Thiruvananthapuram: Eighteen propaedeutic seminary formators from fourteen regions under the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CCBI) convened on 23 September at the Kristu Jyoti Jubilee Memorial Animation Centre, Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram, marking the commencement of the tenth National Training Programme for Propaedeutic Seminary Formators. The programme aims to equip formators with the skills, insights, and pastoral sensitivity required to guide seminarians in authentic spiritual formation amidst the challenges of the modern world.

The programme began with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist, presided over by Archbishop Thomas J Netto of Trivandrum. In his homily, Archbishop Netto exhorted the participants to nurture seminarians in a manner that mirrors biblical exemplars: to

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