Last November 17, 2018 took place in
the Chapel of the Saint Luigi Orione Seminary in Montalban (Philippines), the
Rite of Entrance to the Postulancy of eleven of our aspirants. Seminarians BONARES Evelio,
CINCHES Marsson, DAPO Rolando, ESPINAR Kristian Jude, ESPIÑA Jay, OROS Jackson,
OBIS Mark Jayson, SAMILLANO Jenny Boy, SIERVO Eumar Sandy, TARNATE John Paul, VALERTA Mark Raph, after three years of Apirancy have asked to be
accepted as Postulants, that is willing to become members of the Religious
family of the Little Work of Divine Providence.
They have been welcomed by Rev. Fr.
Marcelo Daniel BOSCHI, Delegate Superior of the Missionary Delegation “Mother
of the Church” who happened at that time to be in fraternal visit in the
Philippines.
Fr. Marcelo, in his homily has
commended our new Postulants for they decision to join the Sons of Divine
Providence and let themselves be help to discern better and more clearly the plan
of God on their lives. He also challenges them to see in this new step, not an
end, but the beginning of a whole life thirst. It will be, as he told them, the
time to clarify their aspirations and inner thirsts. He therefore invited them
to be more open to the formation and generous in their answer to God’s call.
The Postulancy, by definition is the
period during which a person remains a postulant, that is, a person admitted to
a religious order as a probationary candidate for membership. During this
period of time, the candidate is called to deepen his baptismal consecration,
test his own vocational project, make himself capable of responding to God’s
call, with a free and responsible choice, and offer to the formation team and
the congregation the freedom and the possibility to check whether he possesses,
even if only an embryo state, the qualities required for becoming an Orionine
religious.
After six months of life as
Postulants, if judged worthy, these eleven young men will be called to apply
for the Pre-Novitiate and the Novitiate.
Actually, the said celebration was scheduled for November 20 on the Feast Day of Mary, Mother of Divine Providence. But looking to the fact that the Fr. Marcelo, the Delegate Superior was in visit at this period, we requested to have him welcoming our young men. We hoping this will be more meaningful for them to have been introduce to the Postulancy by the Delegate himself.
We congratulate them for this first step
in their belonging to the Congregation and wish them well for the other stages
of formation.
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