In Bengali, the word 'Arunoday' means sunrise. Arunoday, dedicated to the Rising Sun, Jesus, is the pre-novitiate of the Calcutta Province of the Society of Jesus. The house is situated at Malancha, on Taki Road, near Barasat, about 30 kms from Kolkata.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Workshop on Affective Maturity

A workshop on affective maturity was conducted for our pre-novices along with the postulants of FMA and pre-postulants of RNDM from 25th to 27th of March. Apart from the resource persons, Fr John Rogers and Fr Sajeev, the formators of the respective houses also participated in the three day programme. The course content included handling emotions, body awareness, growing in celibate freedom, ‘friendship, infatuation, love and sexuality’, and the power of mind. The sessions were mostly audio-visual with a generous use of movie clippings and PowerPoint presentations. Much of the work was done in mixed groups, and the creativity group sessions were much appreciated by the participants. It was surely a new and exciting experience for our young formees.

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