the. load. 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 already. the. off. the.

seven thirty in the morning the first students are arriving at the ladle arrow 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 buildings are new after an earthquake in one thousand nine hundred two in which more than two thousand people died the church in the canvas were rebuilt in part with financial assistance from germany. father otto ghosty 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. and i know how i got an. appreciation you know this is the largest seminary in the world we have one thousand and sixty students to be. behave more than half of them almost six hundred are candidates for the priesthood and it has 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. was university professors or even as politicians. we even had a deputy mayor who completed the studies here. 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. divine were missionaries first came to the island in one nine hundred fourteen they looked for a suitable site for a seminary eventually they built one it laid alero in the rain forest ten kilometers south of. the order seven ariens live in eight residential units. who expects to be ordained next year is one of them his current responsibilities include much more than just academic studies. into some groups. the students prepare their own evening meal. it's simple fare

but it introduces the seminarians to the basic skills of cooking. how to. i think. us. give the best of. ourselves. the rooms are small and are furnished only with a desk a cupboard and a bed as a future missionary john two 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 to wanted to become

a priest. it is my vocation. and i don't. behave in the. best answer that i just say this because it is my feeling that i want to become a priest and i feel. i just want to give what they have found according to my experience in the gospel in the bible. i feel it all the things i hear it comes from. what a seminary be 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 area it's my first just and i have to prepare myself 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 moment. each residential 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. for ass because we only learn about. the class but we also have time to go. from

the same. people. for whom he goes. after. you already neeson is a pretty easy if to. not only. in. the problems. we have. on their visits to the market the students learn how to recognize whether 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 as the priests in charge of their formation take care that they don't lose touch with everyday life. people. most seize. from books from life and that's what takes to. begin with the experience whose experience what strikes me. even today. is when the students have been living with the old women in the marketplace with the street people here the youngsters was an employee with on the docks with the

dockers and so on all sorts of different places what strikes me is. it was a shock to them so these guys in their twenty's some new wing thirty years of age and the first time the faction the sept with. the women. trying to live from that and possibly having to pay for a child's education with that money that she gets a little every day so you know. if they don't do this what will they do later. especially cation at the university. an important visitor is here the governor of florida with an impressive entourage. he's received by the rector father on. 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 when 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 seminarians but they both happened it's 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 indonesia's population but they are a proud community. believe among other religions have been. different

religions and the muslims the other varied. that's why this has. influence on the catholics because we want to keep our identity. 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 who is. 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. these. business through. this is to me is the main attraction for young people in villages to become. priests. the european missionaries prepare the ground and have handed over nearly all authority to local priests. father gail kish bakker 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. or just two foreigners among a staff of forty by me and an englishman. and we're both at retirement age.

now. it's sunday mass is being celebrated at a small parish in the mountains. father kill or cast 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. the sydney fund surviving aren't troubled by doubts. they live an intuitive religious life. it's something that they don't question to see.

divine work missionaries like father georg continue to have great influence on young people here in the mountain villages which they've served for many years. few orders priest becoming a priest is considered interesting and attractive to young people all over floors. 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 the middle your priest or religious leader in flora's in indonesia carries social status i need. to hear. that in his

lectures father auto 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. he must have a sound theological education and 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. it 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 trafficking. it's all the this problem so the i.d.'s they have to. i have the experience with the victims i think this is the. very very good experience for them because they can deflect their their vocation. when they mean some of the being. a girl

who raped the. story with them i think not the victims how they want to help the victims but all the victims also help them to think better how they can leave their. met their. stomachs about a game of cards can sometimes produce a smile on faces that have forgotten how to laugh. from business martin i'm sister asked akio founded project truck 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 past people hear they being bad. if you

want to praise you only have a job to celebrate mass to pray and to work in their community. but i think. now days. people recognized that you are all not for your good in your community but you call. what we see a problem. like this or. see. see the problem and leave feed the people who have been. so i think

nowadays is a place to be sued if you want to follow jesus you have to walk and leave like jesus will the sunday times said the seminary church of late alero the father of bishops who teaches liturgy at the university is to celebrate. although this is a male world the priests break with convention and their attempts to protect women . father ignatius tells of a violent man he had to deal with. the want to kill it east's. and sister disappeared called me and father author and we just take the woman and wrote to her here in similarity for a couple of weeks i think delenn how to protect of the defeat didn't see.

the. car i'm. here. live. the. a. huge gain to do. we go out to the poor to marginal groups because of jesus's option for the poor you know to me. i remember what's up francis said he's this akpap the church can only be converted by the poor. but can't be that means the main reason to 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 so i need the name to keep. church as service to him in a day. the students practice this theology every week together with their lecturer father john they visit the prison and momenta. during the day the cells are opened. the prisoners use this opportunity to sleep on the ground. there aren't any beds in the cramped tiled rooms that house five to eight men. the prison was built for seventy five inmates it 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 his 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 it's a challenge to father john and the seminarians he love to. do the be. the. the food. you do the biggest crime i suppose the biggest who would be the domestic violence in the in the first it was murder but that was domestic 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 there is openness anything they open themselves up which is excellent. in the hole in the baton from getting them. but i simply like them to insert themselves whatever they are sent. to become one with the people. to be to make it clear option within for the poor and the mention of make that the choice in life and enjoy it. in the cemetery of the divine word missionaries. the 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 indonesians prepare themselves and later alero to go to countries where christian communities are dwindling because of a shortage of priests. nobody knows how long this miracle of flora's 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. after

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