香蕉秀 Global Engagement leadership attends International Congress event in Rome
Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Peter Canisius Professor James F. Keenan, S.J., and Executive Director for Global Engagement Bryan Fleming attended the International Congress 鈥淓ducational Constellations: A Pact with the Future,鈥� held at the Vatican鈥檚 Conciliazione Auditorium as part of the Jubilee of the World of Education held October 27 to November 1.
At the International Congress, Fr. Keenan presented 鈥淓ducating for Hope in a Time of Fragility.鈥� Speaking as a faculty member who has taught for 38 years in various universities around the world, he addressed the urgency of equipping students not just with knowledge, but with the capacity to act ethically.
Fr. Keenan shared a foundational insight from his self-doubt regarding teaching ethics: He realized he was teaching students what to do, but not why they should do it. He proposed a pedagogical shift focusing on two key modes of action.
鈥淚 learned to teach my students not only what they need to know, but also that they need to learn to act on what they know, and from this they need to learn to act both vulnerably and collectively.鈥�
During his visit, Fr. Keenan also had the opportunity to meet Pope Leo XIV, during which he presented the pope with a copy of his book The Moral Life.
More than 20,000 representatives of Catholic educational communities from around the world attended the jubilee, which celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council鈥檚 Declaration on Education, Gravissimum educationis.