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[email protected] SWIP Circular BK/30 June 01, 2018 My dear Confreres, Fraternal greetings to you from Fr Benny. At the outset of this new Academic Year I come with my heartfelt best wishes and fervent prayers for each one of you. Let this academic year bring in a new wave of holistic renewal and development in the whole province. The beginning of a new academic year does not limit our attention to the ministry of education alone, instead it focuses on the fibre of all our ministries and commitment as Missionaries serving humanity. DISCIPLINED LIFE-STYLE: YARDSTICK FOR THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR My dear Confreres, one of the specific remarks about Soldiers is that they are disciplined people. There is a sense of pride and respect when we meet with a soldier, because we are positively influenced and affected by the sacrificial natur e of his life through rigorous practices of discipline, such as, Punctuality, Consistency and Single-mindedness. We know that he is not for himself but for the nation and for every citizen of the country. Soldiers are disciplined men who have total control over their behaviour through rigorous training of their mental and physical faculties. Similarly, every Catholic Priest is called FATHER . He is a Father because he is a progenitor of thousands of children without the underlying conditions of sexual 1 relationship and co-habitation as married partner; instead, he becomes a Father, because like a soldier, his whole life becomes a symbol of universal service and availability through the yardstick of disciplined life-style of Punctuality, Consistency and Single-mindedness .