Preparing the III Continental Encounter of Marista Education
The Subcommittee of Education of the CIAP met from Jan. 13 – 17 in Lima, Peru, to fine-tune the preparation work of the III Continental Meeting of Marist Education, together with the executive team facilitated by the Province of Santa María de los Andes, Peru.
This activity invites all provinces of America to discuss and delve into one of the lines agreed by the strategic plan of the Continental Mission Commission, which is evangelizing education.
“It is a key element of our Marist being and it helps us to integrate the mission of making Jesus Christ known and loved within the educational action,” said the provincial of América Central, Br Luis Carlos Gutiérrez Blanco.
A large number of participants from the provinces of America are expected in the Continental Meeting, which will be held from March 31 to April 4. During the meeting, the results of the continental survey of evangelizing education will be presented, completed by a large majority of schools in the continent.
“It will delve into the vision of children and youth in their reality, and will advance in a guidance document to evangelise by educating and its correspondence with the model of school management,” Br Luis Carlos told the general house press office on Jan. 24.
The subcommittee’s encounter touched on several topics including the progress of the continental survey and the development of the Masters on Marist educational management with the University Marcelino Champagnat of Lima and the Marist University of Guadalajara.
Other issues were the progress of the working paper for the III Continental Encounter of Evangelizing Education and the school management model, as well as the evaluation of the experiences of formative internships of the continent’s directors.
Finally, activities of how the document “The director and his management at the service of the mission” has been publicized were also discussed.
The members of the subcommittee are Ernesto Reyes (coordinator), Manuir Mentges, Ricardo Spínola, José Wagner, Irma Zamarripa and Luis Carlos Gutiérrez.