August 28, 2013,
Wednesday: Socialization time!
Today they had their socialization. They started the events after their recreation around 6 pm. It was
also the birthday of Fr. Paul Kritapart. On this occasion, Fr. Romolo, Fr.
Michael, Fr. Rafael joined the celebration. This was the 3rd time that they had their socialization and this time they presented their country’s tourist
destination. The main purpose of this event was to get acquainted to its culture
and nature of their countries of origin. The presentation of its country lasted
about 5-10 minutes. The presentation brought awareness of the beauty of its
country to everybody who was present. And of course, the novices made a presentation
for the birthday celebrant with the background music of Happy Birthday song. They
compiled the photos of Fr. Paul doing his ministries, manual work and leisure
time. They called it "the behind the scenes of Fr. Paul’s life."
The second part of the
event was the sharing in the table with fish-grilled food and the stories of one
another. They enjoyed eating and conversing with one another outside Novitiate
house. The novices grilled the fish with the supervision of Fr. Paul and Fr.
Jim. This event reminds them of the teaching of St. Gaspar Bertoni their founder; “to
value the community life through common food and conversation.”
Fr. Joseph led the
group to have a wine tossed for the birthday celebrant. Then, everyone shouted “happy
birthday Fr. Paul!”
The event lasted until
10:30 in the evening. It was not only successful because of the good food
that was served in the table but also the atmosphere of fraternal relationship as
our founder taught his confreres during his time.
“Through constant
communication, fraternal relationship grows”
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