Service Learning Program 2012
"One Earth Many Religions: Constructing Dialogue and Solidarity towards the
Integrity of Creation"
August 5-25, 2012
Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta, Indonesia
 Service Learning Program (SLP) is one of the many programs of the AJCU-AP which focuses on providing a place for Jesuit university students in their efforts in applying the Ignatian Pedagogy in their everyday life. It is in an approach to teaching in Higher Education that is consistent with the pedagogy of Jesuit education. It attempts to link the academic studies with the practical experience of community service. It is effectively facilitated through relevant partnership between higher educational institutions and various social institutions both in the private and public sectors. In this approach, community experience is purposively integrated in the scholastic formation of the students. It is considered as the center of their learning and serves as an arena to do a share for development. In the end, it will bring about in the students a development that is geared towards a lifelong commitment to service and leadership.
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ADDU Hosts Service Learning Program among Jesuit Universities
in Asia Pacific Region
 The Ateneo de Davao University hosted the 4th Service Learning Program (SLP) of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP) on August 7-27, 2011, participated in by students and mentors coming from the network of Jesuit institutions in the Asia Pacific region. A total of thirty two (32) participants from the Ateneo de Davao University, Xavier University (Ateneo de Cagayan), Ateneo de Zamboanga University and Ateneo de Naga University in the Philippines, and from Universitas Sanata Dharma of Jogjakarta in Indonesia, the Elizabeth University of Music of Hiroshima in Japan, and Sogang University of Seoul in South Korea, gathered for a three-week interactive activities which exposed them into contemporary socio-cultural issues amidst environmental challenges of Davao through a series offora, workshops, cultural encounters,exposures, immersion, community service andreflection sessions.
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The AJCU-AP Annual Meeting
in Tokyo
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The Annual Meeting of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Asia Pacific (AJCU-AP) was hosted this year by Sophia University.
Participants.
It brought together representatives from 11 of the 17 active association members: St. Michael’s Technical College -Surakarta (ATMI) and Sanata Dharma Univrsitity in Indonesia, Sogang University in Korea, the Elisabeth University of Music and Sophia University in Japan, and the Ateneo de Manila University, the Ateneo de Naga University, Xavier University, the Ateneo de Davao University, the Ateneo de Zamaboanga University and Loyola Colleges of Culion. <read full text>
Service Learning Program 2011
The Ateneo de Davao University has released the announcement regarding the Service Learning Program with the theme, Education for Environmental Stewardship: A Model Towards Reconciliation with Creation.
The theme is a response to one of the key frontier agenda identified in the recent General Congregation of the Society of Jesus: reconciliation with creation, where the establishment of the right relationship with creation is a necessity.
The SLP this year will be held in various locations in Davao from 7-27 August 2011.
For questions, comments and information, please contact Mr. Ian Parcon or Ms Lilibeth Arcena at sico@addu.edu.ph (The Social Involvement Coordinating Office).
Pertinent documents and application forms
[Concept Paper] | [Brochure] | [Gantt Chart]
[Application Form for Students] | [Application Form for Faculty ]
[Institutional Reply Slip]
Sogang Hosts Sophia as a
Sports Competitor
 Sogang University of Korea hosted the first International Sports competition with Sophia University of Japan from the 12th to 14th of November at the main campus of Sogang in Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. SOFEX, a short word for Sogang-Sophia Festival of Exchange, includes matching games of soccer, tennis, baseball and basketball plus cheerleading performances from the performers of both schools. Sogang University has been in partnership with Sophia University since 1983, and both were established in the 20th century by the Jesuits. In addition, 2010 is meaningful for Sogang as they have just celebrated their 50th anniversary since its foundation as the one and only Jesuit College in South Korea. In this regard, Sogang planned this event as commemoration, and to leap globally, with another sister school among Jesuit Colleges abroad. <read full text>
ACJU AP Annual Meeting 2010 in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chief Executive Officers, University Presidents, and Representatives from Jesuit Higher Education Institutions and Endeavors in East Asia and Oceania once again gathered for their Annual Meeting last 24-25 August 2010. This year, the Seven Fountains Spirituality Center Community at Chiang Mai, Thailand served as hosts. <read full text>
Annual Meeting 2010
[Annual Meeting Resolutions] | [Photo Gallery]
SLP 2010: Cambodia
It’s that time of the year again where students and faculty from various Jesuit colleges and universities get together to celebrate cultural diversity, spirituality, and socio-environmental immersion. This year, Sophia University of Japan will host the program in Siem Reap Cambodia this 8-21 August 2010 under the theme: Preserving Culture, A Way for Preserving Identity. <read full text>
Request for Prayers for the soul of Fr. Paul Locatelli, S.J.
