the unlike in your lifetime around half a century. your world will be a true degrees warmer. inevitably sea level rise by at least one meter in a century that's really frightening. why aren't people more concerned. little yellow. stars mean thirty first on t.w. . was overheard. upload to. 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 the thought it. was a good the. cut. the live.

seven thirty in the morning the first students or 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 in 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. and you know oh my god. will you. be shifting this is the largest seminary in the world we have one thousand and sixty students to be. at the head 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. as university professors or even as

politicians. really a year ago we even had a deputy mayor. of 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 floor is just fifteen square kilometers one of the smallest in southeast indonesia the six hundred meter ball came to a 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. some groups. claim 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.

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 have 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. superiors have already informed him where he will be sent i want to go abroad and i believe it's my first. i have prepared 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 moma. 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 only. in the class. to have time to go from the. for the record. after. you already nation is a pretty easy if to. not only.

in. the problems. we have to know. 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 and the priests in charge of their formation take care that they don't

lose touch with everyday life. people. seize. from books. and. teach begin with 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 an employee with on the docks with the dockers and so on and from places what strikes me is it was a shop for them so these guys know when that twenty's some are nearing thirty years of age and the first batch of the sept with. the women selling vegetables and 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. especially cation 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 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. the b.b. 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. we live among other religions having people different religions and the muslims they are very devout. that's why this has. influence on the catholics because we want to keep our identity. this news little area 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 is 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. 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. 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 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 an englishman. and we're both at retirement age and. yeah. 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 fung survive troubled by doubts. they live an intuitive religious life. and something that they don't question you 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.

hence few orders priest becoming a priest is considered interesting and attractive to young people all over floors that 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 him because your priest or religious leader in flora's and your leisure carries social status me. here. in his lectures father ought to 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. we 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 work 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 throughout the game. it's all the this problem so the i.d.'s they have to. have the experience with their victims i think this is the. very very good experience for them because they can deflect their their vocation. when they mean some of it being. a girl who raped the. story with them i think not the victims help they want to help the victims but all the victims also help them to think better how they can leave their. met their. semester than

a game of cards can sometimes produce a smile on faces that have forgotten how to laugh. from because of martin was sister founded project truck f twenty years ago. she's encouraged by the seminarians involvement they can help draw societies 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. if you want to praise have to. celebrate. to pray. but i thinking. now days. people recognize did

your call not for you or. your community but you called. what we see a problem. like he says oh. see. see the problem and leave feed the people with blood left so i think nowadays it's a breeze we suit if you want to follow jesus you have to walk and leave like jesus all the sunday my son the seminary church played a literal the father of bishops who teaches liturgy at the university is to

celebrate. the although this is a male world the priests break with convention and there are attempts to protect women. father ignatius tells of a violent man and he had to deal with. the want to kill it east's. and sister disappeared called me and. we just thank the woman and wrote to her here in cincinnati for a couple of weeks i think delenn out to protect of her defeat didn't see. the. car i'm. here. live. in a. a

. huge gain to get. we go out to the poor to marginal groups because of jesus's option for the poor you know to me. i remember what soap francis said and he's this akpap the church can only be converted by the poor. in the war but can't be that means the main reason we go out to the poor is not to help them but because the poor can convert from being a triumphalist church to being a serving church so i need the name to keep the. church as a service to humanity. 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 used 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'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 it's a 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 violence in the in the past it was murder but now it 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 a 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 six of. them into the combat and giving them something but i simply like them to insert themselves

whatever they are sent. to become one with the people. to be to make a clear option with unfold the ball on the much and make the choice in life i mean joy it. is in the cemetery of the divine word missionaries. the former teacher of 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 indian asians 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. no

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