Jesuit Institute Programme of Events 2011 - 12 The Jesuit Institute is a collaborative endeavour of Jesuits and lay • people in the UK to provide inspiration, resources and training for Donhead Wimbledon schools. The Institute works with governors, school leaders, teachers, • support staff, parents and pupils to achieve St Ignatius’ aim of Mount St Mary’s College • “improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and St Aloysius College Glasgow the common good.” • St Aloysius College Junior School The ten Jesuit schools in the British Province of the • work closely together to communicate the vision of St Ignatius and St Ignatius College Enfield to make the benefits of Jesuit education available to the current • generation of children and their families. St John’s Beaumont • Other schools, and especially schools in the Ignatian tradition, are St Mary’s Hall Stonyhurst • very welcome to participate in the conferences and courses organised by the Institute. • Wimbledon College Further information and application forms for the events in this programme are to be found online at jesuitinstitute.org

There are ten Jesuit schools in the UK educating some 4,500 children and young people, ages 3 – 18. These schools are part of a network of 3,700 Jesuit schools, universities and educational enterprises worldwide educating 2.5-million students. Jesuit schools are founded, in the words of St Ignatius, “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.”

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Sunday 25th – Tuesday 27th September 2011 Tuesday 4th – Saturday 8th October 2011 Sixth Form Leadership Course – Part 1 Congress for Directors of Jesuit Schools in St Ignatius College, Enfield Europe How can you be a “man or woman for others” in the context of your El Escorial, Madrid own school community? How can senior students be role models? The triennial meeting of heads of Jesuit schools in Europe. This The Sixth Form Leadership Course offers a programme of activity and year the congress focuses on the theme of Christian hope which reflection on student leadership in Jesuit schools. Each senior school permeates the constant change and demands made on our schools. is invited to send its Head Boy and Head Girl (or equivalent). There is The keynote speakers are Fr Javier Cortés SM, expert in education, a follow-up course in February and those participating should attend and Fr John Dardis SJ, President of the Conference of European both parts. Provincials.

Monday 26th – Tuesday 27th September 2011 Tuesday 18th – Friday 21st October 2011 Jesuit Preparatory Schools Conference Jesuit Schools Sixth Form Retreat St John’s Beaumont, Old Windsor Jesuit Villa House, Barmouth The conference provides a unique opportunity for our Jesuit The retreat aims to help participants develop a more personal preparatory schools to explore together what it means to be part relationship with God, and a deeper sense of who they are and who of the Jesuit family, learning more about each others’ schools, the they are becoming, and to offer an experience of community in which similarities and our differences, and celebrating together our diversity the shared Jesuit school background is explored. Activities include and common mission. Each school is invited to send two Y6 pupils morning and night prayer, Mass, a group walk in the hills, reflection who hold a leadership role within their own school, and one or two sessions using art and written reflections, exploration of scripture members of staff. passages, organised games on the beach, a service of reconciliation, and a celebratory meal and social on the last evening. Each senior school is invited to send four Sixth Form pupils with an accompanying Thursday 29th – Friday 30th September 2011 member of staff. Shared Vision – An Introduction to Jesuit Education for Teachers Thursday 3rd – Friday 4th November 2011 Campion Hall, Oxford ’ Meeting This conference is for teachers in their first few years at a Jesuit Lauriston Jesuit Community, Edinburgh school (usually 2nd to 5th years). The conference will explore the origins, development and characteristics of Jesuit education. The first of this year’s termly meetings for chaplains in Jesuit schools. Participants are encouraged to share experiences of their own school Chaplains and members of the chaplaincy teams of the Jesuit schools and to develop a clearer understanding and inspiration for their own are invited to gather for prayer, sharing of experience, reflection, contribution when they return home. input, development of resources, and planning for the future.

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Sunday 6th – Tuesday 8th November 2011 Wednesday 11th – Friday 13th January 2012 Be the Change – Sixth Form Conference on Designing an Ignatian Retreat – A Conference Catholic Social Teaching for School Chaplains Stonyhurst College Loyola Hall, Liverpool Catholic social teaching is, in many ways, still the best kept secret of This meeting for chaplains and chaplaincy team members will the Church. This conference aims to open up the riches of Catholic focus on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius and how these can social teaching to Sixth Form pupils through invited speakers, be effectively adapted for young people in our schools. Practical discussion and reflection, with opportunities to plan action on guidance and resources will be given on designing one-day and returning to school. Each senior school is invited to send two Sixth residential retreats for a variety of ages. Form pupils to this conference.

Thursday 26th – Friday 27th January 2012 Thursday 10th – Friday 11th November 2011 Shared Vision – An Introduction to Jesuit Conference for Heads of Religious Studies and Education for Teachers RE Co-ordinators Campion Hall, Oxford Campion Hall, Oxford This conference is for those in their first few years of teaching at a The passing on of the faith is at the heart of the mission of Jesuit Jesuit school (usually 2nd to 5th years). The conference will explore schools. Religious Studies plays a crucial part in this work. Heads the origins, development and characteristics of Jesuit education. of Religious Studies in senior schools and RE Co-ordinators in Participants are encouraged to share experiences of their own school the preparatory schools are invited to the conference to share and to develop a clearer understanding and inspiration for their own experience, develop links, and receive expert input in areas of the contribution when they return home. curriculum which might be further developed to the benefit of our pupils.

Monday 21st – Friday 25th November 2011 Living and Working in an Ignatian Way Loyola Hall, Liverpool How did Ignatius’ experience of God shape his life? How might it shape ours? This course explores how Ignatian ways of prayer, the Ignatian practice of pastoral care and a characteristically Ignatian way of looking at the world can help us become better companions of Jesus. This course is run by Loyola Hall and is for those working in Jesuit schools and parishes and other institutions with an Ignatian tradition.

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Thursday 23rd – Friday 24th February 2012 Thursday 26th – Friday 27th April 2012 Conference for Teachers of Religious Education Colloquium on Jesuit Education Campion Hall, Oxford Campion Hall, Oxford This conference will offer teachers of Religious Education an Many people contribute to the Jesuit ethos and character of our opportunity for expert input on key areas of the RE syllabus, with schools at many different levels (governors, senior staff, teachers, suggestions for