The Pauline Family Provincial Governments in India met for a third consecutive year, on the 2nd and 3rd of October, 2008. The Provincial teams of the Society of St Paul - SSP and the Daughters of St Paul - FSP came to the Provincialate of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master - PDDM (Guru Yesu Bhavan), in Bangalore on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, recognised as the "Father of the Nation" of India.
The first day of the meeting was marked by a Seminar on “The Service of Authority and Obedience in Religious Life”, conducted by Rev Fr Gilbert Choondal, SDB. The Seminar was based on the Instruction by the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated life and Societies of Apostolic Life, entitled The Service of Authority and Obedience.
The second day was spent at the Bannergatta community of the PDDM (a centre for Spirituality and Holistic healing). The gathering discussed issues of common interest, identified areas of common concerns and deliberated on common programs in the areas of vocation promotion, formation and Pauline Charism.
The whole assembly thanked the two communities of the PDDM for their warm hospitality. The next meeting is scheduled to be held in the SSP Provincialate, Mumbai in October, 2009.
