Jesuit education has been a form of learning for college students since 1548, when the first Jesuit college opened at Messina in Sicily. Saint Ignatius Loyola was the founder of the Jesuits, or, “The Society of Jesus.” He, along with a group of friends, became ordained Catholic priests and decided that their life’s goal was to simply help people. Saint Ignatius decided that schools could be a powerful means of forming the minds and souls of people who would soon be important people in their community. This became a huge success, and many Jesuit schools were formed around the entire world. Every Jesuit school is formed around the idea to produce humans who want to help others, so this means that every Jesuit school has the same basic principles by which they form the minds of the students that attend the school. These principles form a three part process, with each part being a different key movement that must be completed in order for one to become a better person. The first key movement in the three part process that is a Jesuit education is to be attentive. As an infant, our learning is not conscious. We learn by observing and copying. Walking and talking are great examples of this. We do not even realize what we are doing, we are simply copying what our guardians do, which is how we learn. However, as we get older, learning is a conscious decision that we must make everyday. We can not simply copy what others do, because what we learn is much more complex than the
My greatest desire is to not only receive an outstanding technical education but also grow as a conscientious and socially responsible individual. In the next four years, I envision myself in an environment that fosters a genuine sense of family among motivated peers. I want to belong to a school where I can development in my character as well as my Catholic faith, even in the midst of rigorous academic work. I look
The education of children has existed since the beginning of time as parents have taught and molded their children into the young adults they desired them to be. Initial training of children was not in a formal setting, although history would see numerous settings, purposes, and methodological changes. Philosophies of education have also changed through the years as various voices have seemed to grasp the purpose of educating the next generation, thus laying out objectives to reach those goals of teaching children.
A child is encouraged to see his or her talents as loving gifts from God and to see academic work as a way to cultivate those talents in preparation to love in return. St. Mary of the Angels School also fosters the child’s solidarity with teachers and fellow students, who accompany the child in his or her academic journey, each one helping the other in personal growth and lasting friendship. Our Whole-Family / Whole-Person Philosophy St. Mary of the Angels School has a common mission that includes a commitment to truth and a concern for the whole person of parents, teachers, and of our young people. Parents are the primary educators of their children—they are critical to their children's education—so we strongly emphasize the relationship of the school to the home.
Earning my undergraduate degree from Seattle University has opened a lot of doors and has expanded my ability to reflect on my life, my intellectual progress and my purpose to find direction. My persistence and determination to advance my education is to increase my knowledge, to become a successful leader and to enhance my contribution to society. In order for me to have a true academic rigor, I believe having the integrity of the Jesuit teaching could help me understand and guide me through the process. I have always found a personal and a professional sense of purpose from a Jesuit tradition.
The five Benedictine Values are incorporated into every class as a way to better ourselves. Each is defined from the college website and includes topics that are important for continuing my education based upon what I have learned in class. The first one is community, which is creating an environment that promotes a sense of community by being responsible and supporting each other. To be a community we need to treat each other with love. Life chances is a part of being a community. Life Chances is where a person born into poverty stays in poverty. This is a phenomenon that refers to how families can never get out of poverty because it passes on to the next generation. Life chances are what each person is given to become something in life. Someone that has a lot of money has much better life chances than does someone born into poverty. A person born into poverty is more likely to remain in poverty. We can become a community by eliminating the lower, middle, and upper class in the United States. When we eliminate this monetary value we are just one big community that we are all open arms and willing to help anyone.
Jesuits over the world today are leading an open deliberation about the mission of advanced education .I believe, Jesuit training lights up the otherworldly segment of instruction for marvel and it will encourage me as a student to get involved in the more extensive world, to be of administration to others particularly veterans as they accomplished for us, to consider myself a portion of God's main goal, as part of something that is greater than myself. This same feeling of amazing quality can be instilled regardless of student religious confidence through a feeling of marvel, both at the common world additionally at human culture and human connections. We are, all things considered, who we are in connection to our general surroundings and Jesuit advanced education roots us as understudies in this more extensive context By understanding the context we can help veteran population
Our task is to choose two Jesuit secondary schools and to learn about their approach to the Jesuit teachings and beliefs. The first school, Fordham Preparatory School, is located in the United States. The second school Loyola High School is located in Canada. These schools wouldn 't be here today if it wasn 't for St. Ignatius of Loyola and his creation of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1540. We will explain the dual purpose of Jesuit education and how both schools incorporate it, the history and general information of both schools, how they compare to Fairfield Prep, and how both schools show compassion.
