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InFormation 2020 No. 1 : Where Hope and Courage Meet, by Norma Pimentel

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2020 No.1 Spring

"You have to see, not be afraid, have courage, courage. Together, we can help others overcome those obstacles, those difficulties in life. I believe though we have to be like lions that are not afraid to face what we have before us so we can accompany others who need our strength and our courage to face life’s difficulties. But we must do it with the gentleness of souls."

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Author: 
Pimentel, Norma, MJ
Formation Resources: 
Vocation & Discernment
Mission
Interculturality
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InFormation 2020 No. 2 : Courage for an Interim Time That Does Not Yet Know Its Name, by Bryan Massingale

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2020 No.2 Summer

"I offer 'the interim time' and 'a change of era' as apt descriptions of the season in which we live. I will sketch out several markers of the 'signs of the time,' that is, seismic developments or sites of disruption that illustrate how and where I see a 'change of eras' occurring, specifically looking at the phenomena of climate disruption, sexuality, and white nationalism as protean events that challenge established ways of thinking and being. I then will turn to the Christian tradition to retrieve its wisdom concerning courage as the grace and virtue needed as we live in the midst of this time of change and upheaval."

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Author: 
Massingale, Bryan
Formation Resources: 
Ecological Consciousness
Interculturality
Sexuality
Church and Culture
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InFormation 2021 No. 1 : Looking Back to Move Ahead, by Mumbi Kigutha, CPPS

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 2021 No.1 Spring

"I have talked many times with other younger religious sister friends about how hard it is to have conversations and workshops on racism in religious life. My response has always echoed something along the lines of, 'It is very hard to tell life-long dogooders that they are also complicit in racism and white supremacy.' This is not in an attempt to discount the inordinate amount of social justice reform and progress that religious communities have done, not just in this country but around the world. However, if we are going to stand in the gap when it comes to this issue of racism, we first need to reconcile with God and self."

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Author: 
Kigutha, Mumbi, CPPS
Formation Resources: 
History
Intercultural Aspects
Interculturality
Social Justice

WEBINAR | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

Presented by Religious Formation Conference (RFC) in partnership with Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM)

Part One: The Basics

Part Two: Dealing with Difficult findings and Difficult Realities

Part Three: Developing and Managing Intercultural Competencies Within Formation

Fr. Jerry McGlone, SJ, PhD, Associate Director, Conference of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM)

 

Formation Resources: 
Assessment
Biopsychosocial Development
Moral and Ethical Aspects
Interculturality

WEBINAR | A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE VOWS

On Thursday, September 13 the RFC hosted a webinar discussion with the editors of and an author in the book, In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Changing World.

Sarah Kohles, OSF, Juliet Mousseau, RSCJ, & Tracy Kemme, SC

Editors of and an author in the book, In Our Own Words: Religious Life in a Changing World joined the RFC for this webinar conversation. 

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Formation Resources: 
Vocation & Discernment
Community Life
Vows
Interculturality
Ecclesiology

WEBINAR | ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS: RECOGNIZING JESUS IN THE JOURNEY OF RACIAL HEALING

A significant component of our charisms as members of religious communities involves being intentional about accompanying those who have been marginalized. In order to do this well, we must consider how past, present and future actions inform the ways we approach issues of justice. Utilizing a lens of racial justice, this webinar will wrestle with the history and lessons of Jesuit slaveholding and the continued need to break down silence and complicity. The session will focus on community approaches to restoration, reconciliation, and mutual transformation.

This webinar will be facilitated by Danielle Harrison, Co-Director of the Slavery, History, Memory, and Reconciliation Project with the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. It will include other staff and collaborators in mission.

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Formation Resources: 
Moral and Ethical Aspects
Intercultural Aspects
Interculturality
Social Justice
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InFormation 1996 No. 2 : Cultural Diversity Parts 2 & 3, by Peter Phan

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 1996 No.2 Mar-Apr

"Inculturation affects all aspects of church life and culture. In this section I would like to explore how cultural pluralism impacted upon the fourth "self," namely, self-theologizing, in the United States."

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Phan, Peter C., Ph.D.
Formation Resources: 
Intercultural Aspects
Interculturality
Church and Culture
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InFormation 1996 No. 1 : Cultural Diversity Part 1, by Peter Phan

InFormation Bulletins - InFormation 1996 No.1 Jan-Feb

"Lastly, if and when the local church has achieved sufficient autonomy from the "sending church," both institutionally and intellectually, and its members, both lay and clerical, have taken over the task of evangelizing not only individuals but their own culture as such, then inculturation, properly speaking, begins to take place. Then the third level of culture is engaged with, that is, the level at which the different meanings attached to the building blocks of culture are integrated together into a cultural system resulting in a world view."

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Phan, Peter C., Ph.D.
Formation Resources: 
Intercultural Aspects
Interculturality
Church and Culture
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Resource Manual Volume 2, Part 2 Multiculturalism : Article 07

Formation Resources - Resource Manuals - Volume II

Part II : Multiculturalism

  • Resources: Immersion Experiences
    • 8th Day Center for Justice
    • Ignatian International Immersion Experience
    • GATE (Global Awareness Through Experience) Program
    • MACC Border Witness Program

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Formation Resources: 
Bibliography and Resources
Intercultural Aspects
Interculturality