{"id":183979,"date":"2023-05-12T08:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T06:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.fundacioncarf.org\/?p=183979"},"modified":"2024-10-10T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T11:36:54","slug":"conversion-al-cristianismo-viuda-hindu-hijo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/conversion-al-cristianismo-viuda-hindu-hijo\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother and son's journey from Hinduism to Christianity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_158 et_section_regular\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_882\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2493  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2494  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_930 post-excerpt  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_video et_pb_video_19\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CONVERSION FROM #HINDUISM ????\ufe0f TO #CRISTIANISM \u271d\ufe0f BY A WIDOW AND HER SON | #witnessesChristians\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5xrvyo_Wa8k?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2495  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_883\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2496  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2497  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_931  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Jeevan was born in 1998 in India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. His life has not been easy. The conversion to Christianity from Hinduism in a province where the vast majority of the population is Hindu (over 90.89%) is even dangerous.<\/p>\n<h2>A tragedy led to his conversion to Christianity<\/h2>\n<p>When he was just 4 years old, tragedy cut short his family's happiness with the death of his father Bhaskar. His mother, Parvathi, and Jeevan, an only child, were left alone. \"No one came to our aid.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The only refuge we found was Jesus.\" Parvathi gradually started going to a Protestant church because some distant relatives were Protestants. A providential meeting with a priest brought her and her young son to the Catholic Church, where she found much comfort and much help, something that no one else in this world was giving them.<\/p>\n<p>Thus began his journey from Hinduism to Christianity. His caste and Hindu community disapproved of his conversion to Christianity. To this day, Jeevan and his mother are the only Christians in their entire clan and family, which is still Hindu. \"But my mother never gave up in the face of hardship and continued with her faith. I learned from her to go to church and then to serve at Mass. We were baptized in 2005 - I was 7 years old - and, at last, we began our journey as children of God and members of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n<h2>\"My mother, the person to whom I owe everything.\"<\/h2>\n<p>Their happiness was immense, even though life was still full of difficulties. Parvathi remained the sole breadwinner of the family. In spite of everything, he managed to give his son a good education and pass on his faith to him. \"I have learned a lot from his pious practices and moral values.\"<\/p>\n<p>His mother's love for the Holy Mass awakened in Jeevan the idea of becoming a priest to serve God's people. At the age of 13, he told his mother. \"She joyfully welcomed my desire, but asked me to take some time and reflect because I was too young to make such a big decision. However, that idea remained in my heart as I grew older.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"My mother played a pivotal role in my vocation. I really thank her for her courageous step of<strong> offer her only son to the service of the Lord<\/strong> in a really complicated situation for a woman in India, who has already lost her husband and now lives alone without her son near her.\"<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2498  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_884\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2499  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2500  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_32 et_clickable  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">\uf4b9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Help form seminarians and priests from India to serve the Church worldwide - donate now!<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_206\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-2.jpg\" alt=\"Conversi\u00f3n al cristianismo\" title=\"jeevan-2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-2-480x307.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-165042\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2501  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_885\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2502  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2503  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_932  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Clash of cultures and traditions<\/h2>\n<p>The start at the seminary was not easy either. Jeevan had a lot of difficulty learning and catching up with the subjects. He came from a completely different religion and culture. However, by God's grace he managed to overcome them all. For 3 years he did the discernment course for the priesthood while finishing his secular studies in Eluru. The first years in the seminary were hard as he left home. However, the homesickness passed with time and the desire to become a priest became stronger and stronger.<\/p>\n<p>During that time, his vocation also underwent a time of trial. His seminary formators asked him to take a break from his studies for the priesthood. Being an only child and his mother a widow, he was advised to return home for a vacation in order to strongly discern his vocation to priestly ministry. This vacation turned into three years of secular studies. It was an arduous period that served to strengthen his vocation.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he received a letter inviting him to re-enter the seminary. After two years of licentiate in philosophy in Visakhapatnam, his bishop, Bishop Rayarala Vijay Kumar, offered him to continue his theological studies in Rome.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2504  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_886\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2505  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2506  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_33 et_clickable  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">\uf4b9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Help form seminarians and priests from India to serve the Church worldwide - donate now!<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_image et_pb_image_207\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-3.jpg\" alt=\"Conversi\u00f3n al cristianismo\" title=\"jeevan-3\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jeevan-3-480x307.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 720px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-165041\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2507  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_887\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2508  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2509  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_933  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Rome<\/h2>\n<p>\"It had never crossed my mind that I could get to study in Rome, the eternal city. But God knows best and does everything, so I arrived in Italy in August 2022.\"<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sedessapientiae.it\/?lang=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collegio Ecclesiastico Internazionale Sedes Sapientiae<\/a> He took a two-month intensive Italian course, which did not free him from having problems with the language. Another difficulty was the food, it is not easy to adapt to such a radical change. After a few months, everything became easier every day.<\/p>\n<p>\"As far as studies are concerned, the first semester has meant a great effort for me, because not only do you have to master Italian in everyday life, but also and above all in theological studies! But this semester is already different and I hope to do my best\".<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 85px; top: 124.953px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_34 et_clickable  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_main_blurb_image\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><span class=\"et-waypoint et_pb_animation_top et_pb_animation_top_tablet et_pb_animation_top_phone et-pb-icon\">\uf4b9<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Help form seminarians and priests from India to serve the Church worldwide - donate now!<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2510  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_888\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2511  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_2512  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_934 elemento-firma  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>Gerardo Ferrara<\/strong><br \/>BA in History and Political Science, specializing in the Middle East.<br \/>Head of the student body at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_5 et_pb_column_2513  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When he was 4 years old, his father passed away. Jeevan and his mother were left alone. They began a search in which only the Catholic Church was able to give them comfort. In 2005 they were baptized despite the disapproval of their caste and Hindu community. Eighteen years later, Jeevan is preparing to become a priest in Rome. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":183980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historias"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199011,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183979\/revisions\/199011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}