tekkie negotiated a cease fire in september. the normal earth. oh. more than two hundred candidates for the priesthood. while catholic seminaries in europe are virtually empty the number of applicants in this mainly muslim country is overwhelming. the indonesian island flores boasts the world's largest training center for catholic priests oh i heard it. on all of.

the. seven thirty in the morning the first students are arriving at the later they're all campus a short distance from the port city of moment. more than one thousand philosophy and theology students are currently registered here the majority of them are preparing for ministry in the catholic church. although the seminary has been operating for nearly ninety years the university bill. things are

new after an earthquake in one thousand nine hundred two in which more than two thousand people died the church in the can this were rebuilt in part with financial assistance from germany. the father otto teaches here at the late alero catholic institute of philosophy and theology. a member of the indonesian province of the divine word missionaries father also studied in germany. he returned home ten years ago and is now rector of the university where he himself once trained for the priesthood much has changed since then. that. this is the largest seminary in the world. sixty students to be. more than half of them almost six hundred candidates for the priesthood. to be.

founded in one nine hundred thirty seven to train divine word missionaries the seminary is now one of the region's most prestigious universities. several dioceses and fourteen religious orders send their seminarians to late alero of course not all of the young men reach ordination. journalists as teachers of religion. as the university professors or even as politicians. but surely a year ago we even had a deputy mayor who completed his studies here and. there are forty lecturers on the staff most of them divine were missionaries. the philosophical and theological training takes six years. the island of flores is just fifteen square kilometers one of the smallest in southeast indonesia the six

hundred metre volcano killer move to attract some visitors but the island has not yet been targeted by mass tourism. flora's has a population of just one and a half million ninety percent of the residents are christian. went to find work missionaries first came to the island in one nine hundred fourteen they looked for a suitable site for a seminary. eventually they build one it made alero in the rain forest ten kilometers south of. the order seven ariens live in eight residential units. john two who expects to be ordained next year is one of them his current responsibilities include much more than just academic studies. some groups and.

this right. the students prepare their own evening meal. it's simple fare but it introduces the seminarians to the basic skills of cooking. i think. us. give the best of. ourselves. hungry. the rooms are small and are furnished only with a desk a cupboard and a bed as a future missionary jonjo has to live simply the only personal item he has is a picture of his father. john phillips home at a young age before coming to late alero he attended what's called a minor seminary for six years where he completed high school. for young people

from the countryside minor seminaries often provide the only opportunity for an education but even as a child john so wanted to become a priest. it is my vocation. in the. best answer. because it is my feeling. and i feel. believe. according to my experience in the bible. i feel it. i hear it comes from. what a seminary beat without playing fields. sports are encouraged here to balance all

the mental and spiritual tasks. being a missionary can be strenuous work. jonjo superiors have already informed him where he will be sent i want to go abroad and i leave the area it's my first juice and i have. to face these that maybe i could find my. mission place. early morning three times a week the seminary truck takes students to the market and mom. each presidential unit sends a group to do the week's shopping here but buying fish and fresh vegetables is not their only purpose. regular visits to the market also bring them into contact with

the locals. i work for as course we're only. in the classroom but we also have time to go out from the same. set of people in the area. for them to go. after. you already nice and it's a pretty easy if. this is real real or not only about. the problems. we have to know. anything about. on their visits to the market the students learn how to recognize where their fish is fresh or not and how much it should cost. they come prepared with shopping lists since they have

a limited budget they have to shop wisely. otherwise they'll only have rice to eat towards the end of the month. that happens sometimes. most of the islanders are farmers or fisherman. and many of the seminarians come from poor families. however some are the children of government officials or prosperous businessmen. the priests in charge of their formation take care that they don't lose touch with every day life. seize. from books. if. each begin with the experience whose experience what strikes me. even today. is when the students have been living

with the old women. with the street people here the youngsters was. with on the docks with the locals and so on from places what strikes me is it was a shock for them so these guys are now in their twenty's some new wing thirty years of age and the first time the but actually sat with. the women. trying to live from that possibly having to pay for a child's education with the money that she gets a little every day so you know. if they don't do this what will they do later. special occasion at the university. and important visitor is here the governor of florida with an impressive entourage.

he's received by the rector father of. good relations with the government are important for the smooth running of the seminary which received its charter as a university in one nine hundred seventy one. the governor is accompanied by father lucas as provincial superior of the divine word missionaries father lucas is ultimately responsible for the university. fifteen or twenty years ago we thought that the seminary would be empty or less some area but the both happen is the contrary now because. big baby are getting more. seminarians now. the auditorium is packed and his welcoming address father lucas outlines the university's aims and special identity. catholics account for only three

percent of the ninnies years population but they are a proud community. really among other religions having people different religions and the muslims the are very devout. that's why this has positive influence on the catholics because we want to keep our identity. to little era has already turned out nearly a thousand priests including ten bishops. no wonder the seminary receives requests from regions all over the world where there's a shortage of young pastors. former students from late alero are now working in fifty countries the abundance of religious vocations in indonesia can be traced back to the work of missionaries and local towns and villages over the years says the provincial superior. first of all the

