Fr. Aniceto Pereira, the Rector of St. Pius College, addressed the seminarians before they left for their short mid-term holiday. The theme of his talk was “You shall be my witnesses!” The theme was inspired by the message of Pope Francis for the World Mission Sunday on 23rd October 2022. World Mission Sunday also commemorates the fourth centenary of the founding of the Congregation of Propagation of Faith, now the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (1622), and th

We are nearing the end of the first term, and one of the usual highlights for the theology students, very differently from the ones in philosophy, was their experience of the rituals of ministries: Lector for first-year theology students; Acolyte for second-year theology students; and Candidacy for holy orders for third-year theology students. These ministries signal to them that their journey through their theology studies is progressing towards their ordinations at the end