Building a Culture of Peace
Shaping the Vision, Living the Dream
UN International Day of Peace
21 September
1) To provide an avenue for CEAP memberschools to share their best practices in:
a) Integrating the concepts and principles of
Justice and Peace Education in all aspects of
school life; and
b) Implementing programs and advocacies on
justice and peace and related concerns.
2) To determine effective ways by which CEAP
and member-schools can critically engage
• government,
• business, media,
• the religious sector and
• other civil society groups
in our common pursuit of building a culture of
peace in Philippine society; and
3) To celebrate 70 years of CEAP as the biggest
educational association in the country
committed to advance and promote the
teaching function of the Catholic Church.
• Press Conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel
• Opening and Blessing of the EDUCATORS
EXHIBIT at the Apo View and The Royal
Mandaya Hotels
At the Ateneo de Davao (Matina Campus)
• Opening Eucharistic Celebration presided by
the Archbishop of Davao
• Opening Ceremonies
• Keynote Address
• Dinner
• 27 Concurrent Sessions in 3 clusters
1.Curriculum & Instruction
2.Recent Trends, Issues and Concerns Affecting
Private Education and School Administration
and Operations
3.Advocacy/Extension & Research
• 3 different venues
1. Apo View Hotel
2.The Royal Mandaya Hotel
3. Ateneo de Davao (Jacinto Campus)
***10 simultaneous Eucharistic Celebrations at
the Cluster I session rooms (8:00 AM)
At the Marco Polo Hotel
• 4:30 PM – Retirement Commission Assembly
at the Marco Polo Hotel
• 7:30 PM – Board of Trustees Meeting
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At the Ateneo de Davao – Matina Campus
Messages from:
1. CBCP President
2. CBCP Episcopal Commission on
Catechesis and Catholic Education Chair
Updates on the Peace Process by OPAPP
Secretary
Adoption of Resolutions
Synthesis
• Awarding of Jubilarians & Recognition of New
CEAP member-schools
• CEAP 75 Launch
• Closing Eucharistic Celebration presided by the
CBCP President
• Oath-taking of the Newly-Elected Officers and
Members of the Board of Trustees
• Sponsors’ raffle of major prizes
• Press Conference
Introduction
of the
Keynote Speaker
Rev Fr Albert E Alejo SJ
Aka “Paring Bert”
Born: 25 August 1958
Entered the Society of
Jesus: 30 May 1979
Ordained: 20 April 1991
• Chairman of the Board [and co-founder],
Mindanawon Initiatives for Cultural Dialogue
• Founder, Ehem! Anti-Corruption Movement
• Founder, Amuma Cancer Support Group
• Founding member, Coalition of Mindanao
Indigenous Peoples for Peace Advocacy
(COMIPPA)
• Project Director, Konsult Mindanaw
• Member, Reciprocal Working Committee,
Philippine Government (GPH) Team
negotiating with the National Democratic
Front (NDF)
• Assistant to the AdZU President for Social
Development
• Some well-known publications
– “Tao Po! Tuloy!: Isang Landas ng Pag-unawa
sa Loob ng Tao”
– “Generating Energies in Mount Apo:
Cultural Politics in a Contested
Environment”
– “Ehemplo – Spirituality of Shared Integrity
in Philippine Church and Society”
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Activist
Actor
Artist
Anthropologist
Consultant
Confidant
Philosopher
Poet
Speaker
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Scholar
Multimedia Producer
Story-teller
Multi-awarded Writer
Researcher and Publisher
Peace advocate
Teacher
Song-writer
Mindanawon…. Human…. Christian…. Jesuit
priest….