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SUMMARY:Public Lecture Invitation - 29 March 2023 (Chinese Culture and Language)
DESCRIPTION:Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/sqd-rskw-ugk \n \n 
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture-invitation-29-march-2023-chinese-culture-and-language/
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Google Meet Link: https://meet.google.com/sqd-rskw-ugk \n \n 
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture-2/
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SUMMARY:Zvarevashe Memorial Conference
DESCRIPTION:Zvarevashe Memorial Conference\n \n  \nIN MEMORIAM OF FR. IGNATIUS ZVAREVASHE SJ\nCONCEPT NOTE\n1. Background.\nArrupe Jesuit University (AJU) is an African centre of academic excellence\nthat aims at making a quality contribution to integral human formation. It\ndoes this through the development of women and men of intellectual\ncompetence\, compassion\, conscience\, and commitment in the service of\njustice and love based on research and innovation. AJU draws from the more\nthan 500 years old tradition of Jesuit – Catholic education that emphasises\nthe appreciation of a learner’s context in creating sustainable\, innovative\,\nand creative solutions.\nOur African context is characterized by among others persons who have\nexemplified great vigour\, excellence and clarity in pursuit of Truth and\ntranslating the Christian message in the context of real human problems. The\nsages or elders who tread the way for the many. AJU holds the late Fr.\nIgnatius Zvarevashe SJ as one of the illustrious African sages. It is in line\nwith this that we are holding a conference in honor and memory of our\nbeloved writer and countryman. He was an African Jesuit Catholic Priest\nwho made enormous contribution to the literary and educational space in\nZimbabwe and beyond. He was born on December 15\, 1943\, and died on\nDecember 17\, 2019. \n2. Conference goals\, venue\, and sessions.\nAJU invites men and women of good will to this conference in order to:\na. Honour the memory of the late Fr. Zvarevashe.\nb. Appreciate the life and gifts of Fr. Zvarevashe SJ to humanity in general\nand specifically to the Zimbabwean intellectual space.\nc. To make known the literary and creative contribution of Fr Zvarevashe\nto art and culture in Zimbabwe and the mental emancipation of Africa\nThe target audience is a wide range of stakeholder groups including the\nMinistry of Education\, Ministry of Youth\, Sport\, Arts and Recreation\, the\nCatholic Church in Zimbabwe\, other Christians and religions\, the Jesuits\,\nscholars and academics\, and other interested individuals. \nThe conference will be hosted at Arrupe Jesuit University on 15-16 of\nFebruary 2023 between 1500 -1700 hrs of each day. The conference will cover\nthe following key themes that allows attendees to explore the diverse topics\nthat Fr. Zvaravashe addressed in his works:\na. African Literature and Education\nb. ATR & Christianity\nc. Black/White Power relations in the Church\nd. Spirituality\, Theology\, and Inculturation\nThe following are the guest presenters: Mr. Memory Chirere\, Dr. Aaron\nChiundura Moyo\, Dr. Ignatius Mabasa\, Chirikure Chirikure\, Daves Guzha\nand Rev. Dr. Dominic Tomuseni SJ \n3. Exhibition of Fr. Ignatius’ work\nFr. Ignatius’ inspiring works will be showcased.\n4. Public Engagement\na. The general public is encouraged to participate through Q&A and\nplenary sessions.\nb. The sessions will be live-streamed for online audience.\n5. Evaluation and feedback\na. Participants will be invited to take a survey at the end of the event.\nb. Collected data from registration and attendance per session\, time in\nsessions and show-up rate (for sessions and exhibitor booths) will be\nused to gauge the success of the event.\n6. Contact Details\nTo sponsor\, partner\, or participate in the event\, kindly contact:\nMr. Victor Mureithi SJ\,\nDean of Students.\nArrupe Jesuit University.\nEmail: deanofstudents@aju.ac.zw\nWebsite: www.aju.ac.zw\nCall / Whatsapp: +263 782 966 653 \n 
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/zvarevashe-memorial-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230201T080000
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SUMMARY:2023 Arrupe Symposium
