For me the seminary is a place to educate, cultivate and guide those who want to answer God’s call to become churchmen or priests. Indeed not all who enter the seminary definitely become priests, but at least because they are disciplined by life (activities and instructions) at the seminary, certainly those who graduate from the seminary will show good faith ( even though not all, but most of them are like that).

At the seminary I live together with friends who are of course from different ethnic groups, of different purpose. There are indeed those who enter the seminary to become a priest, but there are also those who are there only to draw knowledge. This made me confused with my friends and in the end brought questions to my mind, because at first I assumed all who enter the seminary definitely have the same objective, that is to become a priest, but in fact it is not so. However, this fact did not detract from the feeling of togetherness among seminarians including myself. I feel very happy because I can enter the seminary, because in the seminary there is more joy than misery. For me, this is because of the strong ties of brotherhood in the seminary, so that one person’s difficulties is everyone’s difficulties and one person’s joy is also shared by all.

Togetheness in the seminary has also taught me to share my joy and sorrow with friends. Before I entered the seminary, I was someone a bit reclusive, but since I entered the seminary I started to learn to become more open and more accepting, whether it is something excessive or lacking, it needs to be completed together with friends at the seminary. I realize that imperfection has in fact made my life together with them more humane.

The seminary has really become a place that brought change and regeneration in me. When I first entered the seminary, I was very enthusiastic in my calling. Though with the passage of time, sometimes I feel drained with my calling, but with various activities and facilities available at the seminary, I also realize that this drained feeling can be filled by something positive like praying, playing music, writing,contemplation and so forth. And I also believe that when I feel drained of my calling, prayer is something that helps me very much. Then I also realize that the seminary is a place for to test my calling. This condition of felling drained of my calling also made me realize that as men we can try, and in the end God determines. So that besides my efforts, I also rely on God as caretaker in my life to carry out my calling.

The calling is a mystery in the life of everyone who wants to answer the call. Because of that, the seminary is a good place for gaining an understanding of the mystery of the calling, as well as a place to live together humanely.