Saturday, April 12, 2014

Assumption Spirituality: Up-Close and Up-front -- Assumption Educators' Formation Program by the Marie Eugenie Institute, October 2010

The faculty and staff of all the schools within the Philippine-Thailand Province of the Religious of the Assumption ( RA ) are required to attend the Assumption Educators Formation Program ( AEFP ), a four-year course consisting of four tracks. This developmental training program is conducted annually by the Marie Eugenie Institute which is based in Assumption College, San Lorenzo Village, Makati City.
The main aim of the program is for the Assumption teachers and staff to familiarize themselves with the pedagogy of St. Marie Eugenie, the foundress of the Religious of the Assumption. It is Assumption's way of ensuring that the teachers understand, internalize, and are able to apply the pedagogy - Christianization of the Intelligence and Character Formation -  in their teachings.
Since it was my first year as a faculty member of Assumption Iloilo, I took the pre-track which was entitled 'Assumption Spirituality'. It was held in September of 2010 at the Cenacle inside the Assumption Iloilo campus. I was with fellow facilitators Natividad de los Santos and Samantha Decena. Other participants were teachers from Assumption Passi, Assumption Socio-Educational Center in Bo. Obrero, and Sta. Rita Academy, an Assumption-run school in Sibalom, Antique.
It was a three-day program full of reflections, self-assessment, and spiritual retreat. The overall facilitator was Sr. Regina Victoria Yulo, RA, the Co-Executive Director of the Marie Eugenie Institute. It was also Sr. Regivic who gave us a lecture on 'joyful detachment'. She said, "When we have learned what joyful detachment is and we have applied it in our lives, real joy stays with us in all situations, no matter what happens. Both humility and joy are fruits of a life lived in love - for God, for people, for all God's creation."
Other speakers included Cory Villafania, former Principal of the High School Department of Assumption College-San Lorenzo, Gina Bautista-Martin,  Head of the Sugar Regulatory Commission who talked about the love of Jesus and the life of prayer, and Cecile Glorette Adrias, Coordinator of the Communication Arts in English Department of Assumption-Iloilo.

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