DESCRIPTION:2023 Arrupe Symposium\n \nWednesday\, 1 February 2023 to Friday\, 3 February 2023. Symposium sessions will run from 8:00 am to 1:00 PM\n2023 ARRUPE SYMPOSIUM\n1 February 2023 – 3 February 2023\nTHEME: POST COVID-19 AFRICA\n(Philosophy\, ICT and Development)\nDay 1 – February 1\, 2023: Philosophy\nDay 2 – February 2\, 2023: ICT\nDay 3 – February 3\, 2023: Philosophy\, ICT and Development\n~~~~~~~~~~~\nVenue: Loyola Multi-Purpose Hall\nSymposium Meet Link (for the three days): https://meet.google.com/nqm-eygu-yut\n1 February 2023 – 3 February 2023 (8:00am – 1PM)\nPointers:\n1. The Symposium takes the place of lectures in all Schools and so there will be no lectures during these three days and\nall full-time students are required to attend all sessions physically. Only students who ordinarily attend their lectures\nonline may attend the Symposium sessions either virtually or in person. Student attendance will be noted. Part-time\nstaff are also welcome to attend.\n2. Those joining the symposium room virtually should do so at least 10 minutes early to avoid delays. Please mute your\nmicrophones upon entry into the symposium room. Only AJU emails will be allowed access.\n3. All presenters and respondents must ensure that they stick to the time allocated to them based on the programme (20\nminutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion).\n4. Participants are required to be precise during discussions and question-and-answer sessions.\n/Ever to Love and to Serve/\nFebruary 1\, 2023: Philosophy\nTime Activities Moderators\n08:00 – 08:05 Invocation: Fr Roland von Nidda (University Chaplain)\nMasuzyo Jumbe\nand\nThelma Chiromba\n08:05 – 08:15 University Choir: Zimbabwe’s National Anthem and AJU Anthem\n08:15 – 08:30 Opening Remarks: Dr Joseph Afulo (Vice Chancellor)\n08:30 – 08:40 Keynote Address: Dr Evaristus Ekwueme (PVC Academics)\n08:40 – 08:50 Artwork Launch: PVC Academics\, VC and Mr Agber Thaddeus Igbalumun (Artist)\n08:50 – 09:00 2023 Arrupe Symposium Introduction: Dr Isaac Mutelo (Director of Quality Assurance)\n09:00 – 09:30 Duns Scotus\, Modernity and Transgenderism Comments on Daniel P Horan’s Theological\nAnthropology\nDr Stephen Buckland\n09:30 – 10:00 Analyse the Role of International Organisations in Human Rights Promotion and Protection:\nthe case of ECOWAS\nJeannot Sylvanus G. Adakpe\n10:00 – 10:20 Health Break Christopher\nTamburayi\nand\nJuliana Teta\n10:20 – 10:50 Turning Brain Drain into Brain Gain in the Post Covid-19 Africa: A perspective on the\nPhilosophy of Amartya Sen\nAnongu Tertsegha\n10:50 – 11:20 Xenophobia and Operation Dudula: A Communitarian Analysis\nFr Edward Taurai Bingare\n11:20 – 11:30 Performance: Arrupe Cultural Club\n11:30 – 12:00 The Philosophy of Dialogue and the Practice of Synodality\nSean N. van Staden\n12:00 – 12:30 A Critical Analysis on Paul Taylor`s Species Egalitarian Theory\nMartin Tendai Zakaria\n12:30 – 13:00 The Youths and Corruption Patterns in Nigeria\nIkpodon Michael\n13:00 – 13:05 Closing Remarks and Prayer: Sr Getrude Chatira (Assistant Student Counsellor)\nFebruary 2\, 2023: ICT\n08:00 – 08:05 Invocation: Dr. Bernard Muhigirwa (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Administration\, Finance &\nDevelopment)\nSolomon Anaba\nand\n08:05 – 08:10 Introduction: Dr Isaac Mutelo (Director of Quality Assurance) Mandipashe Gumbo\n08:10 – 08:15 Induction Pledge: Caitlyn Chikwava (AJUSA’s SERC Chairperson)\n08:15 – 08:35 Mobile Farm Management System\nTinei Mutasa\n08:35 – 08:55 Leave Management System\nTakudzwa Mangachena\n08:55 – 09:05 University Choir\n09:05 – 09:25 Lunch Queue Management System\nMelinda Mashingaidze\n09:25 – 09:45 Biometric Employee Time Management System\nTawana Gawaza\n09:45 – 10:05 eCommerce Mobile Application\nOprah Matamba\n10:05 – 10:30 Health Break Caitlin Chikwava\nand\n10:30 – 10:50 Hospital Management System Samuel Njeck\nKaren Chieza\n10:50 – 11:20 Using Big Data to Improve the Learning Outcomes of Students in Zimbabwe\nTariro Claudia Mhiribidi and Mrs Tsitsi Chigodo\n11:20 – 11:50 A Forecast into the Application of Emerging Technologies of the Fourth\nIndustrial Revolution on Sustainable Good Health and Well-being\nTinotenda Brett Muchenje\n11:50 – 12:00 Performance: Arrupe Cultural Club\n12:00 – 12:20 School Asset Management Register\nBarbrah Chamba\n12:20 – 12:50 Unpacking Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies for Sustainable Consumption and\nProduction Patterns\nThelma Chiromba\n12:50 – 12:55 Closing Remarks: Dr Nelson Ruwa (Deputy Dean: School of Engineering and ICT)\n12:55 – 13:00 Prayer: Mr Mpumelelo Moyo (Admissions Officer)\nFebruary 3\, 2023: Philosophy\, ICT and Development\n08:00 – 08:05 Invocation: Fr Stephen Nzyoki (University Registrar) Karen Chiedza\nand\nLivingstone\nTawanda\n08:05 – 08:10 Introduction: Dr Isaac Mutelo (Director of Quality Assurance)\n08:10– 08:40 Envying