A TEACHER’S CREED

I believe that teaching is not a profession but a vocation, demanding dedication and a deep
sense of commitment An Initiative of Jesus Youth
I believe that I am a co-worker with God, in the divine task of molding and forming the young and A Missionary Movement at the Service of the Church
growing minds entrusted to my care
I believe that just as a lamp diffuses light, dispelling the surrounding darkness, so I too as a Don Bosco Utume February 15, Sunday: Issue 82
teacher am meant to diffuse understanding and knowledge, dispelling the darkness of ignorance
and doubt • Jambo You(th) is a weekly news letter aimed at helping the Youth in moulding their daily
I believe that as a teacher preparing children for the 21st century, I must “dare to be different” in lives in Christ.
my methodology and approach, challenging their intelligence, stimulating their curiosity, exciting
• Our vision is expressed in just two phrases: GOOD CHRISTIANS and
their imagination, and inculcating in them sound values.
I believe that every child is special and must be treated as such RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
I believe that I must not differentiate between my students, and that I must not show any per-
Pep-up : Stories for Reflection
sonal preference or dislikes
The Young and the Bible : II Timothy and Titus

I believe that I must not let my own problems, frustrations and anxieties colour and affect my
work and my attitude towards my students
I believe that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It is my personal approach that cre-
ates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I believe that as a teacher I possess a tremendous power to make a child’s life miserable or
joyful. I can humiliate or humour, or hurt or heal, and in all situations, it is my response that de-
cides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or dehumanized.
I believe that although teaching may not hold out the promise of increasing monetary gain to the
same extent as other professions, its greatest reward is in the appreciation and affection of one’s
students and in the challenge that each new day brings something that no money can buy.
I believe that having willingly chosen to be a teacher, I must also be willing to respond with the
effort, dedication and zeal, that teaching demands and deserves.
Last Drop
WANTED !
The Messiah, the Son of God, King of kings, Lord of lords!
Notorious leader of an underground liberation movement wanted for the following
charges :-
• Practicing medicine, wine making and food distribution without license
• Interfering with the business men in the temple
• Associating with known criminals, radicals, subversives, prostitutes and street people.
Beware :This man is extremely dangerous. His insidiously inflammatory message is par-
ticularly dangerous to young people who haven’t been taught to ignore Him yet. He
changes people and claims to set them free.
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Features
Points to Ponder : When I Said...
Saint of the Week : Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
Reflection : A Teacher’s Creed
Last Drop : Wanted!
Missed Chance
A massive flood hit a small town near the Mississippi River. One levy in the river had bro-
ken, causing the flooding to occur while another levy was predicted to break in the hour.
A man who owned a house along the river stood on the roof of his house as water had en-
gulfed the rest of it. Water levels were slowly rising. A rescue boat came to save the man
from his house. The boat approached and the rescuers told the man another levy was about
to break and the water would move over his house, sweeping him away to his drowning
death. The man told the rescuers he did not need help because he believed in God and that
God would save him. Twenty minutes later, the rescuers returned, trying to help the man
escape. Once again, the man waved off the rescuers saying that God would save him. Ten
minutes afterwards, the rescuers returned again, saying it would be the last time they could
return because the levy was about to break. They asked him one last time to get on the
rescue boat. He said once again that he believes in God and God would save him from the
levy even if it should break. A few minutes after the rescuers left, the levy broke and the
rushing waters engulfed the house, carrying away the man to his drowning death.
When the man reached the Heavens, he stood at the gates to enter. He told the men at the
gates that he wanted to see God. When he saw God, he asked, "What happened? I thought
you were going to save me? Why didn't you save me?" God replied, "I did try to save you. I
sent the boat three times.".
Lesson: Do not expect God to come to us in person to answer our requests. God comes to
us through our fellow human beings. What we need is only the humility to recognize him in
our neighbours.

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Pauline Year Special 12
The Second Letter of Paul to Timothy (Continued)
21. Who would be persecuted according to Paul? Those who want to live a godly life
in Christ will be persecuted (3:10-12)
22. What can we use the sacred Scriptures for? For teaching, reproof and for correc-
tion and for training in righteousness (3:16)
23. Why did Paul instruct Timothy to bring Mark with him? For he was useful in Paul’s
ministry (4:11)
24. Who strongly opposed the message of Paul? Alexander the Coppersmith (4:14)
25. What is the final blessing in the second letter to Timothy? The Lord be with your
spirit , May grace be with you all (4:22)
The Letter of Paul to Titus
1. Where did Paul leave Titus behind? Crete (1:5)
2. Why did Paul leave Titus behind? To appoint elders in every town (1:5)
3. What should be the qualities of a bishop according to Paul? “As God’s steward he
must be blameless, he must not be arrogant or quick tempered or addicted to
wine or violent or greedy for gain.” (1:7)
4. Why does Paul instruct Titus that idle talkers and deceivers must be silenced?
Since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain which is
not right to teach (1:10-11)
5. Who are the people who profess that they know God but deny him by their actions?
The idle talkers and deceivers (1:15)
6. How should the older woman be? Be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers
or slaves to drink (2:3)
7. What should Titus urge the young men to be? Self-controlled (2:6)
8. What has appeared bringing salvation to all? The grace of God (2:11)
9. What did the goodness and loving kindness of God, our Saviour , bring when he
appeared? Salvation (3:4)
10. Through whom did God pour out the riches of the Holy Spirit? Through Jesus
Christ (3:6)
11. According to Paul's promise who will he send to Titus? Artemas and Tychicus
(3:12)
12. Where did Paul decide to spend the winter season? At Nicopolis (3:12)
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. Ghanaian Proverb
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When I Said...
When I said to the Lord "I am so short of where you want me to be."
He gently answered "That's okay. That's all the farther you and I can
walk together."
When I said to the Lord "I don't know who I am."
He gently answered "That's okay. I know who you are."
When I said to the Lord "I am so tired of fighting."
He gently answered "That's okay. Satan is down for the count."
When I said to the Lord "My actions aren't reflecting my heart."
He gently answered "That's okay. Mine did."
When I said to the Lord "My mind is corrupted."
He gently answered "That's okay. Use mine for awhile."
When I said to the Lord "I don't know how to love."
He gently answered "That's okay. I will give you free lessons"
SAINT for the WEEK
February 17 Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
These were seven men of well-to-do Florence families, who in the 13th. century were
impelled by the corrupt state of the city to form a Confraternity and later the Order of Fri-
ars known as the Servants of Mary or the Servites. They lived outside the city as hermits
on Monte Senario and initially had no intention of allowing others to join them, though
they were eventually persuaded to change their minds. The Servites were then estab-
lished, as an Order of friars rather than of monks, and various houses of the Order were
set up, at first all in Italy. They did not arrive in England until the 19th. century. The Ser-
vites were instrumental in spreading the devotion to the Seven Sorrows of our Lady.
Their principal church is the Annunziata in Florence. The last surviving of the ten original
founders was St. Alexis Falconieri, who remained a lay-brother of the Order throughout
his life. The seven founders were canonised in 1887.
There is no medicine to cure hatred. Ghanaian Proverb
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