“You’re hope.” is the motto of the 27th Catholic and Public Life Conference. The conference, co-directed by ACdP’s Maria San Gil and José Massip, will take place on the 14th at the San Pablo CEU University Headquarters in Madrid. … November 15th and 16th.
It is not just an academic appointment, but also because it comes with the rigor and university package. But fundamentally, and this is the principle of the first president. ACdPÁngel Herrera Oria is life-oriented.
Parliament and its conclusions are made to be carried out. These are not abstract exhibits. It’s not a bullfight.. It’s about putting yourself in front of a real-life 500kg bull.
For this reason, even the details of slogans and posters are no accident. “You’re hope.” That clearly places us in the central theme of this event: hope.
Georges Bernanos explained it accurately: “Only those who have the courage to despair of the illusions and lies masquerading as hope have hope.Hope involves risk, even the risk of risks.And, as the much-respected Pope Francis recalled, “For Christians, hope is not an optional choice, but a necessary condition.”
CEU conference motto
That’s why this comma and that accent in our motto this year are so memorable. motto “You’re hope.” I would like to answer your questions. Where do we go to find the essential condition of hope? And when we strip away the accents and commas, we have to answer the question: “Does hope refer to our concrete reality, or is it just a theory?”
Add to this the genius of the poster by JM Nieto, the paper’s cartoonist and author of “Fe de Rats.” He depicts Congress with a spotlight shining on one of the characters walking among his colleagues, reminiscent of that prayer of Cardinal Newman, the new Doctor of the Church.
Pablo Velasco Quintana. ACdP National Communications Secretary and Humanities Dean USPCEU