{"id":18001,"date":"2019-07-09T14:35:13","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T18:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/?p=18001"},"modified":"2019-07-24T16:43:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T20:43:42","slug":"luzsilva19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insagrado.sagrado.edu\/en\/luzsilva19\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pastoral Center: A Key Aspect of My College Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just over a month since Sagrado\u2019s eightieth commencement ceremony, alumna Luz A. Silva Romero reflects on how the University\u2019s Pastoral Center was a determining factor in her path through college.<\/p>\n

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Luz Silva Romero (right) participates in one of the activities developed by the University\u2019s Pastoral Center. Photo supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By Luz A. Silva Romero
\n<\/strong>Sagrado 2019 Alumna<\/p>\n

I got involved in \u201cPastoral,\u201d as we endearingly call it, more than four years ago. If I had to summarize the experience in two words, they would be \u201ccomforting\u201d and \u201cenriching\u201d. Since the beginning, they provided me with opportunities to get involved in different personal growth and social volunteering projects.<\/p>\n

The Center fosters the development of intellectual freedom and moral conscience in college students, which propels us into a different kind of leadership. A leadership paradigm oriented toward service from a solidarity standpoint: helping and accompanying people and groups in the transformation of reality.<\/p>\n

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Luz (left) participates in different activities that foster leadership in solidarity. Photo supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In Pastoral, I lived through many significant experiences that contributed to my development as a person, a professional, and a Puerto Rican. Some of these are:<\/p>\n