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JUSTICE in Jesuit Higher Education

JUSTICE in Jesuit Higher Education. Five Years of a National Movement OR Since 1540. Historical Overview. 1540’s Ignatius urged his companions: “express love, not only in words, but also in deeds”. 1966. Fr. Arrupe affirmed that . . .

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JUSTICE in Jesuit Higher Education

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  1. JUSTICE in Jesuit Higher Education Five Years of a National Movement OR Since 1540

  2. Historical Overview 1540’s Ignatius urged his companions: “express love, not only in words, but also in deeds”

  3. 1966 Fr. Arrupe affirmed that . . . “even an apostolate like education – at all levels – in its concrete forms today must be the object of reflection in light of the demands of the social problem.”

  4. 1973International Congress of Jesuit Alumni of Europe “Today our prime educational objective must be to form men and women for others – men and women who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors.” Fr. Arrupe

  5. 1975 • 32nd General Congregational Meeting (a.k.a GC 32) coined the formula: “the service of faith and the promotion of justice Many inside and outside of the Society were outraged!

  6. 1982 “A Christian university must take into account the Gospel preference for the poor - • it does not mean that the university should abdicate its mission of academic excellence • excellence needed in order to solve complex social problems.” Fr. Ignatio Ellacuria, S.J. Convocation Address at Santa Clara

  7. 2000 Fr. Kolvenbach offers historical overview and instructs us on the “How to” of “promoting justice” in higher education: • Formation & learning • Research & Teaching • Our Way of Proceeding

  8. 2000 – 2005at Loyola College in MD. We Respond: • Fall ’00 – Spring ’01: Kolvenbach’s Address • Spring ’01 – Fall ’01: Strategic Plan 2002 – 2007 • Spring ’02 – Faith Justice Colloquium for Faculty, Staff & Administrator • Summer ’02 - Kolvenbach Summer Research Awards • Summer ’02 – Service-Learning Director • Summer ’02 – New Employee Orientations • Fall ’02 – Faculty Orientations • Fall ’05 – FE100: Service & Justice in Jesuit Education • Spring ’06 - Kolvenbach Fellows

  9. 2000 – 2005at Loyola College in MD. Actions! Attitudes?

  10. “The beautiful words of GC 32 show us a long path to follow:The way to faith and the way to justice are inseparable ways. It is up this undivided road, this steep road, that the pilgrim church – the Society of Jesus, the Jesuit College and university – must travel and toil.”Fr. Peter Hans Kolvenbach

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