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From the CEO-PrincipalIt is a pleasure to welcome our new students and

faculty and a warm welcome back to our returning students and faculty to a new academic year.

We are delighted that Rev. Dr. James Hanvey SJ, Master of Campion Hall, Oxford University England, Associate Professor Margaret O’Connor, Rev. Dr. Gerry Healy SJ, Rev. Dr. Richard Leonard SJ, Rev. Dr. Jamie Calder SJ, and Sacha Burmez-Goldman SJ have joined the College Faculty.

The Jesuit College of Spirituality serves a diverse ecumenical community of post-graduate students who are active in a range of pastoral ministries. The Royal Commission into Institutional response to Child Abuse recommends “religious institutions should ensure that all people in religious or pastoral ministry, including religious leaders, have professional supervision with a trained professional or pastoral supervisor who has a degree of independence from the institution within which the person is in ministry” (Recommendation 16.45) Jesuit College of Spirituality’s Graduate Diploma in Supervision provides that professional pastoral training.

Therefore, we are proud to present the first graduates of the Graduate Diploma of Supervision: Major Tracey English, Major Christine Faragher, Mr. Grahame Pogue and Fr. Iain Radvan SJ. These graduates are well equipped to face challenges ahead having acquired knowledge and skills in supervision at JCS to complement their many years of experience in various ministries. During their studies, they have been exposed to values of Ignatius and the Jesuit tradition, contemporary standards and have shared experiences that have shaped their ethical framework and ministerial practices equipping them for a life of valuable service. We congratulate these students and all graduates and wish them well with their future ministries.

I also congratulate Rev. Dr. Cecilia Francis on her appointment as Associate Dean – Supervision and her recognition as a Supervisor-Trainer by the Australasian Association of Supervision. We thank Cecilia for her dedication and work to ensure that our supervision course meets professional standards, community expectations and our students’ pastoral needs.

Wishing all a successful and joyful year.

Deb.

Deborah Kent, CEO - Principal

Volume 2, Issue 1

Key Dates

Orientation Day Wed 20 Feb. Semester 1 commences Mon 25 Feb.

Graduation (Melbourne) Fri 22 March

Studiorum is the community newsletter of the Jesuit College of Spirituality and, as such, we relish the opportunity to include contributions from our alumni, students, staff, faculty, and members of the wider community. If you would like to contribute to Studiorum please contact us at: enquiries@jcs.edu.au

In Jesuit History...

3 March 1622: The canonisation of Ignatius and Francis Xavier by Pope Gregory XV

13th March 2013: Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, is elected to be the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is the first Jesuit in history to become Pope

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From the Academic Dean

Jesus Is Our Model

On my desk calendar, the quote for the day is from Pope Francis, who teaches: “Our mission as Chris-tians is to conform ourselves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives.” Simple, powerful, and straight to the heart of the matter. It is an echo of St Paul’s appeal to “let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). In a way, it is a beautiful and suc-cinct vision of the purpose of the Spiritual Exercises.

As we embark on the voyage of another year, wheth-er it be as a lecturer or student, this is a positive vision that we can keep before us as we journey together. To conform ourselves evermore to Jesus, is a noble, beautiful and laudable desire, but we do so in human flesh. We are attracted and drawn by minds other than the mind of Christ – we are imbued with our cultural mind, our capitalist mind, our self-aggrandising mind, our consumerist mind, our judgmental mind and many more. There are so many other minds to choose from other than the mind of Christ – which is why St Igna-tius states that “spiritual exercises is the name given to every way of preparing and making ourselves ready to get rid of all disordered affections so that, once rid of them, one might seek and find the divine will in re-gard to the disposition of one’s life for the salvation of the soul.” (Annotation 1) This is our mission here at JCS – to come to a deeper understanding of the ways in which the Spiritual Exercises can liberate

us from our ‘disordered affections’ so that ‘mind of Christ’ can infuse itself into the very core of our being. When this happens, even the disordered affections can be transformed into a blessing.

This year we have some exciting new develop-ments – we have new units to add to our existing ones and we have new lecturers joining our faculty. Whatever the course taken, here at JCS we combine theory (using the insights of the best scholars in Ignatian spirituality), with the practical skills one needs to be a spiritual director, leader, supervisor, or educator. Whichever the vocation, whatever our gifts, our task is the same: to ‘find God in all things’ and to orient our heart, mind and body, ‘to the greater glory of God’.

My fervent hope and prayer for myself and for all who come in contact with JCS this year, is that we will all grow into a real and ‘lived’ awareness of, and closeness to, the God we discover in the Exercises, so that we can follow Pope Francis’s inspiration to “conform our-selves evermore to Jesus as the model of our lives”.

