Vocation promotion in Meghalaya and Jharkhand

VOCATION PROMOTION IN MEGHALAYA AND JHARKHAND (INDIA)

The months of October and November have been months for vocation promotion in two tribal states of India: Meghalaya and Jharkhand.

In the month of October Brother Selvan, vocation coordinator, along with the Brothers of Jowai community have done vocation promotion in three dioceses of Meghalaya state: Jowai, Nongstoin and Tura. Since it was the time for the selection texts, they could not address much the students in the schools. Instead of that they concentrated in visiting the families of the aspirants who are in our formation house of Eluru and the candidates who were already in contact with us. Finally, 10 schools were visited and 121 boys want to know about us.

During the month of November Brother Selvan visited four dioceses in Jharkhand state. The interesting factor was that a new diocese had been visited: Dumka. It is located near to West Bengal state. The tribal santals were evangelized by the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits helped a lot in the vocation promotion. Totally 14 schools were visited. Together with the other 3 more dioceses 30 schools were visited in Jharkhand and 250 boys responded positively. Let us pray the seeds that have been planted bear abundant fruits in due time.