The educational experience focuses on the mind and spirit. The five Franciscan
We are a school where the joy of discovery inspires serious study, social responsibility, and strong faith. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy and conducted in partnership with lay faculty, Waldron Mercy is a Catholic co-educational school serving preschool through grade eight. Grounded in the rich history of Merion Mercy Academy for Girls and Waldron Academy for Boys, Waldron Mercy Academy enables students to become both capable and discerning adults. We strive to increase our students' awareness of the need for responsible membership and leadership in the global family.” From this mission statement, I have concluded three things. At Waldron, academics are taken very seriously and is meant to enrich and prepared the children for high school level learning. Despite, the importance of academics in Waldron, I feel it is not the main focus. At the end of the day, Waldron strives for their students to become well rounded individuals, who serve the world even after they leave Waldron. Finally, Waldron also emphasizes that faith is an important factor of a student. In fact, a life enriched in faith should lead a student to serve others in their community and globally.Without a doubt, the mission statement reveals that Waldron focuses on several aspects of life that
While I was at my last job for a Jesuit University, I was introduced to Saint Ignatius of Loyola and his Ignatian
The Jesuit way is one of helping others, serving your community and giving good will. Many people who were educated by Jesuits are successful such as Jim Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts. If you take the Jesuit way you are taking the right one. I know many friends and family who attended Loyola, St. Ignatius and Marquette University and were very successful in their life ( father,aunts,uncles and cousins). The Jesuit experience at Loyola could help me grow and do great
As E. D. White's mission statement says, our school's purpose is to "impart the Catholic faith, promote academic excellence, and enhance self-esteem." By living out this mission statement, E. D. White becomes a strong-knit community of faith, knowledge, and service. Ever since my first day of eighth grade these qualities have been evident through the students and faculty of E. D. White. Every morning when I arrive at school there is a teacher there telling everyone good morning and to have a good day. This simple gesture can brighten someone's day significantly.
After some discussion the Catholic Church came to the conclusion that there should not be any changes to the Catholic dogma. However, it was known that throughout the Protestant reformation, the Catholic Church had been criticized due to the behavior of their clergy. In an attempt to minimize and negate this criticism the Church made an effort to enforce a greater morality among high officials, such as the priest and bishops. The Church also decided to increase the education in a response to the new needs of the rising literate class. In order to do this the Society of Jesus, which was founded under Ignatious Loyola attempted to raise the educational level of the clergy and thus the education of European society in general. Other things such as marriage were also standardized in order to reduce confusion about which individuals were married and which were living in sin, according to the Church. There were also schools, which were named Jesuit schools that sprang up all across Europe. These schools undertook missionary work, in an attempt to regain ground they lost to the
Throughout all of the pieces we’ve read so far in Psychology 193, the theme of success through human growth has shined through these works at me the most. In Bain’s, What the Best College Students Do, he quotes a professor named Paul Baker. Baker announced to a class that those who don’t evolve by creating new ideas, concepts, and perspectives are dead. The importance of maturation hasn’t only appeared in Bain’s work but also in Robert A. Mitchell’s “Five Traits of Jesuit Education”, Sharon J. Korth’s “Precis of Ignatian Pedagogy”, and Gonzaga’s Mission Statement. Mitchell’s second characteristic of Jesuit education talks about having a wide-encompassing field of studies regardless of what the student is focusing on. In other words, Jesuit institutions want their students to be well-versed in all fields of life so that they aren’t just good at their specific jobs but also at living their lives in general.
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