Transcript Seeding Hope for the Common Good

WUCWO
Panel at General Assembly
Fatima, Portugal
October 23, 2014
TERESA R. DAGDAG, MM, PhD
A. HOPE: WHY DO WE NEED
HOPE?
B. COMMON GOOD
C. INDUCTIVE METHOD:
SEE – JUDGE – ACT
1. SEE: ‘signs of the times’ (GS)
2. JUDGE: lived experience in
light of Gospel; analysis
3. ACT: programs of action
based on SEE and JUDGE
D. CONCLUSION and
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Spiritual practice
2. Incisive women’s
presence in the Church
3. Use inductive method
4. Need for Spirituality of
HOPE
5. WUCWO as Sowers of
Hope
A FEELING OF TRUST
DAILY EXPERIENCES
METAPHORS FOR HOPE
SUFFERING PRODUCES HOPE
POPE FRANCIS: HOPE and GOD’S PROMISE
GOOD FRIDAY, RESURRECTION, and PENTECOST
SCOPE—FRAGILE PEOPLE, FRAGILE EARTH
ONE EARTH COMMUNITY
EVANGELII GAUDIUM—POPE FRANCIS
GOVERNMENTS
CHURCH—WUCWO
 SEE: START WITH
PARTICULAR  GENERAL
LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR
REALITY
 JUDGE: GOD’S ACTION IN
OUR LIVED REALITIES
CHURCH’S TEACHINGS AND
PEOPLE’S REALITY
 ACT: CHOICE OF ACTION TO
ENSURE HOPE FOR
COMMUNITY
LIVED EXPERIENCES OF REALITY
CHURCH TO READ THE ‘SIGNS OF THE TIMES’ (Gaudium et
Spes, 1965)
‘THE JOYS AND HOPES, GRIEFS AND ANXIETIES OF THE
PEOPLE OF THIS AGE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR
OR IN ANY WAY AFFLICTED, THESE ARE THE JOYS AND
HOPES, GRIEFS AND ANXIETIES OF THE FOLLOWERS OF
CHRIST’ (Gaudium et Spes, 1)
ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS
HOW GOD IS PRESENT IN OUR LIVED REALITY?
HOW THE GOSPEL ADDRESSES OUR
EXPERIENCE?
ETHICS IS LACKING
ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION
‘Not to share one’s wealth
with the poor is to steal
from them and to take
away their livelihood. It is
not our own goods which
we hold, but theirs.’
(Evangelii Gaudium, 55)
Gospels: ATTITUDES
TOWARDS MONEY
TALENT INVESTING : (Matthew 25: 14-30)
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WHAT INSIGHTS
DO YOU HAVE
INTO THIS STORY?
30 PIECES OF SILVER
 FRIENDSHIP
 DISCIPLESHIP
 TRUST
WHAT OTHER VALUES DO
WE EXCHANGE FOR
MONEY?
EVANGELII GAUDIUM
by Pope Francis
BIG GAP BETWEEN MAJORITY POOR AND ‘FEW’ RICH (EG,55)
BE INVOLVED, ‘DON’T CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL INDIFFERENCE’
(EG, 54)
‘NO’ TO THE USE OF MONEY TO EXCLUDE OTHERS (EG,58)
SOCIOECONOMIC SYSTEM UNJUST IN ITS ROOTS (EG, 70)
PURSUIT OF COMMON GOOD MUST SHAPE ALL ECONOMIC
POLICIES (EG, 203)
‘This is what Yahweh asks of you…
that you act justly,
that you love tenderly,
and that you walk humbly
with your God.’ (Micah 6:8)
SEE
•What is your LIVED EXPERIENCE
OF FOOD AND HUNGER?
