The Atenean’s Prayer and Pledge

 

Lord Jesus, our Teacher and Master, we praise and thank You for the gifts of body and spirit, mind and heart, life and love We thank you for the privilege and responsibility of college education at the Ateneo de Naga University

 

Send us Your Holy Spirit that we may learn more each day about You, the human person and society, and the wonders and richness of Your creation Give us the knowledge and skills we need to serve you, the Church, and our neighbor.

 

Teach us to be generous teach us to serve You as You deserve To give and not to count the cost. To fight and not to heed the wounds. To toil and not to seek for rest. To labor and not to ask for reward, save that of knowing that we do Your most Holy will. Make each one of us aware that our Ateneo education cannot be for ourselves alone. In great part, it is a trust to us, of our family, our school, our people and our God.

 

Relying on your grace, we humbly respond to this trust.

 

We pledge to develop our minds and to expand our hearts to acquire knowledge and competence, and to be rooted in the values of Your Gospel

 

We pledge to be “men and women for others” dedicated to the service of the Church and our society

 

As we begin another year at the Ateneo, we pledge in a special way to prepare ourselves to give our share for the development of the human community, especially in the Philippines and in Bikol Amen.