After a gap of three years the English residential Forge program was held at Claret Nivas, Bangalore from the 1st of July to 8th of September 2012.
There were 13 participants: Bangalore-5; Chennai-2; St. Thomas Province-2; Dependent Delegation of Sri Lanka-2; Philippines-1 and North-east Independent Delegation-1).
The animators of the program were Fr. Michael Mariadass (prefect of spirituality of Chennai province) and Fr. Cyriac Njayarkulam (Sri Lanka)Among the participants there were 2 missionaries of Indian origin working in Uganda and Tanzania.
Forge-3 family consisted relatively of young missionaries, most of them in their thirties.The entire program was organized and animated well. Thanks to the General Prefect of Spirituality and the Center for Claretian Spirituality, Vic for organizing this residential program which the participants appreciated very much.
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