Archbishop Bernard Moras Inducts Seven New Serra Club Members

From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, Jan 18: As many as seven new lay Catholic members, committed to work for fostering and promoting vocations to the priesthood and consecrated life in the Catholic church were recently inducted at a solemn youth mass in St Patrick’s Church in Bangalore.

Archbishop Bernard Moras blessed the new Serrans and lauded them for furthering the cause of the Catholic church.

The Archbishop said all Catholics were called to work for vocations and he thanked the Serra Club for the work they are doing for the Church.

The Serra Club is an international Lay organization, recognized by the Pope. It has over 28,000 members in 38 countries around the world.

Serra is named after the Franciscan missionary, Junipero Serra, Founder of many of the California Missions. It was founded in 1935 in Seattle Washington by a small group of Catholic laymen who saw the need to foster vocations to religious life, both by recruiting vocations and by supporting those religious in their active careers.

Most clubs meet twice a month at either lunch or dinner meetings. Many clubs also have a Mass before each meeting. The short meeting programmes are used to plan activities to support vocations and also enrich the spiritual lives of the members through fellowship and by having qualified speaker guests on spiritual matters. Originally a male club, Serra is open to women for several years and many of the present members are married couples.

For further details, contact:

Email: serrabangalore@yahoo.co.in
Website: www.serraindia.org