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Ateneo Socio-Civic Engagement for National Development Excellence Awardees for SY 2024-2025 (OVPMI Memo)
23 June 2025 TO: The University Community FROM: (Sgd) Benjamin Gerardo T Tolosa Jr PhD Vice President for Mission Integration SUBJECT: Ateneo Socio-Civic Engagement for...
Tumindig. Tumaya. Magmahal.
"Kaya ngayong araw, higit sa pagtanggap ng diploma, tinatanggap ninyo ang isang mas mabigat na atas: ang maging katiwala ng pag-asa . It is of a future that is still being fought for. So I call on you: Tumindig. Tumaya. Magmahal. Stand up, especially when it is not popular. Take a risk, especially when the truth is being twisted. Love, especially when hope is being mocked by others."
'Solo el que ensaya lo absurdo'
"This, dear friends, is the beauty of Magis—not to do more, but to be more. To live the examined life, a life made ever richer by every failure, every heartache, every soul-crushing setback, every disappointing defeat... To fight, to dedicate ourselves in the service of the other, so they may live not only better lives but fuller lives."
Weaving light from darkness
"A question is alive; tend to it. A question can be scary; trust it. A question is a story; let it unfold. And when you have held it right, it will carry you; it will change you; and inevitably, your honest and beautiful pursuit of it would have changed others too."