Micheál Loughnane,Academic Dean &

Research Coordinator

Thoughts on beginning to teach a unit of Ignatian Pedagogy: Fr Gerry Healy SJ

Ignatian Pedagogy: A Contemporary Vision is a new unit at JCS in 2019. Classes commence on Wednesday 27th February.

Many schools follow an ethos based on the spirituality of St Ignatius Loyola; Jesuit schools obviously, schools related to a religious order or congregation that follows an Ignatian spirituality pathway, and schools not directly owned by the order, but with the Australian Jesuit companion schools.

In the 1970s the Jesuit order developed a document for the guidance of its schools entitled The Characteristics of Jesuit Education, which outlined a vision for Jesuit schools. However, the uptake for this was less than its creators desired, and one of the reasons was the gap between the vision and practical application in the school and classroom. To address this, The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm was developed.

Fr Gerry Healy SJ

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On the Spot! Meg NelsonMeg is the Events and Communications Manager at University of Divinity

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

“Know which hat you’re wearing”. Many of us wear many ‘hats’ during the course of our daily work. I’ve found it helpful on numerous occasions to take a moment to consider whether in that moment you’re wearing the right hat at the right time - it can completely change my response to a situation.

What’s been the most memorable musical performance you’ve seen?

The Forty Part Motet, by Janet Cardiff. Technically it’s an art installation, rather than a musical performance. In this installation Janet Cardiff has created a reworking of Thomas Tallis’ incredible motet Spem in Alium. The original piece, composed in 1556 by Thomas Tallis (thought to honour Queen Elizabeth on her fortieth birthday), is a choral piece written for forty male voices. Cardiff’s reworking features a fourteen-minute audio loop, with each of the forty singers of Salisbury Cathedral Choir recorded individually, played back on forty individual loud speakers on tripods. The loop includes eleven minutes of singing and three minutes of intermission. Apart from the genius of the original work, the magic of this installation comes from the placement of the forty speakers. Arranged in a large circle, as you wander around the inside of the circle you can pick out each distinct voice, or stand in the middle of the circle and experience the unified piece as a whole. A particularly memorable moment was happening to overhear two of the young boy trebles telling jokes to each other during the ‘intermission’ part of the loop, then getting told off by one of the older lay-clerks. Had you been standing next to any other speakers at that time you would have completely missed this magic moment that completely humanises the installation.

What would be your ideal way to spend a weekend?

Getting out of the city for a night or two to explore the beautiful towns, beaches and walks only a few hours drive from Melbourne.

Meg (at front) bushwalking in New Zealand with family

and friends.

Thoughts on beginning to teach a unit of Ignatian Pedagogy (continued)

A similar gap can exist in communicating the Ignatian educational vision to teachers and school administrators and support staff. Programs focus on the Life of Ignatius and the Spiritual Exercises, - for example the Ignis One and Ignis Two programs but sometimes the gap to actual classroom practice exists. In my work I have been conscious of this gap, and the opportunity to develop and teach this unit on Ignatian Pedagogy excites me, as I see it bridging that gap for educators who have been imbued with Ignatian spirituality, but seek the opportunity to reflect on and develop its application to their particular educational role.

Hence, I look forward to focusing the unit on reflection on the Ignatian vision, but in particular facilitating each participant applying it to their specific role and situation

I look forward to it with enthusiasm!Gerry Healy SJ

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Is it really already February? This year commenced with the foot on the accelerator and it doesn’t look like it’s easing any time soon. The beginning of each year is the busiest time when sitting in the Registrar seat, but also the most exciting. Meeting new stu-dents, talking to them about their study plans and plans for the future. We have a good number of new students joining JCS in 2019, welcome to the family!

On the flip side, we have 14 students graduating in March. Of these, four are graduating with a Grad-uate Diploma in Supervision, a new award offered for the first time in 2018. What an achievement!

2019 is promising to be another great year. We now have three fully online awards: the Graduate Certificate in Ignatian Spirituality, Graduate Cer-tificate in Leadership and Graduate Certificate in Spirituality. This means we welcome students from all around the world, and some we may never meet in person. We have a number of new and revamped units. Setting the timetable each year is not a simple task; with needing to ensure each student pathway is covered and providing variety to our predominantly part-time students, it is always a challenge, however I believe we have delivered great offerings with expert lecturers. We also are

From the Registrarpleased to welcome a number of new faculty in 2019.

Aside from our main purpose of delivering post-graduate and higher degree by research awards, we also have a number of public lectures, research seminars, book launches and other special events to coordinate this year. Please do follow us on social media (Facebook and LinkedIn) or visit the JCS website regularly to keep up-to-date on our upcoming events and news.

The University of Divinity in collaboration with the Colleges is working on a number of projects to enable a smooth student enrolment process. Stay tuned throughout the year for further information regarding this.

