December 2019

JESUIT EDUCATION SECRETARY MEETS WITH PHILIPPINE SCHOOL HEADS & PRINCIPALS

On December 9, 2019, the administrators of Jesuit schools in the Philippines congregated in the Loft, Arete on the Ateneo de Manila campus for a very special JBEC meeting. Their special speaker for the day was no other than Fr. Jose Alberto Mesa SJ, the Society of Jesus’ Secretary for Secondary and Pre-secondary Education. Fr. Mesa spent the day with them sharing his thoughts on the new Jesuit education document, “Jesuit Schools: A Living Tradition” and on the notion of leadership in Jesuit schools.

Fr. Jose Mesa SJ with Frs. Mike Pineda SJ, Johnny Go SJ, and Manny Perez SJ after the school-wide Mass on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in Ateneo de Davao Grade School and High School
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GEARING UP FOR THE GLOBAL COLLOQUIUM IN JOGJAKARTA IN 2020

II COLLOQUIUM JESEDU JOGJA2020 is just a few months away: June 29 to July 4 next year! Only the second global gathering of its kind, approximately 500 educators and leaders of Jesuit schools from around the world are expected to fly to Jogjakarta for a unique experience: To wrestle with 21st-century issues in teaching and forming our students especially in light of the four Universal Apostolic Preferences.

Presenting the Indonesian team behind all the preparation (from L to R):
Vic Sendy (Staff), Fr. Baskoro Poedjinoegroho SJ (Jogja 2020 Chair),
Himawan Santanu (St. Aloysius, Jakarta), Makarius Pamungkas (Canisius, Jakarta),
Widi Nugroho (Jogja 2020 Director from de Britto, Jogjakarta),
Fr. Gerardus Hadian Panamokta (St. Aloysius, Jakarta),
and Fr. Alexander Koko Siswijayanto SJ (Canisius, Jakarta).
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