It can give shape to what we do and the way we do it. If we do not provide a theoretical framework—or a worldview born of intellect and imagination—for what we do in our academic programs, others will provide them for us. If we do not know who we are as Jesuit universities, others will happily tell us who to be. I am thinking here not of coercive governmental intrusion but of controlling narrative and value systems that accreditation agencies, professional associations and even our secular colleagues offer as substitutes for the thicker, deeper narrative that is our inheritance as Jesuit schools.
We must maintain strong and professionally savvy relationships with all these outside entities, but we must likewise always be careful to safeguard, promote and deepen the distinctive reasons for and faith-fueled convictions behind why we do what we do. We must, in other words, continually articulate aloud and in public, for ourselves and our many constituencies, the spiritual vision that animates everything we do, including our professional education programs.
Jesuit universities are in a privileged position to provide an education that speaks to the deepest desires of our students and at the same time aims to address the most profound needs of our world. Inherited from generations of Jesuit educators and two millennia of Christianity, this is our legacy to preserve and enhance. It is hard for me to imagine more important or rewarding work.
In sum, the 21st-century Jesuit university attempts to educate its students by joining excellent academic training with personal and moral formation rooted in the Catholic tradition. When this is done well, those students, now alumni of Jesuit universities, will work hard transforming society, thereby contributing to the labor of God in attempting, as David Fleming, S.
Kevin P. Quinn, S. Your source for jobs, books, retreats, and much more. May 9, issue. Quinn May 03, For two centuries on this good ground the faculty has labored to help young men, and for the last 30 years young women, to achieve themselves as citizens, husbands and wives, parents and as friends.
Jesuit Education Today But what is distinctive about Jesuit higher education today? Contemporary commentary on Ignatian spirituality identifies several important themes, as articulated by the Jesuits at Georgetown in the experience of a divine and forgiving love that in turn enables us to recognize our complicity with sin; a personal calling that frees us to embrace our truest passions in following Christ and in service of others; the redemptive possibility of self-giving love that invites us to attend to the cries of those who suffer; [and] the experience of enduring goodness that gives hope for a world in which the Spirit always labors.
Quinn Kevin P. Show Comments 4. Comments are automatically closed two weeks after an article's initial publication. See our comments policy for more. I have hoped for a pronouncement like this and am greatly comforted by its delivery. And please don't be defensive about the aspect that you describe as aspirational. Your headline has a typo.
It should read "Teaching that Conforms. How many Jesuit universities will thrive if and when all the Jesuits have left,leave or are passed onto their eternal reward? That, my good gentlemen, should be your topic for discernment. Competition is out, collaboration is back in thank you St. It is our job as educators in Jesuit institutions to develop the next generation of collaborative leaders.
We lean in a support our Jesuit friends in their tireless work for and with the poor and the marginalized. And while we are leaning in, we are listening carefully for guidance and direction, yes, Spiritual direction.
The Jesuits offer us myriad opportunities for formation in the Ignatian tradition. They never compete, but instead collaborate. In our togetherness Jesuit higher education is strong and we are thriving. We are about to graduate tens of thousands in the coming weeks who see themselves as "men and women for and with others. God does. AMDG, and thriving! Geared toward students in high-poverty neighborhoods, the schools offer high-quality education and charge little or no tuition.
Their graduates go on to selective colleges — ready to serve and develop their full potential. And so, these and other Jesuit-related schools reflect a contemporary Jesuit mission: advancing the faith through the promotion of justice. Use the interactive map below to learn more about the Jesuit educational organizations in North America or click here to find an educational organization by type, geographical location or name. Yap Catholic High School P. Box Yap, FM View.
Louis, Washington Blvd, St. Bellarmine Preparatory School S. Washington Tacoma, WA View. University of Scranton Linden St. Georgetown University 37th and O Streets, N. New technologies and methods, never shunned by the Jesuits, were incorporated into the schools. Four centuries later, the original vision holds true and Brebeuf Jesuit is proud to continue this tradition as the only Jesuit ministry in the state of Indiana. For 50 years, Brebeuf Jesuit has brought together the brightest students in central Indiana, dedicated educators, and priests to form a community focused on a rigorous curriculum, a commitment to social justice, and the development of skills that will enable these future leaders to make the world a better place.
In the Jesuit tradition, students at Brebeuf Jesuit experience:. Ignatius called on his priests to live in the world and our students develop the skills to succeed in theirs.
What is a Jesuit Education.
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