To sum up the start of my year:

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished.That will be the beginning.

Louis L’Amour

Katica BuccheriRegistrar

From the Student Engagement Officer

Welcome to 2019, everyone! I hope you all managed to get some down-time this Christmas season. This was my first summer break since I’d finished my PhD thesis, and so I was free to go on a short but wonderful holiday to Canberra. There I spent the very hot summer days inside air conditioned museums and galleries learning very large volumes of information about history and art. It was a lovely break.

I am excited for 2019 at JCS; aside from the usual (fantastic) units, faculty, and guest lecturers, JCS will this year continue to hold a number of public lectures. Beginning in March, we will hold another Lenten Lecture series over four weeks where Fr Brian McCoy SJ, Fr Justin Glyn SJ, Fr Bill Uren SJ, and Julie Edwards will give us some Ignatian food for thought over the Lenten season. We will also hold more public lectures as the year goes on, including another visit from Dr Andrew Pinsent in August (details to be released later in the year). I particularly like public lectures because they are a chance for the wider JCS and UD communities to gather together and meet each other, often for the first time; past students, current students, future students, members from external communities, all coming together to learn and discuss ideas. If you’re yet to attend one of these public events, we warmly welcome you to try one in 2019.

I have now been at JCS for more than 6 months, and I have been enjoying my work here immensely. With a new academic year starting, I have had the pleasure of meeting new students beginning their JCS journeys, and I’ve also been able to meet existing students for the first time as they come in to discuss their 2019 pathways. We really have a great family of students, and I feel lucky to be working with all of you. Good luck to everyone for first semester.

Sarah Cook,Student Engagement

Officer

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Where Are They Now?Fr Michael Smith SJ chats with Studiorum about life after JCS.

Tell us about your involvement at JCS and the time you spent here. I was the first Dean of Jesuit College of Spirituality, although when the college began it was called the Christian Spirituality Centre. I held that position for 17 years from the beginning of 2000 until the end of 2016. During those years I had other roles too, including being the Director of Campion Centre of Ignatian Spirituality and the Rector of Jesuit Theological College in Melbourne.

The idea of beginning a Christian Spirituality Centre in the Melbourne College of Divinity was a response to the emergence of spirituality as a distinct academic discipline in universities, colleges, and theological schools throughout the English-speaking world. In 1998 I was invited to a meeting held in the office of the Dean, Harold Pidwell, to discuss how to proceed. Maryanne Confoy RSC was there, as was Austin Cooper OMI, Brendan Byrne SJ, Paul Chandler O.Carm, the late Ross Collings OCD, and others. I remember asking, “What about the study of spiritual direction? Could that be offered by the Christian Spirituality Centre?” Dr Pidwell said to me, “Why don’t you write up a course?” Maryanne offered to help and, together with Peter Cantwell OFM, we met over a number of months in 1999 to develop the curriculum for the Master of Arts in Spiritual Direction. In 2000 we had our first intake of 8 students. From that small beginning the college has grown significantly in terms of student numbers and the range of awards it offers.

What have you been doing since you left?For the past two years I have been the International Education Officer for Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). I am based at our International Office in Rome. At the end of 2018, JRS had 204,987 students in its various education projects in camps and urban settings in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and South East Asia. These projects include pre-school, primary, secondary, professional, post-secondary, accelerated learning, adult literacy, and livelihoods programs. By the end of 2020 JRS aims to be educating 240,000 forcibly displaced students.

Pope Francis has said, “To give a child a seat at school is the finest gift you can give.” This is particularly true for children in situations of forced displacement. For refugees, schools are safe havens. In our education projects teachers look out for the welfare of children, and classrooms provide them with a protective environment. Schools help to normalize the situation in a refugee community by providing a regular rhythm to the life of young people. In JRS we hold that education helps forcibly displaced people to restructure their lives by giving them skills to transform the situations in which they find themselves, and to sustain themselves in the future.

Rev Dr Michael Smith SJ (left) with Father General Arturo Sosa SJ (proudly

wearing the JCS polo shirt!) at a meeting in Rome with all Assistants and Presi-

dents of Jesuit Conferences from around the world.

Now available: JCS Merchandise!A range of JCS-branded merchandise is now available from our

website. We have mugs, reusable coffee cups, and polo shirts for sale. Details at www.jcs.edu.au/merchandise

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UPCOMING EVENTS

THE JESUIT COLLEGE OF SPIRITUALITY and

THE JESUIT THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE

are pleased to invite you to the launch of

Portraits: Popes, Family, and Friends by

THE REV. PROF. GERALD O’COLLINS, SJ AC to be launched by Mr Shane Carmody

From his personal experience of them, Gerald O’Collins has created a set of lively portraits: four popes (from Pope (St) Paul VI to Pope Benedict XVI), four family members (including his parents and two of his siblings), and twelve others. The third group begins with Mother (St) Teresa of Calcutta, the publisher Geoffrey Chapman, the musical director Richard Divall, and ends with Peter Steele. Vivid anecdotes and insights abound. In their different ways, all the

men and women celebrated in this book have much to teach about human living and Christian faith.

