We then made our way up the little hill to the seminary museum. It was a short climb but tiring since we had been visiting other places in Penang since morning. However the tiredness flew away when we entered the simple little museum. Wow! What a collection they have! It’s truly a museum which is of rich history. We were briefed regarding the history of College General from its founding, its journey through a few countries and finally its arrival to Penang in 1808. We were shown the various sections of the museum by the four seminarians and Fr.Edwin. After having a look at all the collections in the museum we made our way to the Chapel of the Sacred Heart next door.

In the chapel we had the chance to view the relics of some of the College General martyrs. This was the first time that most of us were seeing the blessed relics so closely. At the chapel we were also briefed about the vocation to the priesthood and the life and journey of seminarians. We concluded the visit with a nice tea which included some durians from College General’s own ground.

The visit to College General was truly fruitful. We hope the visit will spur more vocations among the servers of NVBM, Butterworth. Incidentally Bro. Joachim is from our parish. Bro. Martin Arlando, who is studying at St Francis Xavier Seminary in Singapore, is also from our parish. They were both servers at NVBM before. The short visit was an eye opener to many of us as this was our first visit. We learnt something valuable which we will treasure.