The Socio-economic context of India and the unique spirit and charism of our Congregation in particular in which unfolds the future religious and priestly career of our seminarians underscore the utmost significance of the social thrust and social awareness that we should integrate in our major seminary training. With a view towards forming priests whose mission will be marked by a prophetic thrust by denouncing oppression and announcing the message of hope, our seminarians are introduced to the down to earth social realities of poverty, inequality, sufferings, etc. through periodic exposure camps, social awareness programmes, involvement in people’s movement, etc.

The social formation in the seminary is envisaged to be an integral part of the academic formation. It is reflected in the structure of the academic curriculum and the other requirements of the institute. Following the spirit of the Little Flower Congregation, students are given opportunity to understand the life problems of the people, especially of the poor and the oppressed, through direct contact. The second and third year philosophers go at least twice a month for social experience and social service. The first years too are initiated to the social experience especially in the second semester. They go mostly on Sundays, in small groups, to colonies and organize children and youth, conduct tuition for children, visit families and arrange cultural programmes. Hospital and Old-age Homes are also areas of their social apostolate.

Little Teens is a well functioning group among the youth under the brothers of Little Flower Seminary. They implement various programmes for the students and youth with the objectives of psychospiritual and personality development. They are invited to the parishes, schools and residential associations for the progremmes which are often psycho centric.

Being the common formation house of our Congregation, the major seminary also does take up the various responsibilities associated with it to stand up to its various implications of being common. Little Flower Seminary has a special obligation to provide for the academic, linguistic and inculturated formation of the seminarians of the mission provinces