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4TH INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAS CHAIRS CONGRESS University and School 4TH INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAS CHAIRS CONGRESS University and school. Towards a revival of universities that “go forth” (Cf. VG, 4) Castelgandolfo Pontifical Villa, Italy June 27th to 29th, 2018 “There is an “urgent need for “networking” between those institutions worldwide that cultivate and promote ecclesiastical studies, in order to set up suitable channels of cooperation also with academic institutions in the different countries and with those inspired by different cultural and religious traditions. At the same time, specialized centres of research need to be established in order to study the epochal issues affecting humanity today” Pope Francis (Veritatis Gaudium, 4d) What is a Scholas Chair? What is the Academic Year of Scholas Chairs? The Chairs are spaces of reflection and action connected in a great network, in which each Scholas Chairs program develops in cycles subject (professors, researchers, students) called Academic Years. The academic year is enriched in the Encounter with the other, of Scholas Chairs starts and finishes with an through bonds that develop between Scholas International Congress in which the projects Chairs and schools from Scholas.Social web site. carried out in different contexts, its impact on the community, level of awareness and Scholas Chairs perform diverse activities: eventually of incidence in public policy are presented. a. Support for educational and social projects: Scholas Chairs provide To this end, all participants worldwide are educational support and expert consulting part of a space for exchange of experiences, for projects placed on Scholas.Social re-discussion of the theoretical principles in platform, directing them to the pedagogical light of the experiences within the framework principles of Scholas. of the International Congress, which gives visibility to the Chairs. b. Didactics: Communication of contents produced by Scholas Chairs (through active These international meetings take place and motivating methodologies). each year, changing country and continent. The academic year ends with a publication c. Research: Professors and students can that includes results of the investigation, elaborate a comprehensive research on the description of the technical model applied, subject proposed by the Chairs. It could good practices and “lessons learned” that will also involve the development of specific arise as a result of the collective construction doctorates. of the group of Universities involved. d. Awareness-raisingandinsertioninpublicpoli The first congress was held at the Pontifical cies:Promotingdissemination,communicati Academy of Sciences (Holy See) from May onandtrainingonthevaluesofthe Culture of 29th to 31st, 2016 with the participation of 40 Encounter in the various areas of society. universities from 14 countries. The following one took place at the Catholic University of Valencia with the participation of high Its goal is to generate concrete cooperation ecclesiastical authorities and academics on experiences and case studies that of Spanish universities. And the third, at will serve as models to apply in different the Harry Truman Institute of the Hebrew contexts, developing synergies between University of Jerusalem from July 1st to 4th, universities, schools and projects; as well 2017 with the participation of 41 universities as to involve students in the process of from 20 countries. comprehensive research and generate actions destined to help the community. Scholas Chairs Program currently involves 47 universities and 19 observer organizations from 21 countries. What is Scholas Citizenship Which are the objectives of the Program? Congress? Scholas Citizenship is an educational program of Scholas Chairs Congress aims at gathering the Scholas Occurrentes Foundation that aims researchers and academic members of to promote social commitment and participation Scholas Chairs program with religious, of youth, based on their own experiences and diplomatic and government authorities, to concerns, in order to produce positive changes generate opportunities of cooperation and in themselves and their communities. learning considering education as a means for social change. The final objective of these The origin of this educational proposal is the lectures is to promote a concrete cooperation School of Neighbors (“Escuela de Vecinos”) regarding successful experiences and study program created by Jorge Bergoglio as cases that can be considered as models for Buenos Aires Archbishop, in the pursuit of its implementation in diverse environments. building bridges amongst different schools within the city. This program started after Which are the three topics for the the 2001 economic and social crisis in 2018 Congress? Argentina, incorporating eleven schools of diverse religious communities: Muslim, Jewish, Topic 1: Educating for Fraternal Humanism: Evangelical and Catholic. Students from Innovative education these schools were invited to get together to identify their common concerns and join Topic 2: Laudato Si’ – Social ecology: efforts to solve them collectively. environmental and social sustainability At present, in the City of Buenos Aires more than 60 state-run and private schools are Topic 3: Assisi – Interreligious dialogue for part of the program, both religious and non- sustainable peace religious, from different creeds and from all the 15 boroughs that comprise the city. These three topics emerge from matching Moreover, the program is being developed in the issues that the youth of diverse Scholas all Argentinian provinces with the support of Citizenship editions chose as more important Argentina’s Ministry of Education. in different countries with the most important As a result of Pope Francis’s request to bring issues shown by Pope Francis in his Encyclical this program to the entire world, promoting Letter Laudato Si’ as well as the Sustainable a culture of encounter between youth Development Goals (SDG) 2030 of the United from around the globe, the experience is Nations. being carried out in Spain, Italy, Paraguay, Haiti, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and Mozambique, reaching What is the Scholas Chairs Students thousands of students from around the world. International Meeting? With the Interreligious Citizenship Encounter, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Scholas joined together answering Pope During the congress a group of university Francis’ call to create a culture of encounter students coming from different countries of among youth, applying the yearly wisdom of the world will be trained and will debate about the University, with the Foundation’s intuition the problematic Migrants and Refugees. This and expertise. activity was born in the Research Team of Scholas Chairs called: Exchange of students and professors through Erasmus grants or similar scholarships (Internationalization with multiculturality) and the following academics confirmed their collaboration (in alphabetical order): P. Dr. Fabio Baggio CS (Sotto-Segretario Sezione Migranti e Rifugiati, Dicastero per il Servizio dello Sviluppo Umano Integrale, Holy See); Dr. Nadezhna Castellano (Fordham University. Co- Director Education The Seminar will be accompanied by: in Emergencies Course); Prof. Italo Fiorin, (Direttore EIS, Università LUMSA, Italy); Launch of the book “Culture to Unite the People Prof. Márcia Guena Dos Santos (Diretora – The art of the Encounter” from Célio Turino do Departamento de Ciências Humanas, (Olga Kos Institute edition, São Paulo, Brasil); Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Brazil); Prof. Giuseppe Milan (President of the degree Photography Exhibition about “Culture, course in Education Sciences University of ancestral wisdom and communities in Latin Padua, Rovigo, Italy); Prof. Milena Santerini America” from the photographer Mario Miranda (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Milano, (Olga Kos Institute realization, São Paulo, Brazil); former Italian Deputy, General Rapporter of Council of Europe); Ms. Naama Shpeter Arts and Play Exposition, from the plastic artist (Executive Director of The Harry S. Truman Silvia Bove (Province of Mendoza, Argentina) Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel); Fr. Joseph Jeyaraj Swaminathan What is the “I Can!” training program for (Università Pontificia Salesiana, Italy); Prof. Italian educators? Juan Carlos Torre Puente (Facultad de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain). In 2015, Pope Francis made a call to the world through the encyclical letter Laudato Si’ to ¿What the “Points of Encounter – take care of our “common home”. Through Culture to Unite the People” Seminar is? “I Can!” project, children and youth accept the challenge committing to improve their During the Scholas Chairs International environment by applying “Design for Change” Congress and along with the “Instituto methodology. A project consists in four simple Casa Común” (Common Home Institute), steps: to feel the need or issue; to imagine an encounter will be held with cultural new solutions; to act and build the change; to communitarian organizations coming from share your story to inspire as many people as different Latin American countries. Based on possible. The goal is to create a global chain successful experiences which may be useful of children and youth in order to change the as methodological models to be adapted at world step by step. To achieve this, four basic different realities, they will reflect together on skills are implied (the four “C”s): critical
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