Instituto Jesuita para la Investigación Social

30.11.07 @ 23:58:00. Archivado en Las Américas, Universidades, Sociogenética, Ética, Religiones, Educación, Pro justitia et libertate

Creación del Instituto Jesuita para la Investigación Social en los EE.UU.

La Provincia de Nueva Orleans y la "Loyola University" han creado recientemente el Jesuit Social Research Institute, que ofrecerá investigación, análisis social y reflexión teológica. Además, ideará y realizará estrategias prácticas para mejorar las condiciones sociales y económicas en la parte meridional de Estados Unidos y en países del Caribe y de Latinoamérica.

Personas de color han aguantado un porcentaje desproporcionado de pobreza persistente, en los estados meridionales de Estados Unidos. La pobreza crónica contribuye a los altos índices de analfabetismo, enfermedad y encarcelación entre personas de color. Este instituto de investigación ofrecerá un cauce práctico a través del cuál los recursos tanto materiales como humanos de la Universidad de Loyola podrán facilitar las investigaciones sobre migración, racismo y desarrollo socio-económico.

Fuente: Julie Bourbon, jbourbon@norprov.org

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Para más información, ver: www.loyno.edu/jsri

The Jesuit Social Research Institute(JSRI) analyzes, educates and advocates in the Jesuit theological and intellectual tradition. By applying principles of Catholic social thought such as the preferential option for the poor to urgent social issues affecting our region such as migration, poverty, and racism, we aim at realizing tangible results contributing to the solution of problems that continue to plague the southern region of the United States that the Jesuits have called home for almost 300 years. This website describes how the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus and Loyola University New Orleans have established, operate, and fund the research institute.

Jesuit Social Research Institute
Loyola University New Orleans
e-mail: jsri@loyno.edu
6363 St. Charles Avenue, Box 94
New Orleans, LA 70118
Tel: (504) 864-7746

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Jesuit History

Loyola's rich history dates back to 1540, when Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus, whose members are called Jesuits. From the beginning, Jesuits have held that scholarly excellence plays an integral role in helping men and women achieve moral excellence. For more than 450 years, excellence in education has been an essential focus of the Jesuits. It was with this focus that the Jesuits first arrived among the earliest settlers in New Orleans and Louisiana, eventually establishing what would become Loyola University and continuing the Jesuit tradition of creating centers of education.

The Jesuit educational network is one of the largest systems in American higher education, with more than 200,000 students currently enrolled in the 28 U.S. Jesuit universities. Worldwide, Jesuit universities and colleges have graduated more than 1,000,000 students.

What is the Jesuit vision of education?

Jesuit education is a call to human excellence, to the fullest possible development of all human qualities. This implies a rigor and academic excellence that challenges the student to develop all of his or her talents to the fullest. It is a call to critical thinking and disciplined studies, a call to develop the whole person, head and heart, intellect and feelings.

The Jesuit vision of education implies further that students learn how to be critical, examine attitudes, challenge assumptions, and analyze motives. All of this is important if they are to be able to make decisions in freedom, the freedom that allows one to make love-filled and faith-filled decisions.