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usual.
est
summer was th6 tnl$i-
and most
exci ting:
time.
for Christian Youth ill Action (CYA) .•At So time when :most students
were. fre(: from. SChOOl ·CIA l:1n~d .up a prcgram 01' activitl es . maantto foster bath spiritual growth and
month of May.
recreation dur1ngthe The events werSf
May 12-1:3 (Sat-Sun)
SPORTS~
PEST ·j.84. LeU by Harvey Campos as
Project Chairman. CIA
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:' S:Ji! ~iQ (ACB) $hares in th.e CYA ----..(latnering_ fo his left is F:r" ItUOiI.
Salinas, O.P.
organized
a
two-day sports festival at the Ateneo campus grounds. The partici~ .pant s came from the dit:fere.nt CYA t~f:f'iliate groups. as well as a team
of men .~84
from Don Bosco.
saw about
)00
Sportsfest
men and women
~.ompetJ.QL~n_~i)elfl!ljor _ team sports such as basketball and -volleynal.l. as well as in "".fun"gam~H~such as an egg relay ~d sack race~ .Top; .winners were the men ot the Brotherhood o:fthe Cross, and the women
of the High School Youth Group •.
May 8-18 SUM.Will'R LEADERS' TRAINING PROGRAM.For two years now
CIA
has been developing
and
duotir~ tra~nlng programs to
Christian men eYA DireetorFranc1s
talks on
n'J.'he Viatory
Iturralde
ot
during the Ltmten Retreat.
Christ n
leadership effe-<:tively
the Lord.
and
women
con-:equip
with the
skill$ nec$ssary. Lead other pt)ople
to to
CYA NEWS
page 2 S.E!TING U.P. ON FIRE WITH ~HE LOVE OF GOD
to their group. Today after having success ... :.fullygiven a. eLP to another group of' UP women. they now have th:i,rty committed members. They even have a ruimet The Salt of the Earth~
L
orna Santiago was
wal,king down a corridor in UP when a friend invited her to a meeting with some o'ther women. As it turned out, Lorna saw Beth Melchor there-in the meeting.
Since last year Lorna has been doing volunteer work for t
.•.
Lorna knew Beth trom high school. where Beth did not strike her so much as a ·'Christian".. Yet here she was, eager
to share tian
the
life
of
Lorna
inner joy and peace. Before long, Lorna began to experience that joy and peace,
too. About a semester after she ~,d several to
re-gularly attend a ~hursday lunch meetlng with Beth, Lorna was invited to a eLP. Soon after, she willingly committed her It
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CROSS
J brothers.
De
years ago a. group of men in La Salle Univerexperienced
deeper and mQre
of what
is now called Brotherhood of
a
Cross
per-
share Him
with others. Soon after, they decided to cotnmi t themselves to each other as
demic achoo Lyear- le:f"t in UP, this PsychG~ logy major is certain that the Lord will continue to guide the group.
What
He
I
1
(R· of
the the
C) ••
Despite the brothersl desire to bring other college men in DLSU to a personal relationship with the IA)l"d , tliley J ound
has
begun, He will surely bring to completicl1 at the day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1,6)! •
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Out of that
former name
.sonal relationship ~ith God and the
desire to
UiQ( h'~~~'
decision was bo+~ the Association of Christian Stu.dents, the
hz-ee
~ity
IT Is!
Salt
. Wi th .011.emore aca--
J .to invite other women
••• n~.n"."T.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE
following
Being a woman God and living by· the power of the Holy Spirit certainly have their rewards. Now it was more than a sense of quiet joy: It was a growing zeal, a de~ siret like st. Francis Xavierfa. to "go and set the world on fireM with the love ·of Christ * Far from the "nz-Lvate €hristian" ~that she was before J Lorna began
Beth~s
-other women began
to
leading
~n thel.r regular activities~ Being incharge of a women's fellowship grou.p has greatly increased her confidence not just in herself but more in the Lorrt ~
•. Jeaus Christ .•
Chris-
message..
was struck by
~YA b~'
JCY _
1
their
initial evan... ·
galiatic efforts sti~ fled. This was be~' cause the trimestral.· schedule put a lot ot .
