It’s the 25th anniversary of the seminal 1993 document “Ignatian Pedagogy: A Practical Approach”!
What better way to commemorate it than to learn about the IPP from fellow practitioners in Asia Pacific? (more…)
“Our language and culture might be different, but what mattered most is the emotional connection we had in the ISLF. This allowed us to be more open to cross our borders” That was how Yohana Pegas Syane, a student leader from Gonzaga College (Jakarta) described the recently concluded 4th Ignatian Student Leadership Forum in Japan.
The delegates and the organizing team in the obligatory group photo
Sixteen educators from our four high schools in Japan and Sophia University completed the workshop on Ignatian leadership held from the 3rd of August to the 7th. The workshop was conducted at the Jesuit Retreat House in Kamakura, Japan, with attendees from Eiko Gakuen High School (Kamakura), Roko Gakuin High School (Kobe), Hiroshima Gakuin High School, Sophia Fukuoka High School, and Sophia University (Tokyo).
Fr. Johnny Go SJ with Fr. Lee Sung-il SJ and the participants of the leadership workshop pose for a photo on the last day. Photograph courtesy of Paul Isaka, who took this picture.
Facilitated by JCAP Education Secretary, Fr. Johnny Go, the workshop, aptly called “Leadership by Discernment,” dealt with Ignatian discernment, with the first three days focused on individual discernment while the remaining time was spent on communal discernment. It was an experience customized for our colleagues in Japan, based on two IGNITE leadership workshops that have been offered the past years in Asia Pacific