Claretian Seminary Malleswaram formation house inaugurated its Literary Association for the academic year 2021-22 on 25 July 2021. Rev. Fr. Valentine Anthony Raj, CMF was the Chief Guest of the day.

The event was marked by various cultural and literary programmes like Skit, Comic, Group Song, Speech, Dance etc., by the seminarians. Fr. Valentine addressing the seminarians highlighted the importance of identifying the individual and common talents and developing them for the overall growth during the formation process. Fr. Valentine explained the process with the help of five characteristics of mind proposed by Howard Gardner. The Disciplined Mind; the Synthesising Mind; the Creating Mind; the Respectful Mind; and the Ethical Mind are the characteristics of the mind that each person should develop to be well equipped to deal with what is expected, as well as what cannot be anticipated, in the future.

Literary Association is a platform wherein the seminarians get opportunity to develop their talents and fine-tune their skills for the missionary life ahead.