Dr. Stephen Mavely addresses Vatican Education Congress - Fr. C M Paul
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r. Stephen Mavely, the Vice Chancellor of the Assam Don Bosco University, presented a paper “Educating Today and Tomorrow: Renewing a Passion” at the Vatican organized World Congress on Education Today (Universities' session) on November 19. The paper was presented at the evening session held for Catholic Universities at Centro Mariapoli, Castel Gandolfo outside Rome. The congress started in Rome on November 18 and concluded on November 21, 2015. Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Thomas Chathamparampil CMI of Christ University Bangalore presented a paper on the same topic for the parallel session held for Catholic Schools during the Congress. According to the Secretary of the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education, Archbishop A. Vincenzo Zani, the goal of the Congress is “to reenergize the Church`s commitment to education.” With this Congress, the Congregation for Catholic Education is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education 1965) and the 25th anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Apostolic Constitution on Catholic Higher Education). As part of these celebrations, the Congregation aims to re-energize the Church's commitment to education
means of this World Congress. “These documents really set the Church's expectations of Catholic education,” says Dr. Stephen Mavely who is also a Board Member of the International Salesian Universities. Explaining the timeliness of the congress Dr. Mavely states, “I think that Catholic educational institutions may often lose sight of the ultimate mission of the educative community students, teachers and family members -journeying together.” There are over 2,14,000 Catholic Schools with some 59 to 60 million students, 1,365 Catholic Colleges and Universities and another 500 plus Pontifical Institutes of Higher Learning across the globe
Child Friendly Teachers' Grassroots Experience - Bro. Paul Makri bout 80 staff members of Child Friendly Guwahati visited Kokrajhar on 5th and 6th October 2015 on a two day exposure trip to a very remote Salesian mission. They visited Don Bosco Damra, Auxilium Convent and Don Bosco School, Kokrajhar and Don Bosco School, Amguri.
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