Buckley, Washington. His first contact with the Jesuits was through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Boston back in When not singing while passing meds to his patients, Travis volunteers in various roles at his parish, practices piano and explores day hikes near Mount Rainier. Santa Maria, California. After graduation Jose worked at Catholic Charities as a client resources coordinator in assisting low-income families with basic needs and support. He volunteered in two of his local parishes, helping in confirmation, youth ministry and hospitality for Mass.
Jose enjoys company with friends, grounding a therapeutic technique for relaxation and reducing stress at the beach and walking his pugs, Milo and Simba. Alhambra, California. Alex earned a bachelor's in biomedical engineering from the University of California, Irvine and a master's in physician assistant PA practice from the University of Southern California.
Afterward, he practiced as a cardiothoracic surgery PA. He was active in the Vietnamese Christian Life Community, serving in the young adult ministry and training leaders for youth retreats. Alex enjoys cooking, hiking, and camping. Pasco, Washington. He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Gonzaga University in and worked in Spokane as a civil engineer for two years.
Aloysius parish, and he is attracted to the Jesuits' commitment to stand with people on the margins. He has traveled to Zambia and Kenya assisting with community development projects and has played in a rock band for five years. He enjoys traveling, cooking, nature, craft beer, and watching Gonzaga basketball. Oakland, California.
Prior to entering the Society, he worked as a library supervisor at UC Berkeley and ministered to Hispanic young adults at his parish. Long Beach, California. He has spent the last 14 years of his life teaching and coaching competitive speech and debate, first as a graduate assistant and then as a program director. Who Are the Jesuits? Twitter Facebook Youtube Instagram. Our Work. Support Us. Jesuit Conference of Canada and the U. All Rights Reserved. Subscribe to our newsletter.
Get weekly Jesuit news, articles, and other resources straight in your inbox! First Name. Last Name. Sign me up! Sheahan said. The community is meant to be the locus of learning, Fr. Sheahan says. The program is designed so that the academic coursework, the apostolic experience and the communal living experience complement one another intentionally, to be more closely intertwined than has been the case historically in First Studies.
During regency, Jesuits become more competent. Theology studies focus on content for being a minister of the Church. The aim of first studies, he says, is context. The typical course load of philosophy and theology has also evolved. Father Michael Zampelli, SJ, an artist in residence and associate professor of theatre at Fordham, helped design and directs the academic program for the First Studies program at Ciszek Hall.
He worked with a committee of educators at Fordham to design the new academic program. Jesuits in first studies traditionally participate in apostolic ministry. The new program integrates academics with apostolic service through praxis education: one day a week serving in the community under the guidance of local praxis educators. A final component of the Ciszek pilot emphasizes discernment and developing team-based leadership skills as a foundation for communal apostolic discernment.
While the Ciszek Hall program at Fordham was being developed as a pilot, the leaders of the First Studies program at Saint Louis University restructured their own program, announcing a series of initiatives in in accord with the IFF.
The first studies program at Ciszek Hall aims to provide Jesuits with the tools necessary for the effective evaluation of ministerial contexts. In addition to studying philosophy and theology, students will engage the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences in order to expand their capacities to understand more deeply and enter more sensitively the varied communities in which they will serve as Jesuits. Critical to this education is the increasing integration between theory and praxis, between the classroom of the academy and the classroom of the community.
All formal courses, praxis placements, and integrating activities of CHJRC are shaped by the following learning goals articulated by the Society of Jesus.
In addition, first studies will focus on the context of mission, forming Jesuits who are able to….
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