the Sciences: An Intellectual Enslavement of Philosophy\nFr George Karuvelil SJ\n08:40 – 09:10 Multiple Internet Identities: A Threat to Security in the Virtual World\nAgber Thaddeus Igbalumun\n09:10 – 09:25 Performance: Arrupe Cultural Club\n09:25 – 09:55 Global Citizenship in the African Context\nKayiranga Prudence\n09:55 – 10:25 Health Break\nTakudzwa\nMangachena\n10:25– 10:30 Apperception (A Margins Poem)\nSean N. van Staden\n10:30 – 11:00 Culinary Modernism: The Case of fast-food and How It Could Be Silently Exacerbating Food\nSecurity in Africa\nStanslaus Wanzala Kanenje\nand\nTinotenda\nMuchenje\n11:00 – 11:30 A Unique Rural Development Rooted on Inclusivity and Transformational\nLeadership Could Make a Huge Difference\nSr Dr Annah Shamiso Mandeya\n11:30 – 11:40 University Choir\n11:40 – 12:10 Praxis and Dialogue\, the Key Levers of Transformation: A Speculative Critique of the\nContemporary Theories of Development\nWorsley Anesu Nhamburo\n12:10 – 12:40 Mathematics: An Invention or a Discovery\nMoolisa Tlali\n12:40 – 12:45 University Choir\n12:45 – 12:55 Conclusions/Vote of Thanks: Dr Isaac Mutelo (Director of Quality Assurance)\n12:55 – 13:00 Prayer: Fr Roland von Nidda (University Chaplain)
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/2023-arrupe-symposium/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230118T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230118T163000
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture 1 - Second Semester of the 2022-2023 Academic Year
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture-1-second-semester-of-the-2022-2023-academic-year/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221121T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221121T163000
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CREATED:20221117T063837Z
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SUMMARY:World Children's Day
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/world-childrens-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221112T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221219T050000
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CREATED:20221007T082305Z
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SUMMARY:Arrupe Cultural Night
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/arrupe-cultural-night/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221026T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221026T160000
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CREATED:20221019T185603Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Arrupe Science and Technology Forum (ASTF)
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture-arrupe-science-and-technology-forum-astf/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221020T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221021T163000
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CREATED:20221019T184834Z
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SUMMARY:Chiedza Webinar on Writing and Publishing
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/chiedza-webinar-on-writing-and-publishing/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220926T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T124836
CREATED:20220924T081010Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220924T081413Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220921T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220921T170000
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CREATED:20220921T113844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T113844Z
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SUMMARY:Research and Innovation Workshop
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/research-and-innovation-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220921T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20221001T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T124836
CREATED:20220921T113949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220921T114948Z
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SUMMARY:Arrupe Sports Day
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/arrupe-sports-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220917T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220918T130000
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CREATED:20220918T180505Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220918T180505Z
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SUMMARY:Pope Francis Youth Award for Faith and Social Transformation