presence of missionaries from germany from. their present among the people poor people in villages remote villages for years some even stay for forty years in the same parties it's so difficult to access no transportation these. nice person no business through. this is to me is the main attraction for young people in villages to become. bridged. the european missionaries prepare the ground and have handed over nearly all authority to local priests. father gale kish baca is a german missionary who came here forty three years ago he's the last german priest lecturing at the university. there were just two indonesians among

the twenty lecturers. there are just two foreigners among a staff of forty by me. and we're both at retirement age. now. it's sunday mass is being celebrated at a small parish in the mountains. father georg has been coming here for years to minister to the villagers. it's common for lecturers from they'd alero to do pastoral work in the surrounding villages on sundays. usually accompanied by seminarians. it's valuable experience for the students. here in the villages the people's faith is strong. in sydney fun.

troubled by. it. they live an intuitive religious life on the daily news and it's something that they don't question for he didn't need the frock. divine were missionaries like father georg continue to have great influence on young people here in the mountain villages which they've served for many years. hence florida's priest becoming a priest is considered interesting and attractive to young people all over florists . need a reason not to do it. if i think about my time in high school we had to hide our plans to enter the priesthood or others would have teased us. for that's not the case here. it's easy to. see life. in because your priest or religious leader in flora's and their leisure

carries social status. in his lectures father author examines the motives of young men wanting to become priests. he has a clear idea of what kind of person a priest should be today that. it was a. sound theological education to be socially involved. by which i mean he must be open to social issues. of divine word students should love people to have an open heart for them. and especially love the people who need . a special project supported by the divine word missionaries is this women's shelter . many of the women who seek refuge here have suffered years of domestic violence.

one of the priests from late alero father ignatius visits the house with seminarians each week. says here children young women and mothers find protection. they also receive support so that the abuse they suffered for years will not be repeated. for the seminarians it's an encounter with deep suffering. domestic violence and sexual abuse. again. it's all the this problem so the i.d.'s they have to. have the experience with the victims i think this is the. very very good experience for them because they can reflect their their vocation.

when they mean some of the. a girl who raped the. story with them i think not their victims help they want to help the victims but the victims also help them to think better how they can leave there. that there. was some us about a game of cards can sometimes produce a smile on faces that have forgotten how to laugh. cumbersome martin i'm sister esther founded project truck after twenty years ago. she's encouraged by the seminarians involvement they can help draw society's attention to the problem of domestic violence. the students read the bible together

with the women. comfort and. courage to make a fresh start. in the. people here they being bad. if you want to praise have a job to celebrate mass to pray and to work. but i think. days. people recognized that you are all. for your good in your community but you called. what we see a problem. like he says will. help the see. see the

problem and believe feed the people with all that and so i think nowadays it's a breeze to suit me if you want to follow jesus you have to walk and leave like jesus will. the sunday mail us at the seminary church of late alero the father of bishops who teaches liturgy at the university is the celebrant. although this is a male world the priests break with convention and there are attempts to protect women. the father ignatius tells of a violent man he had to deal with. the one to kill it east's. and sister disappeared called me and potter author we just take the woman and wrote every year in sabine that for

a couple of weeks i think they learn how to protect of the defective and since. the. here. live. in the. a. gain. we go out to the poor to marginal groups because of jesus's option for the poor. i remember francis said he's. the church can only be converted by the poor.

but can't be that means the main reason it might go out to the poor is not to help them get in but because the poor can convert from being a triumphalist church to being a serving church. church as a service to humanity. the students practice this theology every week together with their lecturer father john they visit the prison and moment. during the day the cells are opened. the prisoners used this opportunity to sleep on the ground. there aren't any beds cramped tiled rooms that house five to eight men. the prison was built for seventy five inmates it's now holds one hundred sixty five. father john invites the

inmates into the prison chapel it was recently decorated by a young man who was sentenced to ten years in prison for sleeping with a sixteen year old girlfriend. the painting shows people behind a prison wall. despondently they gather around a table but they're not alone jesus is there offering them hope and comfort. the challenge to father john and the seminarians. the to. do the the. the the the biggest crime i suppose the biggest group would be the domestic bidens in the in the past it was murder but now it's the mystic violence number two would be corruption. they wait and

see and if they see a student is only there because it's part of oprah's school program. but if they see the student has a hard for them which is to listen and understand and learn. then this opens anything and they open themselves up which is excellent. and looking and down about and giving them. i simply like them to insert themselves whatever they are seemed. to become one with the people. to be to make a clear option with unfold the fall on the mention of make that a choice in life and enjoy it. mass in the cemetery of the divine word missionaries. a former teacher at the university has died and his brothers and colleagues are holding

a requiem mass for him. gravestones commemorate the first missionaries from germany and holland who came to indonesia to preach the gospel. today the situation is reversed. young indignations prepare themselves and lead alero to go to countries where christian communities are dwindling because of a shortage of priests. nobody knows how long this miracle of flores will continue but the young men preparing here for ministry at home and abroad are learning the valuable lesson that a priest must live close to the people he serves. move

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