Best practices ARCHIVE

This Symposium represented a valuable synthesis of theoretical and practical points of view by recognized experts in the field and presented nearly 50 consolidated experiences on peacebuilding and reconciliation, in territories or with specific communities around the world, carried out by...

Human enhancement is closely linked to the rise of the transhumanist movement (Humanity+), which actively propagates radical techno-transformation of humanity. It frequently utilizes tropes known from mythology, utopian visions of a hedonistic paradise or a morally perfect utopia, and sometimes...

20 May, at 18:00h CET  The worldwide celebration will start with a Eucaristichic presided by Archbishop Francisco Peréz Gonzales and concelebrated by Father General Arturo Sosa, SJ, at Pamplona Cathedral. Pamplona,  the emblematic site of Ignatius' process of conversion, Follow the mass  23...

The International Association of Jesuit Universities has published the first edition of the "IAJU Best Practices in Jesuit Higher Education". You will find a selection of good practices in Ignatian Pedagogy and Pedagogical Innovation developed by faculty members from different Jesuit...

The Kircher Online Lecture Series offers a unique opportunity to listen and discuss with guest scholars from our institutions, facilitating a cross-cultural and comparative perspective on theological and philosophical topics. The lecture on "Human Enhancement: Myth, Ideology and Utopia" will be...

The celebration of the 500th anniversary of the conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola will on May 20th. The Ignatian Year is a call and an opportunity to each of us and our Jesuit institutions to deepen our conversion and intimate relationship with Jesus, the Lord. An intimacy, says the Superior...

The new Diploma will be offered by the Faculty of Canon Law, and it will aim to give a more specific formation for those who seek to work in the courts and already have a license or doctorate in canon law. The program will be very innovative, both in terms of the topics covered and the...

For the first time, the senior international relation officers of 17 Kircher universities and centres met online on April 26th. The event is part of a series of online meetings to facilitate networking, and explain the network´s Strategic Plan and projects to the international officers. The...

Dr Francisco Ramirez Fueyo, S.J., will be the new Dean of Theology and Canon Law (Comillas CIHS). He will take office next Wednesday, May 5, in a ceremony presided over by the Rector, Julio Martinez, S.J., the Provincial of the Jesuits in Spain, Antonio José España S.J., and the outgoing Dean,...

The Newman Institute in Uppsala has been ranked the most climate-friendly university in Sweden, sharing first place in the Climate Action Ranking 2021. In line with the Paris Agreement, the ranking aims to follow up the governmental resolution to increase universities' commitment to promoting...

Last April 20th, the Kircher Network´s HEST Cluster on Christian - Muslim Relations celebrated a Democracy and Religious Traditions webinar. The HEST Cluster´s coordinators (professors Tobias Specker, Michaela Neulinger and Gonzalo Villagrán) invited two keynoted speakers. Professor Wolfgang...

This is the first time a pontifical university offers a licentiate in Judaic studies, a new category of canonical License established by the Congregation for Catholic Education of the Holy See in October 2020. The Licentiate offers clergy members and laypersons a solid preparation in Judaism,...

The Journal is edited by a joint venture undertaken by Munich School of Philosophy, the Faculty for Catholic Theology at the University of Innsbruck, and the Sankt Georgen, Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology, Frankfurt. As an online journal with an accompanying print edition, the new...

Applications are invited from those interested in theology and medieval history. If the successful applicant is lacking expertise in either of these areas, they will be asked to complete appropriate modules from the MPhil in Christian Theology, and/or from the MPhil in Medieval Studies. The...

Showing solidarity with our friends from Lebanon Decades of corruption and entanglement in the Middle East's geopolitical conflicts, which increasingly revolve around natural resources in the Mediterranean, are crippling Lebanon. "We are held, hostage. Our entire democracy is crumbling,"...

In 1985, he obtained a Licentiate in Contemporary History from the University of Freiburg (CH) with a dissertation on "Catholiques face au totalitariansme. Une partie de la presse catholique romande face au comunisme et au nationalsocialisme (1936-1941)". In 1997, Fr Imperatori obtained his...

Russian literature is filled with the experience of death. But is it true that it is "depressive", "hopeless", or "dark"? Starting from the fact that Easter is the main feast for Russian Christians, Dr Lipke will examine which role the resurrection plays for some of the greatest Russian writers...

On February 9th, the Loyola University Andalusia welcomed 100 international students from 21 countries who have chosen the university for a study abroad experience this Spring semester. Loyola University has also received students from other Jesuit universities in Spain through the CRUE-SICUE...