CEU: You, Hope

It’s not just an academic appointment, and it’s just that, because it has the precision and university packaging. But basically, this is the principle of what the first president was for ACdPAngel Herrera Urrea is life-oriented.

The conference and its conclusions are put into practice. These are not abstract exhibitions. It’s not a bullfight. It’s putting yourself up against the 500-pound bull of reality.

For this reason, even the details of the logo and poster are not the result of coincidence. “You, Hope” It brings us clearly into the main theme of this event: hope.

George Bernanos explained it precisely: “Only those who had the courage to despair of the illusions and lies in which they found the security they falsely assumed for the sake of hope. Hope is a risk that must be taken. It is even the risk of risks. As the much-missed Pope Francis stated, ‘For Christians, hope is not an optional option, but a prerequisite.’”

CEU conference logo

That’s why this comma and this accent in our logo this year are so striking. Logo “You, Hope” He wants to answer the question: Where do we go to find that basic condition of hope? If we remove that accent and that comma, we have to answer the question: Does hope refer to our concrete reality or are we just making up a theory?

Added to this is the genius of the poster drawn by J.M. Nieto, the cartoonist of this newspaper and the creator of “Fe de Rats.” He highlighted the conference by highlighting one of his characters walking among his peers, which is reminiscent of the prayer of the Church’s new teacher, Cardinal Newman: I do not ask you to see the distant horizon clearly, it is enough for me to take just one step forward.

Written by Pablo Velasco Quintana. National Secretary for Communications ACdP and Dean of the College of Humanities USPCEU