•WHO, WHAT, WHY, HOW OF
HUNGER
JUDGE
•GOSPEL SOURCES
•POPE’S STATEMENTS ON
HUNGER
•ANALYSIS OF HUNGER
 SHARE FOOD WITH HUNGRY
 CULTURE OF WASTE (FOOD)
 FOOD THROWN AWAY—
OTHERS ARE STARVING
 POWERFUL FEED ON THE
POWERLESS
 PEOPLE FIND THEMSELVES
EXCLUDED (EG, 53)
• FAO—142 countries look
at problem
• October 14—FAMILY
FARMING EVENT
by Catholic-Inspired
Organizations, Rome
• October 14–18, 2014, 41st
Session of CFS– FAO, Rome
• High-level panel of experts
ANALYSIS 1
PLAN ACTION
BASED ON
PROBLEM
(analysis)
WHY ARE
PEOPLE
HUNGRY?
SOLUTION 1
ANALYSIS 2
SOLUTION 2
Analysis 1:
PEOPLE ARE
HUNGRY
BECAUSE…
• they are too poor (no jobs, low pay)
Solution 1:
SUSTAINABLE
APPROACHES
• farming methods called agro-ecology
• organic farming
• small-scale family farms
• healthy food from healthy soil
How does WUCWO plan HER response to the problem of
hunger due to the poverty of the people?
Sustainable solutions go beyond doling out food
Doling our food to the hungry is only a temporary
solution
Corporate Conscience and SELF-Regulation in
investing: CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility)
Accountability for business behavior
SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: P P C
INDUCTIVE METHOD IN YOUR MEETINGS
A SPIRITUALITY OF HOPE
WUCWO : SOWERS OF HOPE
Pope Francis:
“We need to create still broader
opportunities for more incisive
female presence in the Church;
guaranteed in the very settings
where important decisions are
made both in church and social
structures.” (EG, 103)
WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN
YOUR LOCAL AREAS?
TRAINING FOR
DECISION MAKING
 TRAINING:
WUCWO NEEDS
TO RESPOND TO
THE POPE’S
INVITATION
 WUCWO’S PLAN
TO REALIZE THIS
CHALLENGE
TRAIN
USE
FOLLOW FRANCIS
TEACH OTHERS
SOWING HOPE FOR THE COMMON GOOD NEEDS A
SPIRITUALITY OF HOPE
‘SPIRITUALITY’ IS A SYSTEM OF LIFE
REGULAR PRACTICE OF PRAYER, CONTEMPLATION NEEDED
FOR EFFECTIVE ACTION FOR THE COMMON GOOD
SPIRITUALITY OF HOPE  PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE
POOR
MEANING OF THIS ROLE FOR EACH MEMBER OF WUCWO
PHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL STAMINA
LONG STRETCH OF HURDLES & CHALLENGES
PRAYER & COMMUNITY SUPPORT
NEED TO CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THE FRAGILE POOR & THE
FRAGILE EARTH
SIMPLE LIFESTYLE FOR JPIC
LONG HAUL!
YOUR ROLE IS NEEDED
DISCOVER
GET MUCH CLOSER
BE ATTENTIVE
HOLY SPIRIT will accompany you
Listen to those who need hope and learn from them
You will be CALLED TO SUFFER with those who need hope
Big doses of suffering would produce hope for you
DO NOT TIRE of DOING GOOD—COMMUNITY SUPPORT IS
IMPORTANT
As one LAMP lights another nor grows LESS, so HOPE
ENKINDLES HOPE
 “In every generation the Church holds
high the lamp of this hope before the
world. Today let us ask
 whether our lamps are alit with the oil of
faith, and
 to what extent we live as credible and joyfilled witnesses to our hope in God’s
promises.” (Audience, October 15, 2014)
Beloved:
I remind you, to rekindle the gift of God that is
within you through the laying of my hands…
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a
spirit of power and love and self-control.
Do not be ashamed of testifying to our
Lord…but take your share of suffering for the
gospel in the power of God.
Follow the pattern of the sound words which
you have heard from me, in the faith and love
that are in Jesus Christ;
guard the truth which has been entrusted to
you by the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.
Amen.
Thank you
Muito obrigado
Muchas gracias
Grazie mille
Merci beaucoup
Danke schoen
Salamat
Asante
Asant