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Key Personnel
Archbishop:
Archbishop Jose S. Palma
Chairman:
Rev. Msgr. Arthur R. Navales, PC
Vice-chairman:
Rev. Fr. Kit Sestoso
Youth Leader:
Krishna Jacalan
Address:
2nd Floor, Cardinal Rosales
Pastoral Center (Patria de Cebu),
P. Burgos St., Cebu City 6000
5th Archdiocesan Youth Congress

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Prayer of the Youth
on the occasion of the CBCP Year of the Youth

Almighty Father, God of life and love,
through time and ages, You love us.
You trust and choose us
to participate in Your saving work.

Bless us, Your young people,
with Your grace.
Give us the gift of living life to the full
by encountering Your Son
in a personal way
and sustaining a relationship with Him,
by learning what life truly is
from His words and works,
from His filial relationship with You,
And by living in true and fruitful
communion with You
and with one another.

Empower us through Your Holy Spirit
to stand firm in the faith.
May we bring our fellow young people
closer to You so that together,
we become agents of change
and builders of a society of justice and
solidarity, love and peace.

Enable all of us:
Your young people,
together with those ministering to us
in the Church, in families and in society,
to make a decisive response
to our universal vocation;
to live fully and fruitfully
by doing everything in love
as we follow Jesus Christ
along the path of genuine trust in You.

In communion with the rest of the Church,
we pray that this CBCP Year of the Youth
become a kairos time
for the youth ministry of Your Church
and a new springtime for us,
Filipino youth: a special period
of growing in Your grace
through our living in youthful holiness
and through our effort to reach out
as a Church to those waiting for Your love.

Together with our Blessed Mother,
our model in giving oneself
entirely to Your will,
we lift this prayer to You
in Jesus Christ, Your Son,
our Friend, Brother and Lord,
in the Power of the Holy Spirit,
now and forever. Amen.
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ARCHDIOCESAN YOUTH CENTER

 

Message from Cardinal Vidal

 
ADDRESS AT THE BLESSING AND INAUGURATION OF THE ARCHDIOCESAN YOUTH CENTER
November 12, 2011
By RICARDO J. CARDINAL VIDAL
Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu


My dear Monsignor Arthur Navales,
Distinguished guests,
My dear young people,


"I shall pour out my spirit on all humanity, your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young people shall see visions, your old people dream dreams." (Joel 3:1).

These words from the prophet Joel remind me of the vision which Mons. Arthur made us see a little more than a year ago. Back then, it was only an artist's perspective, a drawing on paper. Today, that dream has become literally concrete.

Thanks to Mons. Arthur and the young people of the Commission on Youth, I, an old man, am still able to dream dreams. Their vision allowed me to see possibilities which were far-fetched before, but the reality you see today is more than enough proof of their uncanny ability to realize their vision.

I know this building was the fruit of pure hard work. Young people had to beg, literally, with their empty water bottles and cans, from house to house, from parish to parish. I know that one time, one of our youth coordinators was crossing Escario Street while carrying a bottle made heavy with coins, until the weight was too much and the bottle, along with its contents, spilled unto the busy street. No one helped our youth volunteer. The onlookers merely looked, while a few pocketed the bills that flew in their directions.

This building was built with the tears and sweat of young people. But it would not have been possible without the support of those among you who believed in our young people. Thank you, my dear benefactors, for believing in our young people, thank you for sharing their vision.

Even as my sight may be a bit dimmer now, I can still see a bright future for our young people. May this youth center be the vanguard of that future, the citadel where young sentinels will announce a new dawn for our Church.