#JSNNews
Volume 3 | Number 3 | March 6, 2018
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Representatives from JSN and our counterpart Latin America Network (
FLACSI
) gathered in Bogotá, Colombia recently for a meeting to discuss Jesuit School Exchange Programs between our Networks. I joined John Swope and Beza Wossene (
St. Joe's Prep
) and Daniel Ranalli and Jess Bello (
Loyola Blakefield
) for the meeting which was held at
Colegio Mayor de San Bartolome
, a school founded by the Society of Jesus in 1604. (We think we have history...)
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See what's cooking in our JSN Online Community
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Last week,
over 2600 people
visited our web site for news, community discussions and employment opportunities. Keep in touch with your fellow Jesuit educators and stay tuned to all the latest news and network opportunities!
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Cohort Gatherings 2017-2018
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Groups gathering at the conference level in the coming academic year are:
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Seminars in Ignatian Leadership
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The spring sessions of the Seminars in Ignation Leadership are almost over! Our prayers go with the leadership team and the participants for the Hurtado Cohort, which is meeting this week, and we'd like to congratulate all those participants who have graduated the Seminars this month.
If you would like to participate in the next cycle of Seminars in Ignatian Leadership,
enrollment is now open for cohorts starting in the fall of 2018 and the fall of 2019
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Please contact your principal or president.
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St. Bonaventure's College Wind Ensemble Performed During CBC Olympic Broadcast
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Chicago Jesuit Schools Participated in African American Heritage Prayer Service
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The Archdiocese of Chicago has gathered its schools at Holy Name Cathedral for forty straight years each February to celebrate African American Heritage in a prayer service with the Cardinal. Again this year, several Jesuit schools participated in this liturgy, namely
Loyola Academy
,
Saint Ignatius College Prep
, and
Christ the King Jesuit
, who took an active role in leading the service.
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Loyola Academy Campus Transformation to Begin with Pool, Gathering Space, Theater and More
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After years of planning and fundraising, construction is about to begin on a multi-phase Campus Master Plan that will transform
Loyola Academy
's Wilmette campus with a state-of-the-art pool, a multi-function gathering space inspired by the St. Ignatius Piazza in Rome, a theater for the performing arts and more.
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Belen Jesuit Announces Partnership with Breakthrough Miami
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Since its founding in Havana, Cuba in 1854 and forced relocation in Miami in 1961,
Belen Jesuit
has been committed to providing a Jesuit education to as many young men as possible. With that goal in mind, they announced on Friday their partnership with the non-profit group
Breakthrough Miami
to ensure that their school population is more reflective of the surrounding community.
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Leaders in the Middle Met in UCS and UMI Provinces
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Both the Central & Southern (
UCS
) and the Midwest (
UMI
) Provinces recently led Leaders in the Middle Conferences.
The UCS-sponsored conference's third cohort
met in January at Jesuit Hall in St. Louis, MO. The Midwest Province conference met at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center at the end of February.
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UCS's Four Alumni Service Corps Met in St. Louis
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In January, all four of the alumni service organizations in the
Central & Southern Province
met for the first time ever in St. Louis to pray, network, and share best practices with one another.
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Christian Service Directors and Mission and Identity Directors from USA East Schools Gathered in Atlanta
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70 Ignatian Educators from UCS Schools Gathered to Retreat in Kansas City
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In February, 70 Ignatian educators from 10
UCS
schools gathered just outside Kansas City to retreat, considering The First Principle and Foundation of the Spiritual Exercises.
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Opportunities to Consider...
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- For over thirty years, the University of San Francisco's Summer West program has shaped Catholic education practice, discussion and research, both nationally and internationally.
- The Secondary Schools Academy next fall is jointly sponsored by St. Louis University, Jesuit Schools Network, NCEA, and others. Check out the Academy if you are interested in president or principal leadership formation.
- The annual NCEA Convention will be in Cincinnati during Easter week.
- The Education Law Symposium in July is co-sponsored by the NCEA and Loyola Marymount University's Center for Catholic Education. It offers presentations on the law as it applies to Catholic education and ministry.
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The Jesuit Schools Network
promotes the educational ministry of the Society of Jesus in service to the Catholic Church by strengthening Jesuit schools for the mission of Jesus Christ.
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