DESCRIPTION:Vice Chancellor’s Speech During the Inauguration\nCall to Care for One Another \nYour Excellency Paulo Rudelli\, the Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe\, Your Grace Robert Ndlovu\, the Archdiocese of Harare\, Very Rev. Fr. Leonard Chiti\, the Jesuit Provincial of Southern Africa Fr. Evaristus Ekwueme\, Very Rev. Sr. Mary Goretti\, CJ\, the Provincial of the CJs in Zimbabwe\, Pro Vice-Chancellor Academic Affairs\, Fr. Bernard Muhigirwa\, Pro Vice Chancellor Administration and Finance\, Academic and Administrative staff of Arrupe Jesuit University\, our students participants\, invited guests ladies and gentlemen\, good morning. \nYour Excellency and Your Grace\, this is the second time that both of you have come to Arrupe Jesuit University on agenda that touch on the development and progress of the young people. It is really a manifestation of your commitment to the future progress of humanity where each person is a “brother’s keeper” (Gen. 4:9). Thank you very much for your care\, friendship\, and commitment to the mission of the Church.  \nYour constant encouragement to the young people challenges them to grow as responsible and dedicated individuals in the service of the Church and authentic progress of humanity. At the beginning of his Papacy\, Pope Francis called on all of us saying\, “These convictions and habits of solidarity\, when they are put into practice\, open the way to other structural transformations and make them possible. Changing structures without generating new convictions and attitudes will only ensure that those same structures will become\, sooner or later\, corrupt\, oppressive and ineffectual” (EG 189). \nAs we gather here to reflect on the experiences of the young people with the teachings of Pope Francis\, especially on Faith and Social Transformation\, they remind us of the personal and collective responsibility we have towards what is going around us. In the model of the Good Samaritan\, Pope Francis challenges “us not to decide who is close enough to be our neighbor\, but rather that we ourselves become neighbors to all” (FT 80). It is a call to action for “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat\, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink\, I was a stranger and you invited me in\, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me\, I was sick and you looked after me\, I was in prison and you came to visit me” (Mat. 25:35-36). It is an invitation to be role models and wash one another’s feet (John 13:5). \nPope Francis invites humanity to “to acknowledge\, appreciate and love each person\, regardless of physical proximity\, regardless of where he or she was born or lives” (FT\, 1) as we are “you are all brothers” (Mat. 23:8). This attitude will help limit hostilities and violence that currently dominate our work to that union and friendship that each individual human being longs for.It is a call to promote greater harmony and “bring about a new political and economic mindset which would help to break down the wall of separation” (EG 205). \nIn conclusion\, we thank all of you for coming. We encourage our young brothers and sisters who have started this journey of reflecting on the teaching of Pope Francis that they persist on this path. Please share what you have experienced with your peers that this foundation may be enlarged. May the Lord bless you all. \n\nFr. Joseph Oduor Afulo\, SJ\, Ph.D. \n Vice Chancellor September 17\, 2022
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/pope-francis-youth-award-for-faith-and-social-transformation/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220823T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220824T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T124836
CREATED:20220823T144725Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220823T145034Z
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Violence in Zimbabwe Critiquing the Role of the Church in the Midst of Crisis
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URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/public-lecture-violence-in-zimbabwe-critiquing-the-role-of-the-church-in-the-midst-of-crisis/
LOCATION:AV Room\, 16 Link Road\, Harare\, Zimbabwe
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220820T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20220824T170000
DTSTAMP:20260406T124836
CREATED:20220825T073918Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T081047Z
