By Matters India Reporter
Villupuram, March 29, 2020: The Capuchin retreat team in southern India has come up with a package of three retreats given online through social media like WhatsApp and along with Email from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
The Corona-19 has locked down the whole country, including leaving places of worship, until April 14,
The Capuchin initiate is to help Catholics in India during the Holy Week.
The daily reflections will have a 10-15-minute audio message, sent through WhatsApp and other social media to the registered participants. The same will be sent as text by email.
This is an eight-day online personal retreat open to all priests and Religious and families.
Biblical basis and its application for daily life followed by some questions for personal reflection and implementation will be given.
Separate retreats are preached for families in English and Tamil while the retreat for Religious will be in English only.
Capuchin Father Nithiya Sagayam, the retreat team coordinator, plans to have the retreat materials and audio messages in other Indian languages.
When contacted. Father Nithiya, the coordinator of Blessed Solanus Casey retreat team, told Matters India said that the present immobility is a blessing in disguise for all to get guided in deeper self-introspections.
The paschal mystery experience would help the retreatants to face the challenges of life effectively.
Another Capuchin Father Arockadass, a media expert and retreat coordinato, said the retreat will be the beginning of a series of online training in the future towards personal transformation.
He said that a simple email to capuchinretreats@gmail.com is enough to register.
At normal times, the Thalir Holistic Centre at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu also offers residential motivational training for youth, Jubilee retreats for Religious and married couples.
Recently the center sent out 10 proposals for youth and to families to be followed during the lockout days for an effective future.