(1938-2010)
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Fr. Paul Locatelli, S.J. was the Secretary of the International Committee on Jesuit Higher Education. He died of pancreatic cancer last July 12, 2010.
Fr. Locatelli was certainly one of the giants of the Society of Jesus in Jesuit education. It was he who organized the recent International Conference on Jesuit Higher Education, "Shaping the Future," in Mexico City. |
AJCU EAO to Participate in International Conference in Mexico
Twenty-eight (28) participants coming from the East Asia and Oceania region will join in the International Conference on Jesuit Higher Education (ICJHE) at the Universidad Iberoamericana this coming 22-24 April 2010 in Mexico City.
With the theme Networking Jesuit Higher Education for the Globalizing World: Shaping the Future for a Humane, Just, Sustainable Globe, Most Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, stated in the ICJHE website that the international conference aims 1.) to advance Jesuit higher education and the intellectual apostolate, and 2.) to create and implement a network that can continue the discussion and analysis of frontier challenges. <read full text>
Service Learning Program 2010
Letter from Prof. Ishizawa
8 April 2010
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure, as president of Sophia University, Tokyo, to invite your universities to participate in the Service Learning Program set up this year by Sophia:
PRESERVING CULTURE –
A WAY FOR PRESERVING IDENTITY
Tribal Culture, Family Culture, Historical Culture, Environmental Culture…
The Program will take place in August in Thailand and Cambodia. For the past years our Student Center had set up a small summer program in these countries.
Cambodia is a country with cordial links to our university. In Siem Riep our Sophia Mission has four years been a place not only of archeology but also of monument preservation, a place where young Cambodians can learn how to care for their cultural heritage. The discovery of Buddha statues led to the construction of a museum sponsored by Aeon and handed over to the Cambodian State. It will be my pleasure to welcome your students personally in this beautiful cultural landscape.
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Season's Greetings, Updates, and Call for Feedback on Regional Challenges
Letter from the AJCU-EAO Chair
14 December 2009
To All the Members of the AJCU EAO:
As the coming of the Messiah nears, we have been invited to rejoice!
We rejoice also in the blessings the Lord has given us in our shared participation in the intellectual apostolate or in the higher educational apostolate of the Society of Jesus in East Asia and Oceania! Thank you for all you do to make this apostolate fruitful and to enhance our collaboration in mission!
Even as Christmas and the New Year approach we continue to prepare for the International Conference for Jesuit Higher Educational with its theme, "Shaping the Future," to be held in Mexico City from 22 to 24 of April, 2010. <read full text>
ICJHE Meets to Finalize Plans for International Conference of
Jesuit Higher Education
 The forthcoming International Conference on Jesuit Higher Education (Conference) was the focus of the meeting of the International Committee on Jesuit Higher Education (IVJHE) convened by Fr. Paul Locatelli, S.J., Secretary for Higher Education to Very Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, General Superior of the Society of Jesus, last 16-18 October in the Jesuit Curia, Rome.
The Committee reviewed the program for the forthcoming Conference, and adjusted it to insure that the Conference would not end with inspirational speeches and empty resolutions, but would provide real opportunity for networking and collaboration among Jesuit Higher Educational Institutions and Jesuits in the Intellectual Apostolate after the Conference.
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International Conference on
Jesuit Higher Education
Letter of the AJCU-EAO Chair
31 October 2009
To All the Members of the AJCU EAO:
Christ's Peace!
