate area. Others have projected themselves gracefully by their unique
performances.
During our third day, we
experienced the heat of the sun as we continue our group dynamics. Each member
of the teams wore a good jersey and rubber shoes for our friendly game. The day
ended up with sprinkles of water. The compound became so wet when teams tried
to defeat the others by destroying their flags using the water wrapped in
plastics. In our culminating activity and cultural night, Ma’am Lut gave her
message- later on the exuberant Fr. Stan- who inspired us really. They welcomed
us through nice and encouraging words.
We ended up the day with
a thankful heart. We discovered every paradigm that can impel us to our
religious discernment. Though everybody is tired, we don’t forget to recognize
and to recommit ourselves to God who is there in every activity we make.
Sem. Pablo
Jordan
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