India, Feb. 18 -- Dharmaram College, the major seminary of CMI Congregation, organized a three-day seminar for the major seminary rectors on the theme "Socially Oriented Formation in Major Seminaries" from February 8 to 10, 2019. Half a dozen lay leaders, both Christians and non-Christians, addressed the gathering, besides those who are involved in the formation of priests and activists from the field. The central theme echoed in all presentations was the voice of Pope Francis i.e. a Catholic priest is a 'shepherd with the smell of the sheep'. A priest should be the compassionate face of Jesus, said Theodore Mascarenhas, General Secretary of the CBCI. "If compassion is not created in them when they are seminarians, they will not get it afte...