Magnet is a magazine run by the Conference of Religious of India. Its readership is mostly the religious of India, as well as some religious overseas.
We, religious, are known for running well-known and much-appreciated institutions—educational, medical and social. So many schools, colleges, hospitals, dispensaries, orphanages, leprosaria, homes for the destitute, etc., are run well by the religious of India.
Much work is done by women and men religious. That many of our institutions are run efficiently and in a proper manner is something that hardly needs to be proved.
We are trained for work. Often, this seems to be the main reason—and it should not be!—for the so-called “vocation promotion” drives of religious orders and dioceses. Institutions and organizations need hands for work—to teach, to administer institutions, to build and maintain structures, to run errands, to do purchases, to provide nursing care, …
Years of preparation go into this—for both religious and priests. Much time and money are invested in the preparation.
And yet, studies reveal some serious gaps and flaws in the training of religious and priests. One of the main weaknesses is in what is called human formation.
Fr Joe Mannath SDB
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