Carmelaram, India. On September 28, 2025, the Institute of Consecrate Life – Sanyasa (ICLS) hosted the Jubilee Seminar on the theme, “Called and Consecrated to be Pilgrims of Hope,” as part of the Conference of Religious India (CRI) – Carmelaram Zonal level celebration of the jubilee of consecrated life. The seminar, held on Sunday, September 28, was attended by around 210 religious of the Carmelaram zone that consists of 45 religious communities.
Fr. Agnal Amalan, president of the Karnataka Regional Conference of Religious delivered the jubilee message. Fr. Dr. Rathan Almeida, OCD, director of Dhyanavana Institute of Holistic Spirituality, Mysore led the first plenary session on the theme “The Consecrated as Pilgrims of Hope for a Wounded World.” Dr. Tony Sam George, psychologist and director of the Neuropathways Institute, Bengaluru, enlightened the audience on the theme, “From Neglect to Nurture: Being Stewards of Our Emotional Lives,” focusing on the urgent issue of the mental health of priests and religious. A 17-minute movie For Love Alone, produced by the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) of the United States, was screened. Seven formation communities participated in a poster contest on the jubilee theme, which was jointly won by Claretian and Camillian novices. The day’s proceedings ended with the Holy Mass presided over by Fr. Antony Kunnel, MI, provincial.
