It
is one of the oldest friaries in Tamilnadu. It served as a Theology house till
Francesco came up. This place is on the bank of a River. Catholics frequent
this place from all over the diocese to Pray to St. Anthony. The friars are available
for the people who come for their spiritual needs. `since the formation house
is shifted to Francesco, the province conducts all their animation programs
here. They also conduct retreats and seminars for the priests, religious and
laity. They have now postulants and
aspirants from the province. They are 7 in all, you can see that the vocations
are less now in this part of India.
There
are 10 friars in the fraternity among them around 5 are senior friars as it is
also home for the senior friars. The others are involved in formation and
pastoral activities here and around. The Orients and Postulants are housed here. They have 5 orients and 1 postulant.
Recently our friars had some problems from
the fundamentalist group of Hindus who objected the annual festal procession.
The police had to be called in to settle the matter. These people have been
troubling the friars often as the place is well frequented by the Catholics. It
is also strategic place as religion is concerned. The friars are dialoguing
with the concerned people through peaceful encounters with them.
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