Amp|| Mark Ioseph L IV CIMA11I

AGNLS LL1ICIA MAkkLkC She work as a mald ln Pk aL Lhe age of 43 buL lrom Lhe drudgery of
housecleanlng and scrubblng baLhroom floors Manang LeLLy as Marrero ls fondly called now manages
a Lhrong of famlly buslnesses based ln ML rovlnce a Lhreepool garden resorL a drygoods sLore and a
banana planLaLlon (hll SLar/newsflashorg)

lf a woman aL her age was able Lo succeed laLer ln her llfe why can'L we do lL? lL's [usL a maLLer of
prlorlLles and Lhe deLermlnaLlon Lo reach for your dreams and reallze your goals and as Lhe famous
llllplno llne goes kung may Llyaga may nllaga" (lf Lhere's a wlll Lhere ls a way) 1he sLory of Manang
LeLLy should lgnlLe Lhe spark ln us Lo seL our long Lerm goals and reLlre ln a remarkable way l don'L wanL
Lo end up llke Lhe sLory of kuya (cllck) (revlous arLlcle) who spenL half of hls llfe abroad and aL Lhe age
of 63 years old yeL he cannoL afford Lo reLlre

l hope Lhere wlll be more sLorles llke of Lhe success sLory of a Lrue herolne ln Lhe person of ACnLS
LL1lClA MA88L8C She ls an average woman wlLh an exLraordlnary deLermlnaLlon survlvlng Lhe
dlfflculL llfe as an ClW and was able Lo make a name for herself

1he quesLlons now for us ClWs would be WhaL wlll you be 10 Lo 13 years from now? uo you Lhlnk you
can reLlre and en[oy Lhe frulLs of your labor ln Lhe comlng years? Cr you'll remaln an ClW unLll such
Llme LhaL you can no longer work or even board a plane Challenge ourselves and leL us Lhlnk ahead for
our fuLure because we may llke lL or noL Lhere ls noLhlng cerLaln abouL belng an ClW l for one am
hoplng LhaL someday l can go home and and wlll be able Lo brlng change and be llke Agnes Marrero and
Lden Zanlega de CasLrovllla)
CuallLles
She was poor aL LhaL Llme so she work as a mald ln Pk aL Lhe age of 43 buL from Lhe drudgery of house
cleanlng and scrubblng baLhroom floors Manang LeLLy as Marrero ls fondly called 1hese made her
sLrong ln her llfe
Mrs Marrero now manages a famlly resorL a dry goods sLore and a banana planLaLlon ln 1adlan ML
rovlnce A moLher of four she worked as a domesLlc helper ln Pong kong for 13 years



l ofLen Lhlnk back on Lhe World ?ouLh uay held ln Sydney ln 2008 1here we had an experlence of a greaL
fesLlval of falLh ln whlch Lhe SplrlL of Cod was acLlvely aL work bulldlng deep communlon among Lhe
parLlclpanLs who had come from all over Lhe world 1haL gaLherlng llke Lhose on prevlous occaslons
bore rlch frulL ln Lhe llves of many young people and ln Lhe llfe of Lhe whole Church now we are looklng
forward Lo Lhe nexL World ?ouLh uay Lo be held ln Madrld ln AugusL 2011 8ack ln 1989 several monLhs
before Lhe hlsLorlc fall of Lhe 8erlln Wall Lhls pllgrlmage of young people halLed ln Spaln ln SanLlago de
ComposLela now aL a Llme when Lurope greaLly needs Lo redlscover lLs ChrlsLlan rooLs our meeLlng
wlll Lake place ln Madrld wlLh Lhe Lheme llooteJ ooJ bollt op lo Iesos cbtlst fltm lo tbe foltb (cf Col
27) l encourage you Lo Lake parL ln Lhls evenL whlch ls so lmporLanL for Lhe Church ln Lurope and for
Lhe unlversal Church l would llke all young people Lhose who share our falLh ln !esus ChrlsL buL also
Lhose who are waverlng or uncerLaln or who do noL belleve ln hlm Lo share Lhls experlence whlch can
prove declslve for Lhelr llves lL ls an experlence of Lhe Lord !esus rlsen and allve and of hls love for
each of us