SMALL MUSTARD SEED - PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

Written history and that which is lived in everyday life, are scattered with investitures, sumptuous or simple ceremonies, in which one takes possession of a task or a new dignity.

Attention is focused today on the investiture, which symbolizes the beginning of professional practices, of a group of young people in the last year of studies in a technical professional high school in Chile. The Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, faithful to inspiration of its charism and the mission, carried out in the Church, considers the school as a privileged place for evangelization. The “Santa Rosa” Vocational Technical High School is an educational institution for women, officially recognized by the Bishopric of Rancagua as an Institution of Catholic Education. This high school is located in the urban area of the Libertador General Bernardo O Higgins Region, in the municipality of Rancagua.

The investiture in this high school acquires a particular tone in the educational rainbow, because in addition to training young professionals in the professional technical area with solid knowledge, it shapes Christian-Franciscan values ​​in them, thus feeding all the dimensions of their beings, in the personal, work and social sphere.

These young people belong to a lower middle social stratum, so officially taking on professional practices, in the specialty of nurses and in administration, is a challenge to personal improvement, to promote continuous specialization as a strategy to overcome adverse realities that have a positive impact on the paths and life projects of the students.

Since this institution has Christ as its foundation, the sending to professional practice takes place in the solemn context of the celebration of the Holy Mass, in which the sisters, teachers, high school staff, representatives of institutions and parents participate. Furthermore, this ceremony takes place on the occasion of the liturgical celebration in Latin America of Santa Rosa de Lima, patroness of this high school, invoked to accompany and guide each of the students in the technical professional journey, and in this way, they are attentive to the presence of God in their life and are a reflection of His goodness to those they are called to serve.

The credentials of both degrees were blessed in the Holy Mass and the headmistress of the high school, Sister Claudia Muñoz Lehue, hands them over to the fourth grade students wearing the uniform of their specialization. The young women, with joy and satisfaction, receive their identification credentials which symbolize the beginning of their professional practices, in an attitude of service and responsibility, accompanied, with hope and love, by their parents.

As the culmination of this investiture, the young women make their promise, committing themselves to carry out a quality work, considering everything that has been learned and satisfying the requirements that the Lyceum has established for the efficient carrying out of this stage.

"I ... student of the specialty of ... I am here in front of God and those present, wearing the uniform of the specialty that identifies me as a student of the Technical Professional Lyceum Santa Rosa and which represents the beginning of a new stage in my professional training process.

I promise to wear this uniform with respect, living Franciscan values, carrying out my task professionally, learning from the experience of others and putting all my learning at the service of others. In every step I take in this experience, that enriches my knowledge and my skills, I will be guided by the humility, responsibility and fraternity that characterize our community.

I ask St. Francis of Assisi and Santa Rosa of Lima to help me follow the right path and, by their example, teach me to love and serve others with professionality and generosity. "

The commitment of the educational institution has been, since its foundation, to educate women in Christian and Franciscan values, to train them in an integral way, with skills and techniques that lead them to enter the world of work, putting everyone at the service of society. their skills, their personal and professional talents.

With the psalmist, we acclaim: Praise the Name of the Lord, all you young people!