Education of the head, the heart and the hands
19 Dec 2011

Education of the head, the heart and the hands

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In a speech delivered at the recent Sophia Symposium in Tokyo, Fr Mark Raper SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, argued for a view of education as “formation for decision and for action: education of the head, the heart and the hands”.

Advocating a pedagogy in which reflection is central, Fr Mark sees the role of education as leading students to love the world, to assume responsibility for it, and to acquire tools in order to renew it.

As such, universities need to go beyond the core business of providing education in competence and critical thinking.

A Profile of a Formed Jesuit for Asia Pacific
23 Nov 2011

A Profile of a Formed Jesuit for Asia Pacific

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Probably our most decisive formation occurred at home when our mothers and fathers encouraged us to take our first steps.  Jesuits are no different from anyone else in our stages of growth. We are each responsible for the values and patterns of behaviour we appropriate to ourselves. Yet since much is demanded of them, a Jesuit’s personal formation is necessarily long and deep.

Forming Jesuits for Asia Pacific
23 Nov 2011

Forming Jesuits for Asia Pacific

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The Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific has released a detailed document on formation for Jesuits for this part of the world. 

Entitled “Forming a Contemplative in Action: A Profile of a Formed Jesuit for Asia Pacific”, the document addresses three major questions – What does a formed Jesuit look like?  What specific issues does initial formation need to address? What competencies a formed Jesuit for Asia Pacific needs to have mastered?

Applications open for 5th Chinese International Regency Programme
22 Nov 2011

Applications open for 5th Chinese International Regency Programme

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The Chinese Province is now taking applications for the fifth Chinese International Regency Programme, which begins on August 15, 2012.

The Chinese International Regency Programme aims to make a concrete contribution to the formation of Jesuits with a more global perspective, for future wide-ranging missions. The international regents are also a concrete response from other Jesuit provinces to one of the five apostolic preferences of the whole Society: China.

Second APTEP begins in April 2012, applications open
22 Nov 2011

Second APTEP begins in April 2012, applications open

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The second Asia Pacific Theological Encounter Programme (APTEP) will be held from April 10 to May 8, 2012.   Conducted by the Indonesian Jesuits, the one-month programme on “Dialogue with Muslims” was first held in 2011.  It was born from the positive successful immersion programme conducted in 2009 with 18 Indonesian Jesuit scholastics living in an Islamic boarding school (pesantren) for two weeks.

St Stanislaw Novitiate celebrates 80 years
26 Jul 2011

St Stanislaw Novitiate celebrates 80 years

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On its 80th anniversary, Saint Stanislaw Novitiate, Indonesia, commonly referred to as Girisonta, offered a warm welcome to 11 new candidates and celebrated the first vows of 10 new scholastics.

The 11 candidates who entered on June 22, 2011 were chosen from 17 applicants in a selection process in early March. Ten came from various seminaries in Java, while another, who aspires to become a Jesuit brother, entered after having been accompanied by the Vocation Promotion team in Yogyakarta.