On 17 November 2016, eight of our 2nd year theology students made their first step in participating in the ministerial priesthood in the Catholic Church. During the Holy Eucharistic celebration Rev. Fr. Jacob Arakkal John, the Provincial Superior, conferred the orders of Lector and Acolyte on Birajman Tigga, Chetan Kumar, Jayaraju Oddepogu, Jessin Joseph, Kevin Prem, Nelson P. Thomas, Siljo Michael and Tony Mathew. Father Provincial expressed his sentiments of joy and hope, seeing eight young missionaries readying themselves for God’s work, and thanked them for the gift of their commitment in the Claretian Congregation. He urged them to strive to live more fully their missionary vocation and to be moulded more perfectly in the likeness of Jesus the Master and our founder, Father Claret.