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Christian Athletes • In Action wo hundred and fifty younq men and women gathered at the Ateneo de Manila campus last June 11-12. Their goal: To .be the best swimmers, spikers, dribblers and sprinters--in short, to be the best athletes in the second CYA Sportsfest.
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Patterned after the last year's YA sports event for men, Sportsfest '83 opened the competition to women athletes among the various affili~te groups~ Thus, there were twelve competing groups this year: six among the men and six among the women. All in all, they represented the nine campus groups affiliated with CYA, as ",rellas the delegates from the U:igh School Youth Group. n Saturday morning I the. opening invocation led by Fr. Herb Schneider, SJ, gave way to rousing tournaments in swimming and volleyball. The afternoon saw spirited matches in badminton among the women, and baslcetball among t.he men. Pingpong, played in doubles
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total of 84 participants attended the recently concluded second CYA Summer Leaders' 'I'rainingProgram, held from April 26 to Hay 19 at La Salle Greenhills.
For the first time,\ CYA hosted some 18 guest participants from various youth groups across the country: Baguio City, Las Pinas parish, Better Living (Paranaque), Nusuan (Bukidnon), and Cagayan de Oro City. A four-man delegation even came from as far as Niri, Malaysia. ,
The Training' Program centered on evangelisml pastoral work, the CYA vision and mission, Christian leadership, and leadership skills. These were brouqht home to the participants through the different lectures, workshop sessions, open forums, and small-group discussions. The month-long Training Prog-ram took place daily (Tuesdays to Fridays) from 9:00 k~ to 12:00 noon. Each day began, with a half-hour period of prayer at the High School chapel, which many found very inspiring and spiritually enriching. Continued
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