North Karnataka Jesuit collaborators attend Advanced JESCOL

On : 2021-08-19

A three-day Advanced JESCOL was organised for the administrative office bearers of our schools, PUCs and Degree Colleges of the NK zone between August 19 and 21. A total of 34 participants were present and actively participated in the programme.

The programme had the following themes:

1. Leadership and Ignatian Leadership (Resource person: Fr Denzil Lobo SJ)
2. Jesuits and Lay Collaboration (Resource persons: Fr Swebert D’Silva SJ and Mr Christopher D’Souza)
3. Our situation today: Indian and global religio-cultural, political-economic situation, constitutional values and the role of Jesuit Education in this context; Jesuit history of social involvement from 1980s (Resource persons: Frs Jerald D’Souza SJ and Joseph Xavier SJ)
4. Vision of life: Ignatian perspectives; Ignatian decision making process (Resource person: Fr Joseph D’Mello SJ)
5. The anatomy of human interiority; Dyamics of Examination of Consciousness (Resource person: Fr Joseph Lobo SJ)

These sessions too consisted of inputs, group activities, group sharing and discussion; plenary reporting; practical of Examen of Consciousness.

Written evaluation of each session from the participants was taken (Jesuits and non-Jesuits separately). Overall, there was a high appreciation of the entire program and desire to have more such programs was clearly expressed by the participants. Given the change of the composition of the participants, two sessions are being replaced by more apt ones for the next group.

- Fr Joseph Lobo SJ