Welcome Rites for the New Seminarians

By Sem. Uziel Guthrie D. Naguit

 “Oh! This is creepy! Riding a vehicle with a blindfold? Where will you take us?”, “This is not safe! Are you sure we’ll do this!?” These were some of the questions that entered our minds as the initiation started early in the morning on the 3^rd day of June.

After a long ride, we were asked to get off the vehicle; we didn’t know where we were. We were guided by our older brothers as we completed the silly tasks we were compelled to do.

After all the bothering tasks we were obliged to finish, our blindfolds were taken off. And guess where we were? Surprisingly, we were not in an alien vicinity; we were in our home, the seminary. And upon turning around, guess who was there? There was the MSP Seminary family, each person with a warm smile on his face, welcoming us as they sang the song “Welcome to the Family” in unison.

We, the new seminarians of the Mission Society of the Philippines, – Noel H., Ardiano, James, Vincent, Clint, U.G., Ramer, Jordan, and Jefferson – never anticipated for such great salutation on our first week of voyaging with the Lord in the seminary. By declaring that we are officially welcomed in the seminary, we the new ones, formally give our trust, love, and loyalty to this society without any uncertainty and hesitation.