EXPERIENCES - WITNESS - INTERVIEW - REPORTS
This article explores my personal experience and struggle of saying “yes” to be an instrument of God in preparing candidates for religious life. This “yes” has led me to a deeper experience of God and to personal conversion in the realization of my mission as a Christian which is to “give the people of God an impression of who Christ is”. We are called to live an interior life in Christ and to be witnesses of Christ to others. Essentially, this defines the basic meaning of our Christian life. Priestly/Religious life, for the one called, is our way of responding to the call to be witnesses. Thus, the formator must have the ability to make real contact with the beginner and his/her attitude may facilitate or inhibit this witnessing. The formator must be disposed to treasure the value of ongoing formation by updating himself/herself in everything relevant to human, spiritual, intellectual and apostolic life. This updating is essential because we live in a constantly changing society.
Keywords: experiences, interview, reports, witness