APIA Conference: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2014John Walker MSC

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulaw

esi, Indonesia 2014

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2014John Walker MSC

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2014John Walker MSC

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulaw

esi, Indonesia 2014

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2014John Walker MSC

For one week late July 2014, over fifty delegates from Korea, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam, India, Papua New Guinea, the Pacific Union and Australia gathered in Manado for the biennial APIA Conference; the theme, ‘Missioning MSC into the future: being MSC in our world today.’ Three concurrent conferences assembled including formators, JPIC and the Brothers. After a week of deliberations reports were presented to the Superiors from the various jurisdictions.

The Indonesian scholasticate and pre-novitiate were the venue for the conference; a lush tropical campus forty five minutes from the city centre, and home to approximately ninety four students. The hospitality shown by our Indonesian confreres was quite extraordinary and the organisation exceptional.

This pictorial record is in part attributed to Joni Astanto MSC (Indonesia) together with my own contribution.

John Walker MSC

APIA Conference: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia 2014

The opening addresses day one.

Scholasticate and pre-novitiate.

Opening mass celebrated in the Manado cathedral.

Meal time.

The Brothers’ conference.

Happy hour conviviality.

Indonesia’s got talent!

St Francis Xavier minor seminary, Kakaskasen

John Peter (India) and Jommy (Philippines) sharing brotherly humour!

St Mary’s chapel in Kelong Garden, Tomohon

Mt Locon an active volcano

Culture night

Music overcomes the language barrier.

An Australian led liturgy

Yohanes Sujono MSC with scholastics

Closing eucharist celebrated in the Sacred Heart Parish church, Karombasan.

Presentation to Superiors; final day of the conference.

Group photos

Manado Bay

With Andreas Buarlele MSC

Time to say goodbye.