As was announced during our General Assembly in Sydney, the International Committee on Jesuit Higher Education (ICJHE) of Fr. General, chaired by Fr. Paul Locatelli, met at the Jesuit Curia in Rome last October 16-18, 2009. While the meeting included a discussion of the Intellectual Apostolate which had recently been entrusted to ICJHE by Father General, the main focus of the meeting was the forthcoming International Conference on Jesuit Higher Education (Conference) to be held in Mexico City, Mexico at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) on April 22-24, 2010.
Please already block off these dates plus traveling time on your calendar. You may already wish to be making travel arrangements for yourself and your companion. <read full text>
Meeting of AJCU EAO International Program Directors 2009
The participants from nine (9) universities from five (5) different countries in the East Asia region were warmly welcomed of this year's meeting of AJCU EAO International Directors held last 16-17 December 2009 at the Ateneo de Manila University.
Dr. Ma. Mercedes Rodrigo, Director of the Office of International Programs of AdMU, formally opened the meeting with her welcome remarks, followed by introductions from the participants. Sanata Dharma University (SDU) of Indonesia initiated the discussion with a report regarding their successful hosting of the Service Learning Program. They presented their process of the program as well as showed pictures and video testimonials from the participating students, all of whom gave positive feedbacks. A report and proposal from Sophia University of Japan followed, giving the Service Learning Program in 2010 an exciting twist: instead of the usual tradition of a school hosting the program in their own country, next year's SLP will be held in Thailand and Cambodia. <read full text>
Jesuit Conference for Asia Pacific
Proposals for Action Arising from JCAP Consults, November 2009 [PDF]
Memo of the Secretary for Higher Education
October 29, 2009
To: Presidents/Rectors of Jesuit Higher Education institutions
From Paul Locatelli, S.J
Re: Conference on Jesuit Higher Education /
Mexico April 22-24, 2010
This letter provides the latest information to presidents/rectors and colleagues regarding the international conference with Father Adolfo Nicolás at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA) in Mexico City. The title of the conference is: “Networking Jesuit Higher Education for the Globalizing World.” The aim is
shaping the future for a more humane, just, sustainable globe. The principal purpose is manifold: to enhance Jesuit education for students and research by faculty; to strengthen distinctive identity and mission; to better serve society and the Church; to collaborate among universities and with other Jesuit ministries, and to improve the global network of Jesuit higher education. It is also a time for us to hear Father Nicolás speak about his vision for Jesuit higher education and the intellectual apostolate.
The proposed program is attached; please note it includes (1) a plenary session with Father Adolfo Nicolás, (2) a panel of six presidents/rectors reflecting on regional challenges, (3) a discussion of identity and mission, and presentations on (4) the Jesuit Commons and on (5) three frontier challenges, namely, (a) theology, science and culture; (b) markets, inequality and poverty, and (c) ecology and sustainability. I urge that you invite a faculty member to accompany you who is engaged in one of the three frontier challenges. <read full text>
Networking Jesuit Higher Education for a Globalizing World Mexico City, April 22-24, 2010 Proposed Agenda [PDF]
AJCU EAO holds 2009 Annual Meeting in Sydney, Australia
Sydney, Australia—Though the cold season still embraced the land from Down-Under, the hosts for this year's Annual Meeting gave their very warm welcome to the participants of the AJCU EAO. Hosted by Fr. Frank Brennan, S.J. and the Australian Province, the members of the AJCU EAO enjoyed Australian hospitality during their stay at Canisius College last 25-27 August 2009.
This year's theme was Discerning and Acting on our Shared Jesuit Educational Mission in the Region: Moving Forward. The goal for this year's meeting was to tackle together the question of Fr. Paul Locatelli, S.J., which was What is distinct in our Jesuit Educational Mission in the Region? The meeting also provided an avenue for updates on shared projects such as the Research Committee and the Service Learning Program. <read full text>
Annual Meeting 2009 Downloads
[Annual Meeting Resolutions] | [Presentations]
Photo Gallery
[ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ]
Service Learning Program 2009
20 Days of Service, 20 Days of Learning, 20 Days of Fun -- The 2009 Service Learning Program have concluded last 23 August 2009 but memories of the grand occasion still linger among the participants.
