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Welcome, Samuel Joshua to our MSC Pre-novitiate

Samuel Joshua is from Singapore. He visited Cuskelly House last year and has come now to begin his Pre-Novitiate. Dominic Gleeson will be his director.

The Melbourne MSC Community, members of St Thomas parish, Blackburn, and some friends from Singapore, gathered in the church on Friday afternoon, February 14^th for the ceremony for the beginning of this formation period for Samuel.

It was led by Dominic, scriptural reflections,

hymns and song and images,

lighting of special candles for the year, by Samuel, Mark Hanns, and Margaret O'Loughlin for the parish and the Lay MSC

presentation of a cross from the pre-novitiate men in India and greetings, also from the pre-novitiate group in Fiji (Dominic accompanied both groups last year in their 30 Day retreat.)

And blessing for Samuel as he begins, as Dominic explained using the MSC logo, continuing his path into the Heart of Jesus.

We were welcomed to refreshments and conversation after the ceremony.

The MSC Community, Melbourne, with Krish Mathavan visiting, John Mulrooney present for a Formation Committee meeting. Alo, Trieu and Hoa are away in Indonesia and Vietnam. Unable to be present, Frank Andersen.

Photos, Khoi Nguyen, Geralyn Anderson, Peter Malone

The 30 Day retreat, India, Fiji, Dominic Gleeson MSC

In recent years, there has been a welcome collaboration between the Indian Province and the Province of the Pacific Islands.

The novices have been guided through their retreat by Dominic Gleeson.

In October-November, he will be directing our novices, Long and Nang, in their 30 day retreat at Douglas Park.

Krist Joyoti Ashram Namata Fiji

Life’s Healing Journey – St Mary’s Towers and beyond

Ed Travers, msc, has been gifting the Life’s Healing Journey retreat to the men of the Seminary of the Good Shepherd for many years.   This year Ed was supported in facilitating the retreat by the seminary Spiritual Director, Fr John Armstrong, Fr Manuel Garcia from the Sydney Archdiocese, Dominic Gleeson, MSC, Peter Harvey-Jackson, MSC and Sr Jenny Scally, RSJ. 

There were eight men from the seminary undertaking the retreat this year representing a number of different dioceses throughout Australia.  Peter Hendriks, MSC, Krish Mathavan, MSC prayed this retreat and Long Tran and Nang Vu, our own men of the MSC Novitiate also undertook the retreat.  There are a number of men from various dioceses around Australia who preparing for Diaconate or for ordination to Priesthood who participated in the retreat here at the Towers as well.  

Life’s Healing Journey was established by our US confrere, Peter Campbell MSC who died some years ago.

The MSC Life’s Healing Journey retreat has become a recognised and vital complement to the seminary’s spirituality program. It is providing a valuable resource for the men who undertake the retreat to continually reflect on their lives as a consequence of the Life’s Healing Journey that they embark on early in their preparation for Priesthood.  

Over recent years Dominic has been leading retreats in Fiji and India for MSC confreres.

A message from Kerala, Dominic Gleeson MSC

Hello from Kerala, India, on the first day of the Ignatian 30 Day retreat for the men of the MSC Indian Province novitiate!   I arrived on Friday evening 8 March at about midnight and began the 'disposition days' the following morning. 

The photo with the three 'wise men'  of the novitiate are (left to right) Sumanth, Kranthi and Sanu.  Please remember them in your prayers....They are a delight to be with and they can't do enough for me to help me settle in. 

The other photo was taken in the community chapel where we celebrated the Eucharist to begin the retreat and I was able to gift to each man a symbol of their choosing to take to their prayer spaces to help them to focus on their prayer for the next 30 days.

The third photo is taken at an MSC community meal with the three men of the MSC Novitiate, two community members who live here (including Alex Kulandai, msc - Novice Director) and his assistant Nelson, msc.  At table are three men who will be ordained to the Diaconate this Saturday, Karthik, Sesu and Vinodh.  I received a very warm welcome by the MSC here and it is an honour and a privilege for me to serve in this way - despite the fact that my flight was late I was welcomed at the airport at midnight by Fr Darwin (Indian Union Superior).

It is hot and humid 24/7 but as Michael Fallon said to me once after his experience of being in India -  "it's only weather, Dominic" ...