ASIA/CHINA - Precious contribution offered by the Prado Institute for the formation of priests and religious in China underlined during a recent visit by Superior General Rev. Robert Daviaud

Tuesday, 12 July 2005

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Shi Jia Zhuang (Fides Service) - “I think we and the Church in China are building a relationship of reciprocal trust, understanding and acceptance and ever deeper esteem” said Rev. Robert Daviaud, Superior General of the Prado Institute during a recent visit to mainland China.
Faith Catholic bulletin published in He Bei reported that Rev Daviaud gave a corse for seminarians and nuns in He Bei and then led a 7 day retreat at Yun Nan for priests of the provinces of Si Chuan, Chong Qing, Gui Zhou, in south west China. Rev. Daviaud also gave a presentation of the activity of the Prado Institute in China. “For ten years we have offered a humble service of brotherhood, faith and evangelisation. We are invited to national and regional seminaries in Xi An (Shaan Xi), Wu Han (Hu Bei) and He Bei, to help form spiritual directors and advise them on the best way to teach seminarians the faith. In 1997, one of our priests was invited to preside a retreat at a national seminary; in 1998 we contributed to the spiritual formation of a group of 40 priests in Wu Han; our Korean priest Fr Zhu has given a series of courses on the teaching of Vatican II. We come regularly to visit once a year. We also invite Chinese priests and nuns to take part in the annual updating course offered at our seminary in Lyons France”.
Prado Institute was founded in 1856 in Lyons by Blessed Chevrier. Today it has 1,250 associated diocesan priests who work in 50 different countries mainly in the field of formation and spiritual guidance in seminaries and parishes.
(Agenzia Fides 12/07/2005 Righe: 25 Parole: 239)