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
From left to right: Johnny Go (JCAP Education Secretary), Eric Velandria (JCAP Socius), Bert Boholst (East Timor), Sumio Takahashi (Japan), Tony Moreno (JCAP President), Rich McAuliff (Micronesia), Tom Renshaw (Australia), Quyen Vu (Cambodia), Stephen Chow (Chinese Province), Baskoro Poedjinogroho (Indonesia), and Ari Dy (Philippines).
From May 10 to 14, the education delegates from eight provinces and regions in Asia Pacific congregated in Kolese Gonzaga, Jakarta for their annual meeting: Frs. Tom Renshaw SJ (Australia), Quyen Vu SJ (Cambodia), Stephen Chow SJ (Chinese Province), Bert Boholst SJ (East Timor), Baskoro Poedjinogroho SJ (Indonesia), Rich McAuliff SJ (Micronesia), and Ari Dy SJ (Philippines). Representing the Japanese Province was Mr. Sumio Takahashi from Rokko Gakuin High School. Fr. Adrian Danker SJ (Malaysia-Singapore) was unfortunately unable to join them due to a pressing commitment.
The education secretaries were also joined by the new Jesuit Asia Pacific Conference President, Fr. Tony Moreno SJ, and his socius, Fr. Eric Velandria SJ. (more…)
This April 2018, from the 2nd to the 8th, 39 Ignatian educators from Jesuit schools in Asia Pacific, gathered at the Seven Fountains Jesuit Spirituality Centre for a week of learning and sharing about discernment and leadership.
Buddhist monks and novices carrying alms bowls gather outside the Seven Fountains Jesuit Centre
From the 18th to the 27th of December 2017, 33 scholastics and brothers in formation from the Asia Pacific region gathered on the campus of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu for the annual SBC (Scholastics and Brothers’ Circle) workshop. The workshop was graciously hosted by Fr. Manny Uy SJ, the SHS-AdC School President, who was present every single day to ensure that the event proceeded smoothly and that the participants were well taken care of.
This report is written by John Gilles of St. Ignatius, Riverview Australia, one of the lead facilitators of the recently held Ignatian Teacher Program (or ITP) in Sydney, Australia. It’s the third–and last–of the workshops offered by JCAP’s IGNITE (Ignatian Initiative for Teacher Excellence) this year.
The 2017 Ignatian Teacher Program, held last November 12 to 17, was a meeting of hearts and minds.
Drawing together senior educators and administrators from the Asia Pacific region, delegates from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Philippines, China and Taiwan travelled to Sydney, Australia for two core purposes: First, to encourage dialogue between significant educational trends, Ignatian Spirituality and Ignatian Pedagogy,; secondly, to contribute to the invigoration of Jesuit Education within the framework of the global network of Jesuit secondary educational institutions
ITP 2017!
We are happy to announce the calendar of Ignatian staff formation workshops that we will be offering to our administrators and teachers this coming year under the IGNATIAN INITIATIVE FOR TEACHER EXCELLENCE of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific.
That seems to have been the predominant sentiment as a total of 35 Ignatian educators completed their one-week workshop at Seven Fountains Retreat Centre on the 30th of September 2017.
All the participants of the Workshop on the Principle and Foundation of Jesuit Education at Seven Fountains Retreat Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