Under the theme Education for Constructive Dialogue, this year's Service Learning Program was hosted by Sanata Dharma University last 3-23 August 2009. With 36 students and 15 faculty members from the various Jesuit Institutions in East Asia and Oceania, the program provided a dynamic synergy of learning, reflection and fun among SLP participants. <read full text>
Sogang University Welcomes
New President
26 June 2009—Dr. Byungdoo Sohn completed his 4-year term as President of Sogang University. Taking up the office helm is Professor Jong-wook Lee, a renowned scholar of ancient Korean history and a Sogang Alumnus. Prof. Lee is also the 13th President of Sogang University.
The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities extends its great gratitude to Dr. Sohn for his active involvement in the annual General Assemblies as well as in smaller collaborations and conferences. Dr. Sohn also served as Vice-Chair of the AJCU EAO since 2006.
The AJCU EAO also gives Sogang University's new President, Professor Jong-wook Lee its warmest welcome!
The AJCU EAO Welcomes
Fr. Florge Sy, SJ
April 2009—Fr. Florge Sy, SJ was elected as the new President of the Loyola College of Culion. Fr. Florge was ordained on 9 April 2005 at the Oratory of St. Ignatius, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University. He has been assigned to Palawan ever since... <read full text>
Loyola University Chicago -
Vietnam Office
Now Operational to Foster Further the Ignatian Spirit of Excellence in Asia
 19 March 2009—Loyola University Chicago (LUC) officially began its business operation in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Cardinal John Baptist Man of Saigon and Fr. Thomas Vu Quang Trung, SJ, Provincial Superior of Vietnam, were present during the blessing of the new office.
In partnership with the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training, the Loyola office in Vietnam will focus on three important areas: 1.) English as a Second Language (ESL) Education for health-care professionals, 2.) Leadership Programs for Vietnamese professionals and administrators, and 3.) Study-abroad Programs for U.S. students. <read full text>
AJCU – East Asia Oceania
SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM
“Education for Constructive Dialogue”
August 3 – August 23, 2009 |
Unscrupulous exploitation of natural resources and the environment degrade the quality of life; it destroys cultures and sinks the poor in misery. ‘Education for Constructive Dialogue’ is imperative for the youths especially in a rich and multicultural country, like Indonesia yet lack of appreciation of nature and cultures. The richness of both nature and culture within local and national context challenge the community to build a constructive dialogue. The classic understanding of ‘tolerance’ has been proved to be inadequate or was considered minimal in dealing with the growing social problem. Sanata Dharma University, in a mutual effort with the communities offers an opportunity for the students from every discipline to develop their conscience, commitment and compassion with those in need. It takes the participants to communities and institutions partnered by the academic institution in its pursuit to facilitate the student to construct their ability in promoting dialogue through working out a program or internship in specific social circumstances, villages or rural areas around the Campus. The goal of Education of Constructive Dialogue is to draw the student experiencing to be women and men for and with others.
The general framework of the exposure follows the core of the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm including Context, Experience, Reflection, Action, and Evaluation cycle. The student will be first invited to establish proper perspective through a session that provides the context of the entire journey. It proceeds to the integration of actual community experience where conversation is facilitated and relationship is built. This stirs internal movements that will be the groundwork of the reflection where the individual contemplates and make lucid the disturbances that occur from their own experiences and experiences of others. The upshot of the reflection will then be taken as the initial thrust to create concrete action as a response to the gaps observed from the community experience. The action taken will then be reviewed and evaluated.
Related Documents:
- Instructions [PDF]
- Introduction [PDF]
- Information about Gubug Sela Merapi [PDF]
- Institutional Reply Slip [PDF]
- Application Form [PDF]
- Overall Projected Budget [PDF]
- Practical Information [PDF]
- Schedule activities [PDF1] [PDF2]
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