In this article, Fr. P. Willmer Moyetones shares an inspiring vision about the educational mission of the Augustinian Recollects: not only to transmit knowledge, but to to unsettle hearts so that young people can be a leaven of hope and justice in the world.

The art of educating

It is undeniable that our society faces profound challenges: violence, bullying and corruption seem to scourge us relentlessly. We perceive a palpable lack of leadership, not only in the political and social spheres, but even in the spiritual, which unfortunately distances us from an authentic coexistence.

Unsettling hearts

In the face of this reality, our Order in the field of education stands as a beacon, a space of discernment and hope. Here, our commitment remains firm: to form young people capable of responding to the great challenges of today’s society.. We strive tirelessly so that each student who graduates from our schools will be a good person and an authentic Christian, thus becoming a leaven of the Kingdom in the midst of the social complexity in which we live.

The Augustinian educational mission

This situation prompts us to ask ourselves: how can we form for the future without losing our Christian and Augustinian identity? How do we respond to the challenges of the present without forgetting our fundamental mission? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we accompany our young people without giving up that deep yearning for justice, dignity and peace?

We cannot afford to lose hope, neither in our young people nor in our religious. Today’s young people are enterprising and hardworking; let us continue to build a society of solidarity and fraternity, where we all feel equal, with the same rights and duties.where we all feel equal, with the same rights and duties.

Let us remind the students in our schools that they are here to learn precisely for a purpose: to build a better tomorrow.

To educate is to unsettle hearts

I emphasize in this reflection a fundamental pillar of our schools: we seek not only intellectual formation. Our purpose is also to to unsettle the hearts of each one of you.

“We want them to go out into a profound encounter with life, an encounter with others, with the world and, above all, with God. In this way, we aspire for them to be restless hearts that, in turn, unsettle other hearts.”

Educating to transform society

Our education has a clear mission to form people who are aware of their role in society: compassionate in the face of human suffering, competent in their knowledge and committed to social transformation..

We know that the tasks are demanding, but we cannot sit idly by. We cannot allow ourselves to live life with negativity; on the contrary, we must embrace it with hope and love, always trusting in God.

Gratitude and commitment

We are deeply grateful to all parents, teachers and each and every one of us in the educational community.

Thank you for continuing to believe in the transformative potential of education, for betting on the integral formation of students capable of looking at the world with depth, acting with justice and serving with hope.

Conclusion: educating with hope

Finally, I invite you to live always with an open and awakened hope, with an open heart and with the unshakable certainty that serving education at this time is a concrete and powerful way to love and transform our society today. serving education at this time is a concrete and powerful way of loving and transforming our society today..