MUMBAI MISSIONARY FOR
PNG
BIS (Bosco Information Service,
Mumbai)
MUMBAI: 18th Sept -- "When I
was 9 years old I was fascinated by a video documentary that I saw of
the missions of Brazil," said Cl. Clifford Morais, "Today, I have
experienced God calling me to go as a missionary". Cl. Clifford Morais,
belonging to the Salesian Province of Mumbai was given a grand public send off
at the Shrine of Don Bosco's Madonna on Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy
Cross, September 13th as he took up the challenge to answer God's call to go out
as a missionary to Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 133rd salesian missionary
expedition of the Salesians.
Cl. Clifford joined the Salesians at the age of 31
after his tenure as principal secretary at a leading finance company in India
and four years as co-ordination manager at a shipping company. "I
used to come to Don Bosco Matunga for the socials that my dad's company
organised here and I was attracted to Salesian life when I saw the youth
activites of the Salesians on the campus," he said. Cl. Clifford, belongs to
a family of five; his aunt is also a religious. He professed in
May 2001 and completed his philosophy studies at Divyadaan, Salesian
Institute of Philosphy, Nashik. He had expressed his intention to the
Rector Major to be a missionary in the foreign missions
and received the mandate on 17th May 2003 to go as a
missionary to PNG. He will be handed over the Missionary Cross on 28th September
at a ceremony in the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin, Italy.
He has been assigned to the Salesian community at Boroko in PNG as a Practical
Trainee.
