Young Seminarians shares with the youth and little ones: Campus Ministry

by Sem. Jeff Loma


Helping others is indeed like a ripple in a pond, as its single wrinkle flows, it proliferates and multiplies until the whole stream is covered and everything on it is a source of motion affecting others. Wherein, nothing is apparent but the crease it brings into being, giving life to the resting stream.

Doing apostolate with the youth and children if truth be told, is quite a challenging but a rewarding task for us seminarians. How would you rebuff the call for the mission for the young ones if you know clearly in your heart that you could do something for their development as a being? That was the question that we, seminarians instill in their minds for us to become an effective and worthy proletarian servants of God.

We, Sem. Jeff Loma and Sem. Lester De Guzman do have our apostolate at the Southern Philippines College (SPC) located in Cagayan De Oro City in Mindanao, teaching Values Education subject for Grades Five and Six students. We hold this subject during Mondays and Thursdays at SPC. It is indeed a great experience to be with children teaching them about the good virtues and values that they must possess to be a noble person. Every time during our apostolate, we gradually realize that getting into the religious life is a serious matter but as long as you have a heart for others especially for the little ones, you will be able to find the true meaning of life with yourself and with the congregation, having the primary charism with the youth and childreIt is worthwhile to apprehend that we are contributing to the development of every child that we used to teach in SPC. We see in their faces the joy when we have our sessions since we incorporate also some animations and icebreakers related to the subject and specific topic for them to really appreciate the program. We help them as well in their personal growth as a person when we teach them the values like honesty, obedience, cleanliness, and most of all, for them to become a God-fearing individual. We also inculcate in their minds the importance of prayer as a way of communicating with the Lord.  

In addition, during Wednesday, we, Sem. Jeff Loma, Lester De Guzman, and Nikee James Payot, also conduct an apostolate in Mindanao University of Science and Technology with Sr. Cecile, a Canossian Sister and Campus Minister for us to be exposed in youth formations.

It is indeed a humbling experience to be included in the campus ministry. As seminarians like us, we really appreciate the experience that we have in this field and we always look forward for further experience with our apostolates.