By Dr. Michael Campos, High School Religion, Theology and Spirituality Faculty
Seminar 2, Day 4: I am Chosen
The morning began with an early morning walk to the beach. Drawing from the post-Resurrection narrative from the 21st chapter of the Gospel of John, a few participants role-played the story of Jesus appearing to Simon Peter soon after the crucifixion. Believing that he was dead, Peter and a few disciples had returned to their “old ways” as fisherfolk, struggling always to meet the day’s quota of fish. Prodded by Jesus (whom they initially took for a stranger), Peter caught an abundance of fish. But even before this miraculous haul, they only truly encountered Jesus when he broke bread — had breakfast! — among them. One is chosen, it seems, through the sharing of a meal, a partaking of another’s story.
Photos by Dr. Michael Campos, Religion, Theology & Spirituality, Faculty
Animated by dance and song, we welcomed the dawn by opening our bodies to the emerging light and the gentle sound of the ocean encroaching on the unmarked sand. We then “broke bread” over a breakfast of rice, corned beef, sausages, coffee and organic teas.
The day’s session began with a presentation by Mel Lopez (De La Salle University, Manila) on “Human Development” in the context of organization structures. Conversations focused on the necessity of “agency” and “autonomy” to ground organizational functions. Bridging the technical aspects of organization structure with psycho-social health, Mel addressed the tension between professional ambition and existential vocation/purpose. She took account of the Christian tradition’s roots in Aristotelian/Hellenistic principles, where “purpose” is understood to be an extension of an “essential personhood.”
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