Welcome, participants of our first batch of the PRINCIPLE + FOUNDATION OF JESUIT EDUCATION WORKSHOP!
As you know, this workshop is a new offering from the Ignatian Initiative for Teacher Excellence (IGNITE) for our Ignatian educators in Asia Pacific, and it is designed as the introductory module for two IGNITE streams: WISE (Workshop on Ignatian Spirituality in Education) and TILT (Training in Learning and Teaching).
The workshop will be held from September 24 (Sunday) to 30 (Saturday) at Seven Fountains Spirituality Centre in Chiangmai, Thailand with the following address:
Huaykaew Road
Chiang Mai, จ.เชียงใหม่ 50300
Thailand
Click HERE for a map of the retreat centre.
Please arrive BEFORE DINNER on the 24th and leave AFTER LUNCH on Saturday.
If you are planning to spend a few days before or after the workshop and require accommodation, you must make your own arrangement by emailing Ms. Nudcha Sornbootra (himmaphan@gmail.com).
ARRIVAL + REGISTRATION FEES
Seven Fountains provides no airport pick-up service, but it is easy to get there from the airport. Go to the Airport Taxi Counter and tell them that you want to go to “Seven Fountains.” The ride takes about 10 minutes, and they will bring you directly to the main building of our Retreat House.
Their hours of operation are 07:00 hrs until the arrival of the last plane of the day. [After you leave the baggage claim area and are in the arrival terminal, look for the counter which says “Airport Taxi” — not “Meter-Taxi”.]
Pay your registration fee of US$300–preferably in cash–to Fr. Johnny Go SJ anytime before dinner on the first day.
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
The workshop aims to provide an overview of the history and tradition of Jesuit education and invites Ignatian educators to appreciate their personal vocation in the context of the Jesuit mission of education, as well as to reflect on the Jesuit vision for the educational apostolate—particularly, the so-called Characteristics of Jesuit Education, as well as its aims as captured by the 4 Cs (Conscience, Competence, Compassion, and Commitment).
SCHEDULE
Please note the general schedule of the workshop below. In general, there will be four sessions a day–some of them input, others small group discussions and personal reflection and prayer. There will be a one-day break on Wednesday, as indicated below.
Day 01: 24 September (Sunday)
05:30 pm Arrivals/Registration
Socials, introductions, welcome, and dinner
Day 02 & 03: 25 – 26 September (Monday to Tuesday)
07:00 am Breakfast
08:30 am Session
10:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 am Session
12:00 nn Lunch
02:00 pm Session
03:30 pm Coffee/Tea Break
04:00 pm Session
05:30 pm Break
06:00 pm Examen and Eucharist
07:00 pm Dinner
08:00 pm Socials
Day 04: 27 September (Wednesday)
BREAK / INDIVIDUAL TOURS – Participants are free the entire day to tour the city or shop on their own.
(Only breakfast will be served at the retreat house)
Day 05 & 06: 28 – 29 September (Thursday to Friday)
07:00 am Breakfast
08:30 am Session
10:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 am Session
12:00 nn Lunch
02:00 pm Session
03:30 pm Coffee/Tea Break
04:00 pm Session
05:30 pm Break
06:00 pm Examen and Eucharist
07:00 pm Dinner
08:00 pm Socials
Day 07: 30 September (Saturday)
07:00 am Breakfast
08:30 am Eucharist
10:00 am Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 am Synthesis and Closing Ceremony
12:00 nn Lunch and Leave for Home
ASSIGNMENT
Please fill out the following survey.
PARTICIPANTS
We are happy to inform you that we are fully booked, with a total of 35 participants from the following Provinces & Regions:
2 from Australia
12 from Cambodia
12 from the Chinese Province (4 from Hong Kong, 6 from Macau, and 2 from Taiwan)
2 from Japan
7 from the Philippines
Given the diversity of the participants, we are looking forward to exciting and enriching discussions during the workshop.
MEET YOUR FACILITATORS
Christopher Gleeson SJ has spent most of his working life as a teacher and administrator in Jesuit schools, nearly 21 of which as Principal of both Xavier College in Melbourne and St. Ignatius’ College, Riverview, in Sydney. His peers elected him to serve as Chair of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia from 1999 to 2001. Since leaving Riverview at the end of 2002, he has been Director of Jesuit Publications (now Jesuit Communications) in Melbourne, and inaugural Director of both the Faber Centre of Ignatian Spirituality and the Archdiocesan Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre in Brisbane.
In January 2011, he was appointed to be the Provincial’s Delegate for Education and Mission Formation, and in January 2016 took on the new role of Provincial Delegate for Ignatian Formation. Over the years he has written four books for parents and teachers – Striking a Balance: Teaching Values and Freedom (Aurora Books 1993); A Canopy of Stars – Some Reflections for the Journey (David Lovell Publishing 2003) – in the process of being revised and relaunched in May, 2017; Releasing the Angel – Saluting all who strive to teach (Australasian Theological Forum); and in 2011, The Front Page – Everyday Ignatian Spirituality (Australasian Theological Forum).
Fr. Stephen Chow SJ, a native of Hong Kong, entered the Society of Jesus in 1984 and was ordained a priest in 1994. A Jesuit in the Chinese Province.
Stephen has been involved in Jesuit education since he was a regent at Wah Yan College, Kowloon in 1988. Except for the years when he was studying abroad, his apostolic energy has been engaged in our schools. Enjoying his service and learning as teacher in Ethics and School Chaplain.
From 2007 onward, Stephen became the Chairman of the Education Commission of the Chinese Province with the portfolio of developing Jesuit education in the Jesuit schools where there are only one or two Jesuits serving full time/part time. He found himself learning more about Jesuit education on his job and participating in workshops offered by JCAP. Jesuit education, though based on the Ignatian Spirituality, is an evolving construct influenced by the changing spatio-temporal dimensions and communal construction.
