Competition for the logo, the anthem lyrics, and the official prayer text
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On December 1, 2015, the CADIS International Foundation, already operating as CTF (Camillian Task Force), was legally registered in Italy as a non-profit humanitarian and development organization of the Order of the Ministers of the Sick (Camillians). Next December 2025 marks the tenth anniversary of CADIS International.
CADIS has intervention programs in countries at risk of disasters such as India, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Kenya, Haiti, Burkina Faso, Benin, Uganda, Tanzania, Peru, Chile, Brazil, as well as in Italy and Poland.
It collaborates with the local Church, when present, and with other humanitarian organizations around the world. In most of these countries, CADIS has strategic local offices and works with local partner structures to ensure a timely, coordinated, and organized response to emergencies.
The vision has always been to pursue the fullness of life in resilient communities. Today, CADIS provides humanitarian, psychosocial, pastoral, and development assistance to populations affected by natural disasters and other calamities, as well as long-term projects to build and strengthen the resilience of affected communities. It is composed of lay people, religious, and organizations that share its mission and respect the principles and teachings of Camillian spirituality of serving the sick and suffering even at the risk of their own lives.
To this end, CADIS International is launching a competition and wishes to invite the various entities that make up the great Camillian Family spread throughout the world, those who collaborate with it, and all supporters of our mission to create the Logo, the text of the Hymn, and the text of the official Prayer for this Anniversary.
The logo, the text, and the prayer must contain the Anniversary slogan: A decade of impact, a future of possibilities and must refer to the theme of the Anniversary “A decade of compassion and empowerment: From crisis response to building resilient communities.”
Furthermore, the logo, the texts, and the text of the prayer will be admitted as follows:
1. LOGO
The logo must identify and summarize, in terms of communication, the vision and mission of CADIS International through the slogan A decade of impact, a future of possibilities. It must therefore have the following characteristics:
- it must be original, unpublished, developed specifically for the competition, aesthetically effective, easily distinguishable and adaptable to different sizes, scalable up or down, always maintaining its effectiveness on different sizes, surfaces and uses;
- it must not infringe or violate the rights of third parties, including copyright, trademarks, patents and any other intellectual property rights;
- it must not contain effigies or photographs or other identifying elements without authorization;
- it must be suitable or adaptable to any medium used;
- it must be reproducible while maintaining its effectiveness in any size, format and type of print;
- it must contain the inscriptions: 2015-2025: A decade with CADIS;
- it must be reproducible in four-color, grayscale and black and white.
2. TEXT OF THE HYMN
The text of the hymn must contemplate and synthesize, in terms of communication, the vision and mission of CADIS International through the slogan A decade of impact, a future of possibilities. It must therefore have the following characteristics:
- it must be presented in English; if in another language, provide the exact translation in English,
- it must be syllabic, melodic, and strophic,
- it must consider the spiritual context and at the same time be in line with the times,
- it must be original and unpublished,
- the composition must be poetic and the text must be composed of several stanzas,
- the stanza is generally composed of three or four lines of eight syllables each and they are identical in their metric structure.
- those among the composers who are able to set their texts to music should do so. Otherwise, the CADIS Team will appoint competent people to set the selected texts to music.
3. TEXT OF THE PRAYER
The prayer must identify and summarize, in terms of communication, the anniversary of CADIS International through the slogan A decade of impact, a future of possibilities. It must therefore have the following characteristics:
- it must be brief overall and in any paragraphs,
- it must be presented in English; if in another language, provide the exact translation in English,
- it must reflect the deep commitment and compassion of CADIS towards the most vulnerable,
- it must also reflect the care of the heart, our common home, as inspired by Pope Francis' Encyclical Laudato Si'.
4. PROCEDURE RULES
The material participating in the competition:
1. must be received by the CADIS Team no later than JUNE 29, 2025,
2. must not be published or otherwise disclosed before the official publication date established by the CADIS International Team,
3. must not be submitted to other events or competitions,
4. must be sent to the email address: anniversary@cadisinternational.org with the specific subject “CADIS Anniversary. Creation of Logo / Anthem / Prayer” according to what is being submitted and your full name in the text,
5. must contain the following:
For the logo:
- a technical-descriptive report of the designed idea indicating its characteristics and explaining the logic and communicative intentions, in pdf format,
- color logo table in high-resolution jpg format,
- grayscale logo table in high-resolution jpg format,
- black and white logo table in high-resolution jpg format,
- proof of logo scalability: small 0.8×0.8 cm; medium 3×3 cm; large 10×10 cm,
- indication of colors in CMYK, RGB, and optionally Pantone® format,
- indication of the fonts used and their size.
For the text of the Anthem and for the text of the Prayer:
- a technical-descriptive report of the designed idea indicating its characteristics and explaining the logic and communicative intentions, in pdf format,
- texts in word format, not pdf,
- text in English or, if in another language, the exact translation in English,
- the text must not include the names of the authors,
- copy of an identity document in pdf format,
- consent to data processing completed and signed.
6. the submitted material will be kept until the winners of the competition are determined. The CADIS International Team for the 10th anniversary of the Constitution of CADIS International is expressly exempt from the obligation to return the materials received,
7. the Team reserves the right to ask the authors to partially modify the Logo and/or the texts of the Anthem and the Prayer to be translated for possible use in foreign markets.
N.B. These are indicative and not exhaustive objectives. Consequently, the texts of the Logo or the Anthem and the Prayer that do not correspond to the targets will be evaluated with and like all the others.
GENERAL NOTE
By the very act of participating in the competition, the authors selected for the 10th Anniversary of CADIS International assign and transfer to the CADIS International Team the rights and powers described in the following list and, in relation to them, irrevocably and expressly waive, in favor of CADIS International, any right to compensation, remuneration or claims, including against third parties to whom CADIS International may transfer, in whole or in part and for any reason, the listed rights, whether free of charge or for a fee:
- Right of first use through public performance for the opening of the Anniversary.
- Exclusive right to reproduce on records, CDs, musical DVDs, and on any other chosen technological/digital medium and to commercially exploit and distribute in any form and manner worldwide in the quantity that CADIS International, at its sole discretion, deems appropriate.
CADIS International has the right to:
- Transfer such reproduction and exploitation rights to third parties without the authors being able to raise any objection or claim against CADIS International or the selected third parties (except for copyright royalties which will be paid under the terms and in the manner provided by law by S.I.A.E.).
- Set the selected texts to music.
- Reproduce or have reproduced by third parties, authorized by CADIS International, the songs (lyrics and music; lyrics or music) through printed paper (albums or other forms) and through any digital platform existing today or that may be invented in the future, and their dissemination.
- Reproduce or have reproduced by third parties the literary text and musical parts, in the interest of disseminating the songs participating in the event, on record covers, newspapers, magazines, records, CDs, DVDs, and on any other paper or technological/digital medium.
CADIS International reserves the right to make any changes to these regulations that may be necessary on the occasion of the Anniversary (December 1, 2025 - December 1, 2026).
Participation in the competition implies formal acceptance of these regulations in every article.
CADIS Anniversary Commission