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SUMMARY:VC's Speech at the 2022-2023 Opening Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Address for Opening the Academic Year 2022-23\nGood morning! \nI welcome you all to Arrupe Jesuit University. As you may already notice\, we have a significant change on the face of the University. Our lecturers and administrative personnel have significantly increased and more diversified. More Jesuits have joined the teaching and administration and we are very grateful for their generosity\, especially their Major Superiors who have made them available that they join into this treasured enterprise. I welcome you all to Arrupe Jesuit University. \nMay I welcome our new students and thank you for choosing to come to Arrupe. May I thank your sponsors and guardians who directed you and entrusted you to be under our care. As you enter this Jesuit higher education intuition\, I would like to draw your attention to our expectations that ultimately\, “…we are looking for human excellence in our students by training them to be men and women of conscience\, competence\, compassion and commitment. … It is this integral human excellence that gives purpose to academic excellence” (Arturo Sosa\, 2017\, p. 2). We must put all our energies to realize this objective. \nDiversified Composition \nThe composition of the new students is more diversified. We have more female students joining us especially in the programs other than Philosophy. We are aware that the economic situation of Zimbabwe is hard. Many families cannot afford sending their sons and daughters for higher education. Having weighed the situation\, we decided that we need to give such individuals opportunity to pursue higher education at Arrupe.  It is in this line that we sourced for resources to make this possibility a reality. We are grateful to our benefactors who have made this possible. I encourage the beneficiaries\, whether they have received partial or full tuition scholarship that it is conditioned on good performance and availability to help the most vulnerable in our society. Our gratitude therefore must be evident in our performance and outcome. \nCollaboration with the Local Church \n“The mission of the Society today is participation in the total evangelizing mission of the Church” (CN 245§1). Enabling good formation for the evangelizing agents that includes; priests\, catechists\, and religious is an appropriate mission of the Society. The formators and pastoral agents ought to have “special training\, especially in such skills as homiletics\, catechesis\, sociocultural analysis\, social communication\, and conflict management” (CN 274§3). Pope Francis reminds us\, “Proclaiming the Gospel message to different cultures also involves proclaiming it to professional\, scientific and academic circles” (EG 132). Such evangelizing agents require appropriate preparations so that they engage in authentic dialogue from the perspective of knowledge. \nHaving recognized the deficiencies in formation houses\, especially of the National Major Seminaries in AMECEA and IMBISA\, Arrupe Jesuit University has taken up this task of forming the individuals identified by Bishops or Episcopal Conferences to prepare them for this mission. In this regard\, we have received eight priests for both Masters and Doctorate in Philosophy to study so that they can later support formation in the Seminaries. In keeping with the “Ignatian commitment that leads to integral attention to persons in all dimensions of ‘personal and social life and in all that they need” (Arturo Sosa\, 2022)\, we shall continue making effort to have more students have the opportunity to study in Arrupe in spite of their humble background. \nFurthermore\, the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference (TEC) has also requested us to be involved in the formation of their formators for the Major Seminaries. This year\, we have received four priests who are residing in the Jesuit Community to be prepared to fulfil this mission. We hope that these priests will fully utilize the opportunity that they have been given\, constantly “…open …to something new”  (Arturo Sosa\, 2022) in their experience as they ready themselves to collaborate in this mission. Pope Francis emphasizes: \nThis means an encounter between faith\, reason and the sciences with a view to developing new approaches and arguments on the issue of credibility\, a creative apologetics which would encourage greater openness to the Gospel on the part of all. When certain categories of reason and the sciences are taken up into the proclamation of the message\, these categories then become tools of evangelization; water