In a world often defined by fracture, flailing faith, and sunken hope, the prophetic voice of the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (JST-SCU) is needed now more than ever.
Funds raised through Day of Giving will help JST-SCU create and launch the Pope Francis Institute for Pastoral Flourishing. It will do so in partnership with the University’s Department of Religious Studies—comprised of internationally known scholars of theology, ethics, scripture, and religion—and the Graduate Program in Pastoral Ministries (GPPM)—which offers master’s degree, graduate certificates, diaconal formation, and pastoral enrichment workshops to Catholic ministers.
The Institute, will ultimately house and help expand existing and emerging centers at Santa Clara, which together will:
- Educate and advance lay leadership in the Church, with a special focus on women in ministry and creative pipelines for youth leadership in the Church.
- Serve as a vital hub for learning about and implementing “synodality,” the process of prayer, inclusive listening, and communal discernment and dialogue for how the Church should develop and grow.
- Provide programming that reflects Catholicism’s longstanding commitment to social justice and religious pluralism.
- Form the next generation of leaders in Latiné theology and ministry in the United States by building on the work of existing programs such as the Instituto Hispano and the expertise of leading Hispanic theologians and ethicists from the Department of Religious Studies, the GPPM, and JST-SCU.
The Lilly Endowment has initiated a matching gift campaign for every $1 raised will receive $1.50 from Lilly to support the creation of the new Pope Francis Institute Pastoral Programs Endowment(s). With each contribution you empower a new generation of leaders from around the world to build bridges in a polarized world
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