First information, then formation for diploma graduates

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By Lucille Dass

In his usual earnestness, Fr David averred, the diploma course provided information; the retreat centred on formation. When queried about his choice of the sombre topic, The Afterlife, soon after our graduation-jubilation, the retreat master revealed his intent to stir and make faith and hope come alive in us. The personal tragic storms that beset his life during the COVID-19 pandemic must have surely enlightened him about what it meant to “have been to hell and back.

Using a context-rich introduction drawn from Luke chapters 14-16, he gently led us to the ‘burial ground’ and revealed how we could “rise again.” Parables and stories of the LOST formed the basis of his input on holiness-mercy-forgiveness- perfection FOUND in God. Being the ‘Bible bee’ that Fr David is, we buzzed alongside, lingering over telling verses from the Old and New Testaments.

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