About field work Orientation

The fourth year of Seminary is set apart for field work. My first semester assignment is based in Nagpur seminary. We had one month of Orientation that began on July 3rd, a feast day in memory of St. Thomas. Some of the highlights of orientation were :

1. Cyrus Sir's presence. He is an eighty year old missionary working among the tribals of Orissa. He practices what he preaches. He has only 2 pairs of clothing, doesnt own a cell phone or any things that we might consider a necessity.
2. St. Charles Seminary. We got to spent 4 days at a Catholic Seminary in Nagpur. We share so many things in common with these seminarians. There were several Malayalee studentts who were really friendly to us.
3. NCCI. The headquarters of National Council of Churches is in Nagpur and we got to spend on week there. Our program was coordinated by Dn. Vineeth Koshy who is now Secretary of the Youth Desk of NCCI. He graduated from Nagpur Seminary just this past Easter. The best part of NCCI was "Plunge"