Dr. Jose Parappully,
Director of Sumedha Centre, was invited to facilitate two workshops on “Formative
Accompaniment and Emotional Maturation” at Agra.
These were organized by Most
Rev. Albert D’Souza, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Agra Region, consisting
of 12 dioceses and President of the Regional Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Both
Workshops were held at the Archbishops’ House, Agra. The first, on 9 and 10th
December 2019 was for 27 Rectors of Minor Seminaries and women Formators. (Formators are those engaged in the training of future priests and religious men and women.)
The second from
10th to 18th December was for the staff of St. Joseph’s
Regional Theologate, Allahabad, Masih Vidyapeeth and Orientation Centre at
Agra.
Dr.
Parappully explored with the participants what formative accompaniment meant
and required, characteristics of emotionally healthy persons, tools for
assessment, some issues in psychosexual development and characteristic of the
spirituality of a diocesan priest.
Participants
found the workshop very useful. Following are some common comments:
It was a wonderful and enriching workshop.
It was an occasion for soul-searching. It helped to look
into oneself, to introspect
and analyze oneself.
It touched my life and was holistic,
interactive and very practical. All the topics were very relevant. It helped to
clarify many things/issues.
The process followed was very helpful.
It was a workshop which integrated
science and faith. Very few psychologists do that. The workshop was quite
unique in this sense.
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