pressure on dents
more dies",
the stu"-
toconcentI'ste . on their stu.•..·
Then, in
1982 the
leaders of' the
group
sened t ha t the Lor-d w~nted them to change their name. After
CYA NE'NS B of C
(Canted
from
of
page 2)
In the early days this year~ the
Lord
mu.ch prayer and deliberation, the brothers decided on the name, the Brotherhood of the Cross: which was inspired by Mt 16f21ft
urr
any
man
would come after me. let him deny himself
andT::
name proved useful in their evangelistic
promised
Brotherhood will
be
the
a
year
~oA
of'
harvest. brother • ~a
are now see~ng the .fulfillment of Godt s
I promiset
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I
I I!
more
More students
opening
and are
tihemae.Lve.s
up
to God and joining the Rr,otharhoocL. c-
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The
B of C is
by Andy Juan, by
assisted
led
who is
rtarvey
II
Febru~ry.
)~ and
on March 1.6..
ended
I The eLF was partiLia"'· _I_ clpa:t-ed in by u£ty Con. graduates of DLSU 1 student leaders from and are full-time. 1 twelve non-sectarian workers of CYA. ;
Campos.
Both
I I
are
The
relationship
between CYA and Campus Ministry began when the leaders of both groupss Mike Joseph
Jr"
f
and. Fr .•
Ramon Salinas met as if by
O .• P •• divine
ii
pr-ov Lderice , Both
share
men
a cow~on
love and great concern for the youth .•
,
CYAPARTICIPATES
ARCliDIOCESAN OUTREACH efforts~ Calling TO YOUTH their group a ~brother-hood gave them the " ince February of ide~'1tity of a frater,1981+ eYA has been ni ty To their classi working closely with mates and ' f'riends! a the Campus MinistrY$ Christ Lan :fraterni ty .youth arm of the was aome t hd.ng new a And so many other men I Archdiocese of Manila ". '.the initial coopbegan to be intcrested in knowing what , erative project was a the B of' C was really I succesful seveD-week eLP. which began last all about. f Ii
sennols and universit18a under the care of the Archdlocesa~
that 1984
abundant ~~ulu the .:J
lO~::~ein I
and-take up his cr-o sa
page 3
'l'}ley t·h~t ;.-,t;;\.
agreed
in
:f~~st ~~e+{n~ th.at in order for the young people today to become respon .• sible leaders in SO~ ciety and the Church tomorrow, they need to have a personal dedication to follow Jesus~ In this con~....
:.L..,_
'0
u04
f
text~
Fr.
asked
CYA
Salinas to
help
work among students of the non-sectarian
schools, students "each with a soul and a mission to return to heaven" as Fr. Salinas put it.
This is a tremendous privilege, as well as
a new
lenge for ·though
the
chal~
CYA. task
Alis
1<
not an easy one, the leaders of CYA are confident that. with help from the Lord
I
I
and from
!
people supporting
i
t~
work" ·this
many
other
the
challenge
can be well met.
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eVA'NEWS
pale 4 SUMMER· (Cont~d from
bangkang papal
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page 1)
In 1982 we sponsored a three .. weeklong "Basic' Track" program for some 30 leaders from the different affiliates of CYA.
The summer of 1983 saw two tracks being conducted simultaneously. a "Basic Track", and an "Advanced Track" for those who finished the 1982 program. A total of 87 student leaders both loeal and foreign completed the month-long training program. This May, the Leaders' Training 'Program consisted of the "Basic' Track" only. A total of 80 leaders attended the morning sessions held from Tuesdays to Fridays at the Bles.sed ·Lorenzo Ruiz Catholic Center. The Program Director was Rogel Plata. May Sun)
WEEKEND
18-20
(FriLEADERS'
RETREAT.
Integral to the Training Program was a weekend retreat for the same part~cipants who went through the teaching course. The retreat served as the cUlminating activity .of the course f arid provided the spiritual boost with its
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of "Discipleship". It was led by Francis Iturralde. May
2.5. (Fri)
ENTERTAINMENT 1NIGHT. First begun in May of 1983. the Entertainment Night is a manyfaceted celebration of joyous Christian living. Young Christian men and women from the different affiliate groups come together to present the Gospel message through song, dance,
skit. forth.
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This year's Ent.ertairunent Night was entitled "Taste and See", and was held at the St. Francis Auditorium at Lourdes School. Mandaluyong. It was attended by over 400 young people from allover Metro Manila. The program director was Andy Juan.