Young Indian religious form ‘parliament’ to revolutionize consecrated

(July 13, 2012) The first national convention of the young religious of India ended with the formation of what they regard as a “parliament” to revolutionize consecrated life for 2020. The parliament of over 200 consecrated persons would mobilize young men and women in their regions and prepare them to meet the challenges of the modern world. “These young religious will discuss and interact with each other about the issues affecting the consecrated life and their mission to the society,” Brother Mani Mekkunnel, the national secretary of the Conference of Religious India (CRI) said on Thursday. He said “the convention was part of a national strategy for change and it is a unique movement being initiated for the whole country in terms of consecrated life.” CRI organized the July 9-12 convention at the Don Bosco Technical Institute in New Delhi, on the theme “Leadership for Consecrated Life 2020”. The meeting concluded similar conventions CRI organized at its 12 regions across the country during the past two years to prepare future leaders to face the challenges of the modern world. For this, participants finalized 12 goals, including good governance, making use of media in their day-to-day life to communicate with people, learn modern technology and partnership and networking for evangelical effectiveness. The participants were in the age group of 30-35 years from more than 100 congregations.