First of two parts As a secondary teacher in Australia, school holidays are an opportunity to rest and regenerate. Sometimes they present opportunities to travel and encounter the lives and cultures of people far different from our own. In July … Continued
Can a Jesuit University on one side of the world transform the lives of people halfway across the globe? German Jesuit Fr Peter Balleis believes so and his organisation has done it. Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) is bringing Jesuit education … Continued
Several enrichment workshops were organised by Xavier Jesuit School (XJS) Cambodia in September for teachers of mathematics, science and art in collaboration with friends from Singapore and Korea. From September 9 to 12, XJS teachers learnt the Singaporean mathematics teaching … Continued
One of the distinguishing features of Jesuit education is the inclusion of community service in the curriculum. The Beijing Center (TBC) is rooted in the Ignatian tradition of being “men and women for others”. Since TBC’s founding in 1998, students … Continued
On the morning of September 19, the junior and senior high schools of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu in the Philippines opened their doors to welcome 50 Ignatian educators from Asia Pacific into their classrooms. They were participants in the … Continued
Who am I? Who do I want to become? How can I grow in this planet we call “Earth”? Answering these questions seems easy enough. We learned the answer to the first two questions back in kindergarten. But the third … Continued
Ever since the time of St Ignatius of Loyola in the 16th Century, the Church has requested the Jesuits to help in the formation of diocesan seminarians. This was the beginning of the Collegio Romano in Rome as the centre … Continued
It has been 20 years since the surrender of the Khmer Rouge, but Cambodia remains deeply scarred by decades of war and conflict. One of the poorest countries in the world, it has vastly inadequate healthcare and education infrastructure. Just … Continued
Xavier Jesuit School Cambodia introduced “Mindfulness Meditation” to the kindergarten and primary school students during their morning assembly and lunch break. It was quite a challenge to get the kids to sit still, stay calm and close their eyes while … Continued
On May 21, Dr Jane Bleasdale from the Department of Leadership Studies at the University of San Francisco (USF), Dr Michael Duffy of the McGrath Institute USF and graduate students Ria Fresnoza and Tricia Land, led a Personal Development Workshop … Continued