is changed into wine. Whatever is taken up is not just redeemed\, but becomes an instrument of the Spirit for enlightening and renewing the world (EG 132). \nThere are more institutions that are asking to collaborate with us in different fields. Responding to the local and emerging needs is a way that we shall remain contextualized\, relevant and credible in our mission. It is therefore a path less travelled that we shall continue to follow. \nEducational Facilities\, Student Support and Challenges Ahead \nAs we start this new academic year\, I would encourage all our students to use the resources that have been put at your disposal. We shall continue improving our facilities and resources so that we continue having conducive environment for teaching and learning processes. It goes without saying that these facilities are for those who have been appropriately admitted to Arrupe. Whereas it is good to be compassionate and sympathize with the situations in other institutions\, it helps to remind all that non-members of Arrupe need appropriate authorization. \nJesuits have been reminded that “our institutions of university education are constantly threatened by three stains of virus with highly contagious variants: fragmentation\, superficiality\, and instrumentality. The illness that these viruses produce threatens the identity that unites us”  (Arturo Sosa\, 2022).We are therefore expected to be attentive to what is going on around us. How are we prepared to address these challenges? We need to be appropriately prepared to adequately deal with the emerging issues.  It however requires prudence\, discretion and patience. \nAs a Jesuit institution\, we are to continue keeping focus on how best we can help our students realize their maximum potential. This is possible with mentorship where the student takes the initiative to seek help of the faculty.  As members of Arrupe Jesuit University\, you are encouraged to take “opportunities such as the Christian Life Communities… available for those students and adults who want to know Christ more completely and model their lives on his more closely. Similar opportunities are offered to members of other faiths who wish to deepen their faith commitment” ( Society of Jesus\, 2014\, p. 20). Moreover\, opportunities for engaging in institutional activities\, community service and spiritual renewal will help each individual to realize his/her maximum potential. “The pursuit of academic excellence is appropriate in a Jesuit school\, but only within the larger context of human excellence” ( Society of Jesus\, 2014\, p. 21). Father Adolfo Nicolas of Happy Memories said that as Jesuits and Jesuit institutions\, we do not compete with anybody. We only try our best with the constant desire to improve. \nTowards Excellence\, Authenticity and Personal Potential \nThe way towards attaining academic excellence rests on the shoulders of each individual. The practice of academic advising that is so typical of Jesuit education is greatly encouraged. Each student needs to contact the Dean of their school and seek this assistance. It must however be used beyond correcting grammar and spellings in assignments. Moreover\, every talent can have its place in this institution especially when you are open to show what you have. The whole matter begins with being familiar with what the school is demanding from you. Further\, you need to show a sense of gratitude to those who are supporting your education\, not with words but with consistent hard work and commitment.  I therefore encourage you to work closely with the Students’ Association\, the Dean of Students and any other University Official that can help you in this advancement. \nMoreover\, the universal apostolic preferences of the Society of Jesus encouraged us to make spiritual exercises more available saying\, “Give our partners in mission real opportunities to enter into the experience of the Spiritual Exercises. This means\, among other resources\, to have spiritual directors available\, and to reserve time in the yearly calendar and in schedules of work”. I therefore encourage you to take the advantage of the many Jesuits\, religious and lay brothers and sisters who are experienced in spiritual direction and directing retreats that you get appropriate accompaniment. The Chaplain of the University will coordinate this process\, offering opportunities that those who desire may pursue the course on Ignatian Spirituality in a paced manner. \nIntegrity \nWe expect a level of honesty among our students. Situations of dishonesty have been experienced in paper