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University Pastoral Programs Elaborate "New Integral Humanism"
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ROME, NOV. 19, 2004 - University
chaplains and the European bishops' conference seek to contribute to the
elaboration of "a new integral humanism" through their work in universities.
This week the bishops and chaplains released the first draft of "Guidelines for
University Pastoral Care in Europe," a document which articulates the
theological-pastoral reasons for an appropriate theoretical and practical
approach to the university realm and its culture.
The document offers a frame of reference for an organic evangelization of
culture, and states that "the university pastoral program contributes to the
elaboration of a new integral humanism."
"Man must be at the center of all scientific research and cultural endeavor,"
explained Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia, delegate of the European bishops’
conference, at the headquarters of Vatican Radio. "The human person must be at
the center with his/her rights, duties, and needs, including the spiritual and
moral. Integral humanism means this precisely: the full integrity of the human
person, in all his dimensions."
The text also reflects that the university pastoral program can contribute
likewise to the Christian roots of Europe, supporting "the development of the
university's life" and promoting a genuine cultural pastoral program, not
restricted to the attention of students and professors.
According to Monsignor Lorenzo Lezzy, coordinator for the European Committee of
University Chaplains, there are more than 500 university chaplains in the whole
continent, as quoted by the Italian newspaper Avvenire.
Giuseppe Dalla Torre, rector of Libera Universita Maria Santissima Assunta, said
that their work can foster "the inculturation of the faith and the
evangelization of the culture" which "enters fully in the responsibilities of
the Church, especially in the context of a secularized society such as the
contemporary."
The document also points out that in the European university scene, Catholic
centers represent a significant reality in the area of dialogue between faith
and culture, which the Christian community promotes.
In fact, "the purpose both of universities as well as of the Church's higher
centers of study is, first of all, to guarantee in an institutional way a
Christian presence in the university realm with a view to the important problems
of the society and culture of our time," clarified Agustin del Agua, director of
the episcopal subcommission for universities in Spain.
"As institutions of teaching and research, they intend, from the Christian
faith, to help in the integral formation of university students, recognizing
that it is Jesus Christ who discovers to man the greatness of his vocation and
gives meaning and fullness to his aspirations," he explained.
These centers work and exert themselves "to offer an education that is not only
intellectual" or "professional", but geared to "the person in all his richness,
which includes his insertion in history and openness to transcendence," he
specified.
Archbisop Nosiglia said, moreover, that it is "significant that the document
comes out in the Year of the Eucharist" to "remind all that the heart of the
humanistic culture is that gratuitous love that promotes a new man and a new
world."
The text is now entrusted to the European episcopal conferences, in particular
to the bishop who work specifically with University pastoral care, to chaplains,
and to those responsible for youth pastoral care, thus opening a phase of
consultation in view of the final writing planned for next autumn.
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