A Jesuit-run pastoral institute in the Philippines is set to offer residential training courses in September after two years of a break due to Covid-19.
“After the pandemic kept its residential programs closed, the East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) is preparing to reopen its doors to pastoral workers, starting with a special 10-week residential program in September,” a press note from EAPI said.
The course would begin from September 19 to November 25, 2022.
Participants will have the opportunity to experience the enriching community at EAPI. They will learn about spiritual and psychological integration and pastoral leadership, and undertake a silent Ignatian retreat with people from all over Asia and the world, the statement added.
Pastoral workers (priests, nuns, and laypeople) interested in the said course may apply at: https://bit.ly/3LVfSiF
EAPI, as a religious institution, is a residential pastoral institute for renewal, updating, sabbatical, and leadership training, based in Manila (Quezon City). It is located at the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University campus.
The institute strives to witness a new way of being Church in a region characterized by diverse cultures, religious traditions, widespread poverty, and rapid social change.
Following the way of Jesus, EAPI serves the churches of Asia and the Pacific in their mission to share the Good News as leaven in the transformation of cultures and societies towards the value of God's reign.
Since 1961, it provides programs for the integral formation and renewal of the laity, religious, and ordained ministers. It promotes personal growth and community life. Participants are helped to be more reflective and discerning of their personal and spiritual journey.
Equipped with analytic tools, pastoral approaches, and skills for their ministry, the center helps them to be rooted in their social, cultural, and religious situations in a global context and conversant with biblical and theological insights.
It is committed to the dialogue with the poor and with people of different faiths and cultures and is familiar with the multidisciplinary perspectives needed for this triple dialogue.
Radio Veritas Asia (RVA), a media platform of the Catholic Church, aims to share Christ. RVA started in 1969 as a continental Catholic radio station to serve Asian countries in their respective local language, thus earning the tag “the Voice of Asian Christianity.” Responding to the emerging context, RVA embraced media platforms to connect with the global Asian audience via its 21 language websites and various social media platforms.
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