In the time and space in which they lived, Saint Raphaela Mary, Mother Pillar and the first Handmaids found the way, through education, to respond to the needs of reality. Today, like them, we desire to respond to the hopes of humanity and to God’s dream convinced that “education is
“An indispensable quality in an educator is love for her students. If this love truly exists, that love will make you seek at every moment what is best for each girl.” (Mother Christina, 1951) Around the corners of our classrooms, we share about God’s love, we talk about God who
Santa Rafaela Social Services Center began in Kinshasa in the 90’s as a literacy center for youth and for the mothers in the neighborhood who were unable to attend school. The literacy program has always been combined with some activity which would help them to develop skills which would act
Two years ago in the private school of La Dolorosa in Quito, Ecuador, we proposed a reassessment of the model of evaluation and the methodology of the learning process. The challenge arose in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, which obliged us to think carefully about which are the
Timor is a small country that has achieved its independence after having suffered many human losses. During the Indonesian occupation, education was largely provided by Indonesian teachers. When the country came to independence it had no trained native teachers to teach. From its inhabitants arose the initiative to organize the
Pope Francis launched an impressive initiative, called “Reinventing the GlobalCompact on Education” in order to “rekindle our dedication for and with youngpeople, renewing our passion for a more open and inclusive education, includingpatient listening, constructive dialogue and better mutual understanding”. He alsourged us to build and walk on a truly
As a concrete response to the theme that the Region of India chose for this advent – “hoping with others and for others”, the Pune community decided to accompany the children of the Banjara community who migrated from Karnataka in search of a better life. Their parents are construction workers.
For the past four years we have been conducting an Early Education Peer Tutoring Program, whose acronym is TEI. The Program is an educational strategy for coexistence for the prevention of violence and school bullying. It is based on affective peer mentoring and develops respect, empathy and commitment as basic
This year, with our school theme focused on “Living the Legacy”, the Academy is strengthening its commitment to sustainability as guided by Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si. In translation, this means “Praise Be To You” and also has a subtitle: “On Care for Our Common Home.” As a Handmaid school, our
Our project AGENDA 2021 arose as a proposal for the whole educational community in theframework of Education for Global DevelopmentTo begin, the 17 Objectives for Sustainable Development of the 2030 AGENDA of the UN weredistributed among the different groups of our educational community (Student body, AMPA, PAS,and the Leadership Team).
