by SrDeniseSickinger | Mar 31, 2023 | a current event, Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Education, Evangelization, Events / Calendar, Faith, Formation, FREE Catholic resources, Online Course
Original publication: https://aleteia.org/2023/03/30/free-summer-audit-program-and-life-changing-classes-are-a-gift-to-the-church/ Courtesy of St. Bernard’s Adjunct professor Fr. Peter Van Lieshout Zoe Romanowsky – published on 03/30/23 The COVID shutdown led St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, New York, to find a way to offer formation, education, and hope to students around the world. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, St. Bernard’s School of Theology and Ministry in Rochester, New York, wanted to give back to the community. The school, led by President Dr. Stephen Loughlin and Vice President Dr. Matthew Kuhner, thought there was no better way to do that than to give the gift of learning — to offer formation, education, and hope in an accessible way during a trying time. That’s how the school’s One Free Summer Audit initiative was born. The initiative ended up being so successful, it’s become an important feature of every summer semester. Now in its fourth year, the program continues to attract people from across the country and around the world, last year drawing over 350 auditing students — a 92% increase in participants compared to the year before. Auditors were from Ireland, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, and several other countries, as well as Americans from 35...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Dec 2, 2021 | Ad maiorem Dei gloriam and the salvation of souls!, Catechesis, Christ Jesus the Lord, Education, Evangelization
FR. ED BROOM, OMV ORIGINAL PUBLICATION SOURCE Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ becomes alive and visits us, touches us, and enters us through His Mystical Body, the Church! In the most full sense of the word, Jesus becomes alive in us through the Eucharist. All the actions of the Church and the members of the Mystical Body of Christ converge at the source and summit of the Church in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Before ascending into Heaven, Jesus promised His Presence among us with these words: “Go out to all nations and teach them all that I taught you; baptize them in the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Behold, I am with you always even until the end of time.” (Mt 28: 19-20) If it is true that Jesus ascended into Heaven and promised that He would be with us always until the end of time, then where is He? The response: He is with us in His Mystical Body, the Church. Specifically, Jesus becomes truly present in the Mass, the Eucharist, and the Sacramental Life. This Sacramental Life of Jesus unfolds every Church Year, Liturgical Year, in the living Liturgical Cycle....
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 26, 2021 | Children, Education, Events / Calendar, Preventive System, Teens and Young Adults
Comunicazione Labs to Learn Don Moreno Filipetto +39.329.8455564 +39.338.9432328 COMUNICATO STAMPA Martedì 26 Ottobre 2021 METODO DI STUDIO WEBINAR – Comunità di apprendimento – 3 incontri online aperti al pubblico – Tre incontri per dialogare intorno alle sfide educative nella scuola che cambia e su come possiamo accogliere la responsabilità collettiva di agire in una direzione evolutiva Gentile collega, rendiamo noto alla tua attenzione della ripresa dell’azione Metodo di Studio del progetto Labs to Learn all’interno della quale sarà presente un ciclo di 3 webinar dal titolo COMUNITÀ’ DI APPRENDIMENTO rivolto a tutti coloro che sono interessati alle tematiche della scuola, dell’apprendimento e dell’educazione: Webinar 1: Marco Rossi Doria “Ricostruire. Per una scuola incentrata sulla persona” (Mercoledì 10 novembre 2021) Webinar 2: Alberto Pellai “Come allenare chi cresce alla vita: neuroscienze e life skills” (Mercoledì 1 dicembre 2021) Webinar 3: Mario Comoglio “L’interdipendenza positiva tra i membri di un gruppo classe” (Mercoledì 12 gennaio 2022) Gli eventi saranno visibili grazie alla diretta streaming sui canali Youtube e Facebook di Labs To Learn. Negli insegnanti è necessario riaccendere l’interesse e la passione, non soltanto per la materia insegnata, ma per la capacità di costruire una comunità, perché solo così è possibile realizzare un autentico ed efficace apprendimento. È necessario evitare fratture tra vita scolastica...
by SrDeniseSickinger | Oct 7, 2021 | Education, Salesian News, Salesian Spirituality
By Isabella Saleu Boroko, Port Moresby, PNG, 29 September 2021 — “All teachers are called to the mission of making the world a better place; for you, you are called to make our country Papua New Guinea a better place through the work you do for the young.” This was the challenge given by Fr. Gregorio Bicomong Jnr SDB, the Superior of the Vice-province, during his homily at the closing Mass of the first Don Bosco Education System (DBES) Educators’ Congress on 25 September, 2021, at the Shrine of Mary Help of Christians, Boroko. Present as concelebrants were Salesians Fr. Pedro Sachitula, Fr. Roger Miranda, Fr. Pankaj Xalxo, Fr. Alex Garces, Fr. Gilbert and Fr. Albert Swer. During his homily Fr. Gregorio shared with the congregation the struggle of Jesus to make himself understood. Jesus was the Greatest Teacher of all times, yet he too was misunderstood even by his own disciples who were also afraid to ask him questions. “It the same for us as teachers, some of our students do not understand and are even afraid to ask questions?” he said. Highlighting 3 main lessons from the Gospel, Fr. Greg shared that learning is sequential...