In my whole life, I seldom hear people talking about or telling me something about my
personality. Although I am sometimes aware of my personality but I wanted to know them more
in a deeper sense.
In the postulancy, there is this program called SINAI – a psycho-spiritual program in which we
are given the chance to understand ourselves deeper and surface all of the problems we
encounter in life for us to know how to deal with them and give us an opportunity to heal
ourselves.
One of the sessions discussed about our personality style which prompted me to get excited,
interested and at the same time, nervous. We took a series of tests (psychological) and one of
them was to test our personality styles then at class, the results of our tests were interpreted.
This made me more nervous because I was afraid that I will be judged because of the outcome
of the results and what personality of mine has been discovered, but I was assured that there
will be no judgement for everything that has been surfaced.
I was a little bit disturbed by what I saw in the test results, because it showed me that I
constantly worry about things I should not be worrying about. But nevertheless, as human as we
are, I too have flaws, but I looked on the bright side and reflected that it is part of human
development.
After the sessions I thought about the results of the test and looked into the deep on where my
anxiety started. After several days, I realized that it started when I was in high school, when my
parents and I had problems. I was taken over by my emotions to the point where I isolated
myself from everyone. I then realized that I was a bit too emotionally senseless at that time so I
became silent. This experience made me overthink a lot which eventually led me to my anxiety
that makes me worry about a lot of things especially my vocation.
However, despite all these, I always remind myself that I need to cherish the present moment
first in order for me to value my vocation that I have now and what lies ahead in the future. I
also constantly remind myself that in every crossroad that I encounter, Jesus is always present
as he have said to his followers, “And surely I am with you always till the very end” (Matthew
28:20).
As I continue to discern my vocation to the priesthood, I thank God for this opportunity that
helped me and is continuously helping me to know myself deeply and become aware of who I
am. This Postulancy program helped me to value myself more and look for the goodness of
myself and I trust the process that it will continue to bring out the best in me that will make me
the better person and even a “missionary” that God wants me to be.
SVD Postulancy
See The Gift, Live The Call
VISION:
We envision faithful and creative SVD religious missionary disciples formed as witnesses to the Word and prophets of dialogue.
MISSION:
To provide personal and communal accompaniment for the formation of religious missionary disciples integrating faith and life.
GOAL:
To form collaborative SVD religious missionaries who are mature, professionally competent, and committed to faith in a wounded world.
CORE VALUES:
INTEGRALITY: the state of being holistically formed (i.e., in the human spiritual, academic, and pastoral dimension)
Attributes of integrality:
Mature
Competent
Spiritual
Transparent
Responsible
SYNODALITY: striving to be collaborative in responding to mission challenges.
Attributes of synodality:
Collaborative
Dialogical
Collegial
Intercultural
Inclusive
CONTEXTUALITY: being immersed in the particularities of mission situations.
Attributes of contextuality:
Resilient
Creative
Discerning
Relevant
Compassionate
EDITORIAL BOARD AND STAFF
Editor-in-Chief:
POST. JOHNZELL S. CAPACIA
Associate Editor:
POST. CLINT ESCOTON
Layout Artists /Photographers:
POST. MARK CARLSON SALIOT
POST. MARK NIEL VERSOZA
Creative Artists
POST. MARK VINCENT LUCENO
POST. ROGER SENADOS JR.
Manager/ Circulation:
POST. JOSWIL ANGELO CALIXTRO
POST. JUDE LOURDAN PATAYON
Contributors:
PINTIG CLASS
Advisers:
REV. FR. SEVERO B. BITON, SVD
REV. FR. CRISOSTOMO SALAR, SVD
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