1. WUCWO Panel at General Assembly Fatima, Portugal Fatima, Portugal October 23, 2014 TERESA R. DAGDAG, MM, PhD

2. 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

3. A FEELING OF TRUSTDAILY EXPERIENCES METAPHORS FOR HOPESUFFERING PRODUCES HOPEPOPE FRANCIS: HOPE and GOD’S PROMISEGOOD FRIDAY, RESURRECTION, and PENTECOST

4. SCOPE—FRAGILE PEOPLE, FRAGILE EARTHONE EARTH COMMUNITYEVANGELII GAUDIUM—POPE FRANCISGOVERNMENTSCHURCH—WUCWO

5. 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

6. 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

7. HOW GOD IS PRESENT IN OUR LIVED REALITY? HOW THE GOSPEL ADDRESSES OUR EXPERIENCE? ETHICS IS LACKINGANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION

8. ‘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)

9. TALENT INVESTING : (Matthew 25: 14-30) 0 / WHAT INSIGHTS DO YOU HAVE INTO THIS STORY?

10. FRIENDSHIP DISCIPLESHIP TRUST 30 PIECES OF SILVER WHAT OTHER VALUES DO WE EXCHANGE FOR MONEY?

11. 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)

12. ‘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)

13. 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

14. 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)

15. FAO—142 countries look at problem October 14—FAMILY FARMING EVENT by Catholic-Inspired Organizations, Rome October 14–18, 2014, 41 st Session of CFS– FAO, Rome High-level panel of experts

16. PLAN ACTION BASED ON PROBLEM (analysis) WHY ARE PEOPLE HUNGRY? ANALYSIS 1SOLUTION 1ANALYSIS 2SOLUTION 2

17. they are too poor (no jobs, low pay) Analysis 1: PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY BECAUSE… farming methods called agro-ecology organic farming small-scale family farms healthy food from healthy soil Solution 1: SUSTAINABLE APPROACHES

18. How does WUCWO plan HER response to the problem of hunger due to the poverty of the people?

19. 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

20. SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: P P CINDUCTIVE METHOD IN YOUR MEETINGSA SPIRITUALITY OF HOPEWUCWO : SOWERS OF HOPE

21. 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?

22. TRAINING FOR DECISION MAKING TRAINING: WUCWO NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THE POPE’S INVITATION WUCWO’S PLAN TO REALIZE THIS CHALLENGE

23. TRAIN USE FOLLOW FRANCIS TEACH OTHERS

24. 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

25. MEANING OF THIS ROLE FOR EACH MEMBER OF WUCWOPHYSICAL & SPIRITUAL STAMINALONG STRETCH OF HURDLES & CHALLENGESPRAYER & COMMUNITY SUPPORT NEED TO CONTINUE TO CARE FOR THE FRAGILE POOR & THE FRAGILE EARTH SIMPLE LIFESTYLE FOR JPIC

26. LONG HAUL!YOUR ROLE IS NEEDEDDISCOVERGET MUCH CLOSERBE ATTENTIVE

27. HOLY SPIRIT will accompany youListen to those who need hope and learn from themYou will be CALLED TO SUFFER with those who need hopeBig 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

28. “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 joy- filled witnesses to our hope in God’s promises.” (Audience, October 15, 2014)

29. 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.

30. Thank you Muito obrigado Muchas gracias Grazie mille Grazie mille Merci beaucoup Danke schoen SalamatAsanteAsant