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A Beacon in Tanzania: Students Appreciate Fr. Connell's work in Dodoma
In a time of crisis in the Horn of Africa, the Society of Jesus is a beacon of hope and light.
One ray is St. Peter Claver High School in Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania. The school opened in January as part of Our Lady Queen of Peace Educational Centre.
The school currently houses and educates 140 children and teenagers. The students live in a four-story dormitory with a diverse student body. It places at-risk individuals alongside the children of businessmen, diplomats and government leaders. The school also pays equal attention to girls, who gain an extra degree of equality and independence.
Faith Dimensions of a Jesuit, Catholic Education
By Fr. Ronald Bieganowski, S.J.
Dear Sue and Richard,
As you prepare Matt and yourselves for his first year away at college, I can't help but imagine some of the questions you must be asking yourself: Who's his roommate? Will they get along together? How will he get his laundry done? What hours will he keep? Will he miss home? Will he call, text? What should you say? What will he let you say? As you know, there are many more questions.
Cristo Rey Sends Forth First Grads
An astounding 100 percent of students from the Twin Cities' Cristo Rey Jesuit High School are on their way to higher education and training.
Every member of the four-year old school's senior class - its first - has been admitted to college or the military. By comparison, the national rate for college-bound high school graduates from low-income areas is 51 percent.
Faith and Labor Rights
"Some people think the Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise up! ....if you don't think Christ is down here on the waterfront you've got another guess coming!
Fr.Barry in the film, "On the Waterfront"
Throughout the history of organized labor, Church teaching and action has consistently supported the side of labor and workers. Pope Leo XIII's 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum (subtitled "On the Conditions of Labor") not only strengthened a fledgling labor movement, it is the cornerstone for modern Catholic Social teaching. Written in the midst of the industrial revolution, it maintained the long-held right of private property, but it also put out a strong new call for labor reforms, state regulations and affirmed the right of collective bargaining. In so doing, it helped to move the Church to a closer identification with the working poor.
Just Ask Jack
Waking up on the right side of the bed in autumn, with mug in hand, popping open the front door, snatching up the paper and swiveling your head around, you see God all around you.
It's that wonderfully crisp time of year and a waft of that bracing air slides across your checks.
Sweat, Dirt, Joy and the Pope
By Emma Scuglik
A football field stood between me and the pope. Well, that and thousands of other sweaty, dirty pilgrims who had just spent a sleepless night in a field. I had never been so dirty in my entire life. We were literally covered in a layer of grime.
Yet, I was unbelievably happy. We as pilgrims, first to the Jesuit Magis program and now World Youth Day in Madrid, were overwhelmed with a sense of presence, the feeling that God was alive within the very air we were breathing. It was as if He was permeating each and every one of the more than a million souls in that field in the final moments of World Youth Day. We joined our voices with Benedict XVI's in prayers, which I'm sure still resonate there today, enveloping us in a love that made all the challenges of the past three weeks worth it.
Ignatian Values
Villmow Gives Back to the Community After Many Lent Him a Helping Hand
A core philosophy of the Jesuit education model is service to others. What it produces, consistently, is a different kind of graduate.
"Most of us are instilled with a spirit of volunteerism while students, and that stems directly from the Jesuits and the principle of being men and women for others," said Brad Kalscheur, a Marquette University alum, lawyer and partner at Michael Best & Friedrich.
Taking it one step further, "It typically manifests itself among alumni of Jesuit schools in volunteerism," said Kalscheur , a longtime member of the university's Business Alumni Board and of the Jesuit Partnership Council of Milwaukee.
"How else are we called but to give? And how are we called to give, but to give of ourselves? And how better, then, but to give of one's time and talents? The best way to do that is through volunteerism. You can see it in some students - when they're 18-22," he added. "But it really manifests itself as they grow into themselves, and begin commanding community resources as alumni."
Visions of Faith
Sacred moments and locales are everywhere. A statue of Our Lady of the Poyas from the burned down Nahuel Huapi Mission - found during a tour of Argentina. A great native saint's hidden monastic settlement - stumbled upon during a bicycle trip through Ireland.
It was centuries of history, great backstories, foreign locales and the devout living simple, faith-filled lifestyles that produced moments of great grace for a pair of reflections from Marquette University alumni - Shannon Perry, Willy Thorn.
A (Phone) Call to Service leads to Standing in Solidarity with Workers Call for Leadership Echoes Globally CHINA and IGNATIUS:Adapting the Spiritual Exercises in the Land of Ricci Examen Provides Vehicle for Reflection on Career at Nativity Envision Yourself A Leader Author Lowney says Society of Jesus is good business model Journeying Together in Faith and Charity New Vocation Director Coelho continues Ignatian Journey Restorative Justice Giving Voice and Seeking Healing Share Your Visions of Faith What Makes Mary Great? Still Going Strong South Dakota Immersion is Educational and Spiritual Encountering Guantanamo In Her Own Voice Marching Toward The First Graduation A New Vision of Jesuit International Mission Following the CallFollowing the Call My Summer Vocation in India To God, Through Facebook El Camino Aim High Band of Brothers Band of Jesuits Celebrations point the way Investing for Good Mature Volunteers Combine Record the Graces of Fall St.Ignatius is Smiling Discovering Trust, Sorrow and Joy During a Summer in Northeast India Jesuits and Justice in Northeast India Kini FM:The Voice of the Lakota broadcast across the Rosebud Reservation Our Lady becomes clearer during pilgrimage to Mexico Keeping Refugees in Focus Lego, Social Justice and Works in Progress Desire in Advent Jesuit Journeys Fall 2009 PDF Nativity in the Northwoods Two Faces of Immigration Immigration and non-documented Latinos Liturgical Music: Spanning the Test of Time Jesuit Scholastics Share Insights on Prayer The Wind, The River, and the Society The Meaning of My Ministry Jesuits, Cameras and a Life Turned Around Living the Pascal Mystery through the Martyrs of El Salvador Recipe for Building a Fire The Looms of Our Lives
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