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Set forth in faith with new eyes
on the many faces of the poor
Roberto O. Guevara Ateneo de Manila University 2015 CEAP
National Convention
2 October 2015
SMX Convention Center, Pasay City
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You seem so holy so very close to God.
But Im still very hungry and lonely and cold.
And I thank you.
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In the final analysis, poverty means death: lack of food and
housing, the inability to attend properly to health and education
needs, the exploitation of workers, permanent unemployment, the
lack of respect for one's human dignity, and unjust limitations
placed on personal freedom in the areas of self-expression,
politics, and religion.
-- Gustavo Gutierrez
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Five Invitations
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To be with, draw closer to, and encounter the poor
in a deeper way.
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When the heart is able to ask itself and weep, then we can
understand something. Dear young boys and girls, todays world
doesnt know how to cry.... Certain realities of life we only see
through eyes cleansed by our tears. I invite each one here to ask
yourself: have I learned how to weep? Have I learned how to weep
for the emarginated or for a street child who has a drug problem or
for an abused child?
-- Pope Francis
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Five Invitations
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To see the poor in a new light.
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Five Invitations
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To learn from the poor.
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How many young people among you are like this? You know how to
give and yet have you ever learned how to receive? You still lack
one thing.... To learn how to receive with humility. To learn to be
evangelized by the poor, by those we help, the sick, orphans, they
have so much to give us. Have I learned how to beg?....This is what
helps you mature in your commitment to give to others. Learn how to
open your hand from your very own poverty.
-- Pope Francis
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Five Invitations
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To take on the struggles of the poor as our own.
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Five Invitations
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To see in the liberation of the poor our own liberation as
well.
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Five Invitations
1. To be with, draw closer to, and encounter the poor in a
deeper way.
2. To see the poor in a new light.
3. To learn from the poor.
4. To take on the struggles of the poor as our own.
5. To see in the liberation of the poor our own liberation as
well.
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Challenges
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Greater attention to student formation programs
Inculcating a sense of vocation in students
Disciplinal training in the service of others
Service-Learning
Grounding in Catholic social teachings
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Challenges
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Enhancing teacher formation
Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers,
and if he listens to teachers, it is because they are witnesses
(Pope Paul VI).
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Challenges
3
Greater attention to community impact
Evaluating/Measuring the impact of our outreach
Tapping into the CEAP network