Gerald O’Collins is currently a research fellow of the University of Divinity and Adjunct

Professor of the Australian Catholic University. His recent books include Tradition: Understanding Christian Tradition, Inspiration: Toward a Christian Interpretation of Biblical

Inspiration, and Revelation: Toward a Christian Interpretation of God’s Self-Revelation in Jesus Christ, all with Oxford University Press. Portraits: Popes, Family, and Friends is Gerald’s

seventy-fourth published book.

Wednesday 20th February 2019 5:00pm to 7:00pm

At Jesuit Theological College, 175 Royal Parade, Parkville, 3052 (best approached from The Avenue,

at the rear of the College)

RSVP: by 17 February 2019 Email: enquiries@jcs.edu.au

Phone: 03 9448 8276 Those who cannot attend can order a copy of Portraits: Popes, Family, and Friends from

https://www.connorcourtpublishing.com.au/

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Jesuit College of Spirituality 175 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052

+61 3 9448 8276 enquiries@jcs.edu.au

www.jcs.edu.au

ENDNOTE SEMINAR Tuesday 12th March 2019 3:00-5:00pm Jesuit College of Spirituality 175 Royal Parade, Parkville 3052 All JCS and University of Divinity students welcome

By popular demand, JCS is holding another Endnote* seminar in order to introduce students to the Endnote referencing software.

At this seminar, two experienced Endnote users – Dr Micheál Loughnane and Dr Sarah Cook – will explain the basics of Endnote that will give you a working understanding of how to use the program in your own academic work.

*Endnote is a referencing software that helps you to manage references and bibliography. It is widely used for academic purposes, including essays and especially theses. The program is available for all students to download through the University of Divinity.

Please RSVP by Friday 8th March to enquiries@jcs.edu.au or 03 9448 8276

In order to be prepared for the workshop, please ensure you already have installed Endnote on your laptop.

You can do this by;

1. Completing an Endnote Access form 2. Sending the form to endnote@divinity.edu.au 3. You will then be emailed a link, from which you can directly download the

program

If you have any trouble, please contact Sarah Cook: scook@jcs.edu.au

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Jesuit College of Spirituality 175 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052

+61 3 9448 8276 enquiries@jcs.edu.au

www.jcs.edu.au

LENTEN PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES Jesuit College of Spirituality is proud to host four public lectures during Lent. The public lectures may be attended individually or as a series. Please RSVP one week in advance of your intention to attend by email to enquiries@jcs.edu.au

Venue: Jesuit College of Spirituality, 175 Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052

Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Cost: Gold coin donation

RSVP: Telephone: (03) 9448 8276, or by email: enquiries@jcs.edu.au

Lecture 1: Monday 18th March 2019

50 Years On: What have Aboriginal people taught me about Ignatian spirituality?

Fr Brian McCoy SJ grew up in Melbourne but has spent most of his Jesuit and priestly life in the north of Australia in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Before taking up his role as Provincial July

2014, Brian was the Director of the Tertianship Program for the Australian Jesuit Province. His PhD at The University of Melbourne was titled: Holding Men: Kanyirninpa and the health of Aboriginal men.

Lecture 2: Monday 25th March 2019

Justice and Mercy - an Ignatian look at the weightier matters of the law

Fr Justin Glyn SJ has a licentiate in canon law from St Paul University in Ottawa and was admitted to the Victorian legal profession in November 2018. Before entering the Society he practised law in South Africa and New Zealand

and has a PhD in administrative and international law.

Lecture 3: Monday 1st April 2019

Ignatian Spirituality and a time of conflict

Fr Bill Uren SJ is Rector of Newman College at the University of Melbourne. A graduate of the Universities of Melbourne, Sydney, Oxford and the Melbourne College of Divinity, he has lectured in moral philosophy and bioethics

at the Universities of Melbourne, Murdoch and Queensland, and has served on over a dozen clinical and research ethics committees in universities, hospitals and research institutes. Lecture 4: Monday 8th April 2019.

Ignatian Spirituality and Social Service Julie Edwards is CEO of Jesuit Social Services. She has over 35 years experience engaging with marginalised people and families experiencing breakdown and trauma. Julie is a social worker,

family therapist and a grief and loss counsellor. She is a member of a number of national and international Jesuit commissions and working groups across areas of justice, education, social ministry and ecology.