“Jesuit education must be committed to providing a solid faith formation and theological education to all members of its community and ensure a solid catechetical formation for Catholics. Not every person associated with a Jesuit school is or will be Catholic, but they are invited to understand the ecclesial identity of the school and participate in that identity to the extent that is appropriate for them.
As educators in Jesuit schools face the future, they must learn to balance the particularism of their institutional roots with the pluralism of believers from many faith traditions as well as non-believers; they must be dialogue schools. In this sense, Jesuit schools are also committed to an inter-religious dialogue that prepares our students to understand, interact and embrace the religious diversity of our world”
“A Living Tradition” #171
We invite you to reflect on the contemporary educational issues and challenges that will be discussed at the II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024.
We would like your perspective on the issues and challenges you are facing
especially in light of the Universal Apostolic Preferences and to share your views with
the Global Community.
These global conversations will be important input to the II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024
where a specialized group of participants will gather from around the world.
Sharing God through Ignatian spirituality: Ignatian spirituality as part of our faith formation and forming the formators
Keynote Speaker: Damian Zynda, Th.D. (Director of Mission and Ministry at McQuaid Jesuit, Rochester, NY, USA)
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Reflect On Your Experience
Take a minute to pause and reflect on what you just heard and saw. Think about the following question. Again, you may choose to reflect on it individually or discuss it with some colleagues.
- How can we build an Ignatian culture based on the Spiritual Exercises and discernment in our schools?
Join The Conversation
Post your reflections here.
The reflections from this global conversation will be shared with the keynote speakers at the upcoming II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024.
Read what your fellow Ignatian educators belonging to our global network are saying.
Educating for Interreligious Dialogue
Keynote Speaker: Fatimah Husein, M.A., Ph.D. (Associate Director of the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies, ICRS)
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Reflect On Your Experience
Take a minute to pause and reflect on what you just heard and saw. Think about the following question. Again, you may choose to reflect on it individually or discuss it with some colleagues.
- What should our students learn and understand about religions and for what purpose/why? Is there a particular model which best suits my context?
Join The Conversation
Post your reflections here.
The reflections from this global conversation will be shared with the keynote speakers at the upcoming II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024.
Read what your fellow Ignatian educators belonging to our global network are saying.
Forming a Resilient Faith: Teaching for In-Depth Faith Formation in our secular context today
Keynote Speaker: Paul Sharkey, M.Th., M.Ed., Ph.D. (Postgraduate Coordinator at Catholic Theological College, Melbourne, Australia)
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Reflect On Your Experience
Take a minute to pause and reflect on what you just heard and saw. Think about the following question. Again, you may choose to reflect on it individually or discuss it with some colleagues.
- How can we accompany our staff and students and reimagine our religious education, faith formation programs and other areas of school life to help students form a resilient faith that leads them to God?
Join The Conversation
Post your reflections here.
The reflections from this global conversation will be shared with the keynote speakers at the upcoming II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024.
Read what your fellow Ignatian educators belonging to our global network are saying.
Educating for Faith as Catholic Schools in the Ignatian tradition
Keynote Speaker: Fr. Daniel Patrick Huang, S.T.D., SJ (Lecturer in Missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy)
Watch the video.
(To choose the subtitles in your preferred language, click on the “Settings”/”Gear” icon of the video).
Reflect On Your Experience
Take a minute to pause and reflect on what you just heard and saw. Think about the following question. Again, you may choose to reflect on it individually or discuss it with some colleagues.
- In light of the numerous challenges, we are facing in schools today, in what ways can we as Catholic schools:
1. accompany and evangelize our Catholic students, staff, and families?
2. accompany others in their faith journeys?
3. respond as the Jesuit Global Network of Schools (JGNS)?
Join The Conversation
Post your reflections here.
The reflections from this global conversation will be shared with the keynote speakers at the upcoming II Seminar JESEDU-Jogja2024.
Read what your fellow Ignatian educators belonging to our global network are saying.