writing where a person copies another person’s work without any acknowledgement. I am also aware of some students who take assignments of their seniors or students who have since left Arrupe and they hand them in as their work for particular core courses. I would urge lecturers to be attentive to these bad academic practices. Our students need to recognize that any plagiarism will be severely treated to the extent that it can lead to the termination of your studies. \nAnother area where dishonesty has been experienced are situations where a student continues studies without paying a single cent and then they plead for sympathy when we finally catch up with them. Justice and fairness to all is part of our characteristic. I therefore advise all the students that when you encounter difficulties\, seeking advice from appropriate officials will really save you embarrassment. \nConclusion \nAs I have expressed earlier\, we appreciate your choosing to come to Arrupe Jesuit University. Please take the advantage of the opportunities that you have here strengthening your friendship and using the facilities availed to you. You are to know that we shall give you the necessary support that you need to accomplish your desires. May the Lord continue to bless you all throughout the academic year 2022/2023. \nBibliography\nSociety of Jesus. (2014). The Characteristics of Jesuit Education. Rome: Society of Jesus. \nArturo Sosa. (2017). Jesuit Education:Forming Human Beings Reconciled with their Fellows\, with Creation and with God. International Congress For Jesuit Education Delegates JESEDU-Rio2017 (pp. 1-14). Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil: Society of Jesus. \nArturo Sosa. (2022\, June 29). Consecration of the Society to the Heart of Jesus. Circular 2022/05 To the Whole Society. Rome: Society of Jesus. \nArturo Sosa. (2022). Discerning The Present To Prepare The Future Of The University Education Of The Society Of Jesus. Assembly of the International Association of Jesuit Universities (AJU). Boston College\, MA: Society of Jesus. \nPope Francis. (2013\, November 24). Evangelii Gaudium(EG):Apostolic Exhortation on the Procalmation of the Gospel in Today’s World. Vatican City: Editrice Vaticana. \n  \nFr. Joseph Oduor Afulo\, SJ\, Ph.D. \nVice Chancellor                                                                                  August 20\, 2022 \n  \nClick to Download:    Address for Opening the Academic Year 2022-23
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SUMMARY:AJU Synodality Week 5
DESCRIPTION:  \nDear Arrupians \n\nLast week we discussed celebration and co-responsibility in the mission. We realised that at AJU\, we need to do better to pray\, worship and celebrate together. We need to make deliberate moves to rebuild our community after Covid. We need to open our hearts to all people at AJU\, not just particular groups. At the same time\, we recognised that at AJU we do well to develop our skills and direct them towards the service of God and humanity.\n\nThis week our theme will be dialogue in Church and Society.\n\nSince there are no lectures this week and people will only be coming for the Child Protection workshop\, we decided to have our meeting from 14:00 to 15:15. Please note this time change for this week.\n\nThe points for reflection are as follows:\n\nDialogue. “Dialogue is a path of perseverance that also includes silences and sufferings\, but which is capable of gathering the experience of persons and peoples.”\nAt AJU\, where and how do we dialogue with one another?\nAt AJU\, how do collaborate with one another and with the people and institutions around us?\nWhat are our experiences of dialogue at AJU\, with people of other or no faith\, with people of different Christian denominations\, and with people of different cultures and worldviews? Do we find God in these experiences?\nHow does the Church dialogue with and learn from other sectors of society: politics\, economics\, cultures\, civil society\, the poor\, etc”?\n\nLast week had some baked goodies and snacks after the meeting which fueled some extra synodal discussion. We invite everyone to bring and share some snacks or drinks.\n\nWe look forward to seeing you this Wednesday. Bring a friend\, tell a friend.\n\nSean
URL:https://www.aju.ac.zw/event/aju-synodality-week-5/
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SUMMARY:Public Lecture: Human Rights and Social Justice
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LOCATION:AV Room\, 16 Link Road\, Harare\, Zimbabwe
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