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"In the face of a secularized society, we have to give value to the Catholic brand and recover the sense of Christian belonging". This was stated at the University of Navarra by the Bishop of Avila, Mons.XVI Course of update of high school Superior of Religious Sciences (ISCR)The event, which was attended by more than a hundred formators and catechists, was held at the University of Navarra.

During the session, degree scroll 'In hard times, strong friends of God', the Monsignor shared with the participants some reflections with which he encouraged them to rekindle the evangelizing passion, to which he said "all Christians are called".

He stressed that we have made God a "roleless part of contemporary society, not because of a militant atheism, but because of an overwhelming indifference on the part of Christians. We have locked references to the faith in such an intimate sphere of conscience that it has remained frozen in a strictly private sphere".

Faced with this reality, the Bishop of Avila encouraged the participants to live the scenarios and challenges in which it has fallen to them to live in the 21st century, as St. Teresa did in the 16th century: with fortitude, firmness, steadfastness and without pessimism.

And he proposed to them "to rediscover the contents of the faith professed, celebrated, lived and prayed". To this end, he told them that their great allies should be the Catechism of the Church and the Compendium, as well as "having enough creativity to make virtue lovable and the message attractive". 

More than thirty sessions of training

A total of 36 sessions were held at training: 10 common sessions in the morning and 26 in the afternoon, the latter with specific content of subjects of the different online training diplomas offered by the ISCR. ISCR.

After the welcome by José Manuel Fidalgo, director of the ISCR, Inma de Juan, project director of Arguments, was in charge of opening the sessions on Wednesday, August 28 with a discussion paper on 'The New Evangelization in the digital continent'. Professor Ricardo Piñero, Full Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Navarra, gave the next talk, which dealt with 'Passion through art'. position The last lecture of the morning was given by the writer José Luis González, who spoke on 'Writing -today- with a believing heart. Reading with your head in another place (in the other's place)'.

The sessions on Thursday, August 29, began with Elena Arbués, professor at the University of Navarra, who spoke on 'What is service-learning? School from Education and Psychology of the University of Navarra, who spoke about 'What is service-learning'. Raquel Lázaro, professor at the University of Navarra, spoke on 'What is service-learning'. School from Philosophy and Letters Raquel Lázaro, professor at the University of Navarra, gave the second session focused on 'Inspiration, myths and festivals: rediscovering the traces of the sacred'. José Manuel Fidalgo, Raquel Lázaro and Juan Luis Caballero, authors of the book Son tus huellas el camino, closed the morning with a lecture on 'Youth, vocation and freedom'.

Alfredo Rodriguez, priest and professor of Sociology, dictated the first lesson of the workshop on Friday, August 30, under the degree scroll 'Person or personality? Educational horizons of the Christian faith'. Next, Onésimo Díaz, theologian and researcher of Contemporary History at the University, explained how to 'Teach history through cinema and literature'. Finally, at 12.15 noon the course was closed by Bishop José María Gil-Tamayo, Bishop of Avila.