Jesuits to Set Up Educational Institute in Timor Leste
After years of consultation and planning and with the return of Colégio de São José to the Diocese of Dili, the Society of Jesus has decided to establish an educational institute in Timor Leste.
Jesuit Institutions To Grow Green Campuses
Jesuit colleges and universities in Asia Pacific have committed to becoming green campuses.
LST and Heythrop Discuss Religions and Cultures
A forum entitled Theological Views on Religions and Cultures by jointly held by Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola School of Theology and Heythrop College’s Centre for Christianity and Interreligious Dialogue in Manila from July 21 to 23, 2011. Br. Bernard Falzon mssp provides an account of the three-day event.
Ateneo de Davao to Establish Islamic Research Institute
Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) has approved the establishment of the ADDU Al Qalam Institute: An Institute for Islamic Identities and Dialogue.
A Class of Life
Fr Daniel Ross SJ, Director of the International Center for the Promotion of Partner Based Learning in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, shares with us their work and a local student’s account of her experience. Fr Ross has been teaching at Fu Jen University in Taiwan for the past 39 years and teaches seminars in Zhuhai and Fu Jen.
As Ignatius Would
Ignatius Loyola’s gift to the Church was about choice: how to make the best decision in our lives. In the celebrations for Ignatius Loyola the readings speak of choice and of the mission that follows the choice. Ignatius invites us to say ‘no’ to the self that is focused on itself: the surface self, the small, fearful, insecure self. By contrast the Gospel reveals the sacred, unique, individual self, the person created and sustained in life by God, loved as a son and daughter, whom Jesus wants to be saved.
Educational outreach in Myanmar
The Sisters of Charity hosted a summer educational programme at St. Gerosa’s Convent from March 15 to May 20, 2011. Titus Tin Maung recounts his experience of joining this workshop for the month of April.
Loyola Chicago offers Vietnam nursing programme
The Loyola University Chicago School of Nursing has partnered with Yersin University School of Nursing in Dalat and the Lam Dong Province Nursing Association in a unique Masters of Science in Nursing programme. Six Vietnamese teachers of nursing are enrolled in the two and a half year programme, which begins in June 2011.
New Jesuit Community College in Melbourne
A new Jesuit Community College will offer higher educational opportunities for disadvantaged young people and other sectors of the community in need.
‘Jesuit Community College will fulfil our vision to provide opportunities for those most in need to flourish’, said Julie Edwards, CEO of Jesuit Social Services, at the College’s launch on May 23, 2011.
Jesuit Education in Timor Leste
The Society of Jesus has administered Colégio de São José at the request of the Bishop of Dili since 1993. However, CSJ is and continues to be a school of the Diocese of Dili. Direction of CSJ will revert to the Dili Diocese at the end of 2011, but our work in education in Timor Leste will continue.
Fr Mark Raper SJ has issued a statement in Timor Leste regarding the Society’s position on Jesuit education in the country.