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Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) – The 400 children in "Sunday Schools" at the 13 parishes of the Diocese of Hong Kong visited Holy Spirit Seminary on Sunday, July 4, to get to know the lives of those preparing for the priesthood, responding to their vocation. According to reports from the Kong Ko Bao (the Chinese version of the diocesan bulletin), the day was divided into five stages: exploring the life of the priest, exploring the life of seminarians, exploring vocations, exploring evangelization, and reaping fruits. During the meeting, the seminarians told the children about their life, studies, living environment, and prayer. Finally, the children also had the joy of being received by the diocesan bishop, Bishop John Tong, at lunchtime.
Fr. Benedict Lam Cho Ming, Rector of the Seminary, confirmed that "the initiative to present the life of the seminary with joy helps to sow the seed of a vocation among the children. This year, to coincide with the Diocesan Year of Priestly Vocations, we organized two “open days” at the seminary, which were attended by over 1,200 children, with great success. In January, we welcomed another over 800 children in 20 parishes. According to the students, "bringing the children to visit the seminary also helps us to better live out our vocation." The children were even more excited about it: one of them said "I thought life in the seminary was hard and boring and here I saw happiness and serenity and that makes me happy. I think I'd like to try it, too." (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 12/07/2010)
