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Feast of Br. Francis in Sibolga, Indonesia

It was a blessing to celebrate the Feast of our Father Francis along with the Franciscan Family. Around 150 Franciscan from the neighbourhood of Sibolga were present for the Eucharistic Celebration officiated by Br. Yoseph Sinaga the Custos and Br. Charles Alphonse inspired them with his homily particularly pointing to the aspect of ‘Brotherly Inspirations’ he had at the periphery and how it is being relived today in Pope Francis and others who follow him in a passionately optimistic way. It was followed by Cultural Programme by the members of the Franciscan Family. Each group came out with life enhancing dances, skit and other cultural programme depicting the local culture and Franciscan Spiritual heritage.


The Brothers of the Custody also arranged a cultural evening on 5th of October with various cultural presentation to felicitate the Formators. It also enabled the participants to enjoy the cultural richness of Indonesia and its nobility.
Remembering the Missionaries
Indonesia is blessed with so many dedicated missionaries from Germany, Holland Switzerland and Italy. There are three elderly missionary brothers living today in Sibolga Friary and further supporting the younger brothers.

These brothers, with foresighted vision, have planned and prepared the friary keeping the future in mind. It was said that one of the missionaries thoughtfully planted a lot of trees in the seashore. The senior friars and people remember how today the whole surrounding has a different look compared to the original space where there were lots of pits and land with shallow water entering the campus. The cemetery there with the remains of these great brothers reminds us that we are shaped by great men who have gone before us. They were very intelligent and also role models for Capuchin originality and simplicity.


Postulants’ Enthusiasm
The young and energetic postulants presently undergoing formation in Sibolga added further life to the Formators Seminar. These young brothers were doing all the preparations for the Formators meeting, starting with the help in the Kitchen and culminating in Liturgical celebration. They had also performed variety entertainments to make the participants happy. Br. Bonifacius, the Director of them, along with the team of animators is doing a lot of good animation to form our brothers.
For our formators it was a good experience of Brotherhood and learning.