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St. Vincent Pallotti strove with fervor for the preparation of clerics and religious for apostolic activity. He was a professor at the Roman “Sapiensa University” and spiritual director of the Propaganda Fide College, where future missionaries were prepared. He was also confessor and spiritual accompanier to many people of different social provenance. Two Popes, Gregory XVI and Pius IX had their confessions heard by him.
St. Vincent Pallotti frequently withdrew from the activity of daily life in order to gather his energies in prayer and to renew his spiritual life in the Hermitage of the Camaldolese. All of these activities could be defined using the modern terminology of “religious formation”. The Province runs various centers of formation where the candidates are prepared for future pastoral and apostolic work in the Society.
Having its origin way back to 1964, Pallottigiri is presently the Vocation Orientation Centre for Kerala, North and North East of India. Students persue their Higher Secondary studies here. It is situated on a hilltop at Monvila, approximately 12 Km away from the city of Trivandrum. Till 1979 it was the “Training Centre for Humanities”.
Casa Pallotti is a recently built minor seminary in Umran, Shilong aiming for the initial formation of the students from Northeast. It was established in 2025 and students here are trained in languages, and other basic courses which help them to initiate to the Pallottine way of life.
Pallotti Sadan is the Novitiate House of the Province. Candidates undergo their preparatory formation and canonical year here. It was established in 2003. It is situated in the mountain ranges of Idukki.
From 1970, Pallotti Bhawan has been the major house of formation for the Pallottines. It is fondly remembered by the Pallottines as a house, where they grew in theological wisdom and matured into young priests. With Pallottines opening a Theologate in Mysore it has students of Graduation and Philosophy only. It is situated in Nagpur.
Pradeepa, is the Philosophate of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province of the Pallottines in India commonly known as Pallotti Institute of Philosophy and Religion. It is situated in the valley of Assagao (Goa). It had its humble beginning first under the name “Training Centre for Humanities” in Trivandrum, Kerala. In 1979, under the name “Pallottine Philosophical Institute” it began at Casa Pallotti, Assagao. In 1999, a beautiful architectural masterpiece was constructed. The institute was rechristened as Pradeepa in July 2005. It accommodates students from different dioceses and congregations. The brothers of our Province who come after their graduation do their philosophical studies here.
Prabodhana is the name given to the Pallottine Theologate at Mysore and it means “to impart Divine Teaching.” The institute was commissioned on June 29, 2004. It offers a four year Theology Programme in accordance with the ecclesiastical laws and conventions of priestly formation, the Formation Programme of the society of Catholic Apostolate (SAC), as well as the directives of the Conference of Major Superiors in India.
Formation in the Province is a journey of prayer, fraternity, apostolic readiness and self-giving service, helping each candidate grow into a faithful witness to Christ and the Church.
