Ratio Studiorum
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Fr. John O’Malley, S.J., has recently written some things about Jesuit education that call for some immediate adjustment, correction, or further research.
L'ordine degli studi (Ratio studiorum) che ha governato la rete globale dei collegi gesuitici è analizzata nei suoi fondamenti che riorganizzano i criteri della pedagogia umanistica in un funzionale sistema educativo classicistico: per... more
The Jesuit Ratio studiorum of 1599, deeply rooted in Ignatius's life and spirituality, is not only an indispensable source for the concept of Jesuit education but an essential part of the Society's foundation. It highlights the importance... more
L'ordine degli studi (Ratio studiorum) che ha governato la rete globale dei collegi gesuitici è analizzata nei suoi fondamenti che riorganizzano i criteri della pedagogia umanistica in un funzionale sistema educativo classicistico: per... more
The famous Jesuit educational plan from 1599 in a Latin-English bicolumnar edition, with introduction, notes, and appendices. The excerpt here is taken from this first full English translation from the critical text. The full work is... more
Este libro fue la tesis doctoral de la autora, quien indaga en la incidencia de la Ratio Studiorum en una universidad ubicada en los confines de las colonias españolas. Su aplicación incidió en la formación de generaciones de jesuitas,... more
This paper deals with the two most important Cypriot authors of the 17th c., Neofytos Rodinos and Ioakeim Kyprios, and focuses on their most important works, the On Heroes by Rodinos (published in 1659) and Struggle by Ioakeim Kyprios... more
Saving Culture, Saving Souls, Saving Grace is a retrospective collection of essays on culture, classics, justice, education, the Ratio studiorum, Jesuit higher education, and Christian humanism, upgrading many essays first made available... more
How classical was the "classical version" of Jesuit education? This paper uses the Ratio Studiorum of 1599 for clues.
St Ignatius came to the university late in life at the age of thirty-six. His resolve to further his education was the result not of an academic but of a spiritual conversion that took place at Manresa near the shrine of Montserrat in... more
Understanding the roles of docta pietas and the Ratio studiorum in the life and in the very idea of Society of Jesus is essential for any true renewal of the order. This paper is adapted from a talk given to Jesuits attending the Learned... more
De los tres fines de la retórica clásica (enseñar, deleitar y conmover), el más buscado por los misioneros jesuitas fue el movere. Por medio de esta 'retórica emotiva', el púlpito se transformó en una especie de proscenium donde el... more
La Ratio Studiorum y su vínculo con la primera universidad … 100-113 La Ratio Studiorum y su vínculo con la primera universidad argentina The Ratio Studiorum and its link with the first Argentine university Silvana M. Lovay * Resumen: El... more
PALAVRAS-CHAVE Companhia de Jesus; escrita escolar; modus parisiensis; ensino superior; ensino religioso.
Here is an overview of how some people have presented and understood the idea of Jesuit education over the past five centuries.
Un solo Cielo. Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582-1649). Geografia, arte, scienza, religione dall’Europa alla Cina, (One Heaven. Giulio Aleni S.J. (1582-1649). Geography, art, science, religion from Europe to China),
Brescia, Grafo Edizioni, 1994.
Brescia, Grafo Edizioni, 1994.
The tradition of the Ratio Studiorum can be carried forward in Jesuit college programs today by re-thinking and restructuring the Core, its delivery, and its oversight. For a productive discussion about these changes, certain essential... more
This fascinating paper was actually rejected by the Illinois State University Teaching and Learning Symposium, 2014 even though it is a sequel to my sociologically prophetic 2013 submission below which they accepted on the Guarani, and... more
Hasta el presente no se ha señalado demasiado sobre el Colegio de la Compañía de Jesús en Salamanca y sus relaciones con las diversas órdenes religiosas, universidad y la propia ciudad. Nos encontramos faltos de una serie de... more
This paper is now part of In the School of Ignatius: Studious Zeal and Devoted Learning, available at http://jesuitsources.bc.edu/in-the-school-of-ignatius-studious-zeal-and-devoted-learning/ . The influential early modern Jesuit plan... more
educación y el conocimiento es conocido por todos. Desde sus primeros momentos, la pedagogía jesuita estuvo marcada por tres características fundamentales: [1] la difusión universal del conocimiento, con independencia de clases sociales,... more
Here is a prospectus for a new kind of free college that offers a two-year bachelor's degree (BL, Bachelor of Letters). Advantages: it is free, it is high-quality, it is substantial, it is personally and societally helpful, it is... more
This paper presents six concise definitions of Jesuit education for the sake of further discussion, refinement, and correction. UPDATED: July 30, 2016.
This paper highlights the significance, value, and implications of the Ratio Studiorum for Jesuit education today.
La Ratio atque Institutio Studiorum Societatis Jesu fue elaborada por la Compañía de Jesús en 1599 con la finalidad de orientar las prácticas educativas llevadas a cabo en sus instituciones. Determinaba los deberes de quienes allí se... more
This short comment critiques two influential essays on contemporary Jesuit education. In Juan Cristóbal Garcia-Huidobro, ed., Jesuit Education at the Crossroads: Discussions on Contemporary Jesuit Primary and Secondary Schools in North... more
This paper is an updated and improved form of "Ignatius at School," which was published in the New Jesuit Review 3:12 (2013). Studies are constitutive of the Society and they demand a high priority within the order.
Juan de Borja (1533-1606), the son of Saint Francisco de Borja (1510-1572), who would later become the third Superior General of the Socity of Jesus, published a book of emblems with a pronounced moralistic content, with the title... more
Numerosas son las corrientes pedagógicas que en la actualidad aspiran a movimientos educativos más allá que los simples formativos. Dar salida laboral no es exclusivamente lo buscado. Lo que pretendemos en este artículo es que, utilizando... more
El interés de la Compañía de Jesús por la educación y el conocimiento es conocido por todos. Desde sus primeros momentos, la pedagogía jesuita estuvo marcada por tres características fundamentales: [1] la difusión universal del... more
Engagement with Greek and Latin languages and traditions is a significant and integral (not merely rhetorical or formalistic) part of the concept of Jesuit education, historically understood. This fact needs to be considered in any... more
Matteo Ricci, missione gesuitica, incontro tra Oriente e Occidente, e modernità hanno un profondissimo legame. Furono i gesuiti a mettere in piedi la prima rete di comunicazione globale, basata su lettere e relazioni. Esse mettevano i... more
« Un long Moyen Âge amérindien ? Interroger les récits exemplaires traduits en guarani dans les missions jésuites du Paraguay (XIIIe – XVIIIe siècles) », Séminaire Interroger sa source dans les Études Ibériques, Ibéro-américaines et... more
"In the wake of the Modern Age, the European cultural Model was exported in America and imposed on the New World. One of the most important features of that Model was a (pre)capitalistic mentality. Max Weber stated that the spirit of... more