The 2024-2025 Nicholas Kluiters European Tertianship program finished on June 8th. The details of the participants were mentioned in a previous article. Dany Younes, Tertian instructor shares with us his impressions of the program.

This was indeed a very particular version of the Nicholas Kluiters European Tertianship Programme! The five Tertians were appointed to a house in Lebanon, but until the last session of tertianship, only one of them had resided in the house. Eziokwu, who is the Socius of his Provincial, came to Lebanon for the Long Retreat in January, because he could not join the others who had their retreat in February, in Egypt. Krystian had probably been to Bikfaya when he came to Lebanon with EJIF some years ago. But the other three Tertians were about to finish their tertianship without knowing the house where they were inscribed… if it weren’t for the proposal they did.

Artur, Krystian, Matthew and Shigi proposed to hold the last session in Lebanon instead of Egypt. Later, Krystian would not come, and would end the tertianship by joining us online, like Eziokwu. The personnel of the house were thrilled to meet with the three Tertians. Especially Zella, my assistant. She is a certified tourist guide. She took the guys on different trips, to the Cedars of the North and the archeological sites of the East.

The two weeks of closure were mostly oriented towards a review of the whole experience. The evaluation the tertians had with the President, Fr Dalibor, and later with me, showed that tertianship is really what tertians give to each other. The way we build the community allows us to heal, to grow and to find joy.

On June 8, 2025, the fourth version of the Nicholas Kluiters Programme came to an end. Matthew went back to Nigeria, Artur to London, before going home to Poland and Shigi to his treasurer’s office in Nairobi. Eziokwu and Krystian were already at home. The Novitiate is finally over. May they flourish and find peace. May they serve the Lord until the last breath.