Education Secretaries of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific (JCAP) were in Taipei from May 14 to 18 to discuss the II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU JOGJA 2020, and to identify concrete ways in which the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) of the Society of Jesus can be promoted by our schools.

II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU JOGJA 2020 is the second global gathering of Jesuit secondary schools. The first international colloquium was held in Boston College in 2012. About 500 school leaders will gather in Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia from June 29 to July 4, 2020 to learn more about “Educating for depth and reconciliation”.

The education secretaries held spiritual conversations on the UAPs. To concretise the conversations, they identified what they considered “crucial threats” and “promising opportunities” in their work of education.

“The discussions were rich and full of fresh insights that should guide our schools in concretising these apostolic preferences this decade”, said JCAP Education Secretary Fr Johnny Go SJ. “The conversations about the UAPs are expected to continue among our schools”, he added.

Apart from the annual reports from the Provinces and the Regions, the group also took the opportunity to visit St Ignatius High School (徐匯中學), where each learned about the school’s flagship formation programme called Life Education. [JCAP Education]