The Vision of Divine Word Institute of Mission Studies

In the light of the SVD’s missionary orientation, graduate courses in missiology shall be created with particular sensitivity to, and appreciation of, intercultural communication, contextualization of theology in various human situations so that the Good News of Jesus Christ may bring the fullness of life to all peoples.

1.  “SVD missionary orientation” emphasizes that education is also mission.

2. “graduate courses in missiology” constitute the civil degrees (MA and PhD) and ecclesiastical degrees (licentiate and doctorate).

3. “with particular sensitivity to, and appreciation of” are the particular values and attitudes (or spirituality) for academic studies and practical researches.

4. “intercultural communication, contextualization of theology in various human situations” implies the profound involvement and experience of the missiology programs in lives of those to whom the studies and researches are oriented or to be made.

5. “various human situations” gives importance to experiences of peoples, hence, to contemplate the presence of God in others.

6. “so that the Good News of Jesus Christ may bring the fullness of life to all peoples” reiterates the summary of the life and mission of the Divine Word (cf. Jn 10:10). In SVD understanding, this is the motto, Jesus’ life is our life, His mission is our mission.

The Mission of Divine Word Institute of Mission Studies

In the light of the SVD’s missionary orientation, graduate courses in missiology shall be created with particular sensitivity to, and appreciation of, intercultural communication, contextualization of theology in various human situations so that the Good News of Jesus Christ may bring the fullness of life to all peoples.

1. “SVD missionary orientation” emphasizes that education is also mission.

2. “graduate courses in missiology” constitute the civil degrees (MA and PhD) and ecclesiastical degrees (licentiate and doctorate).

3. “with particular sensitivity to, and appreciation of” are the particular values and attitudes (or spirituality) for academic studies and practical researches.

4. “intercultural communication, contextualization of theology in various human situations” implies the profound involvement and experience of the missiology programs in lives of those to whom the studies and researches are oriented or to be made.

5. “various human situations” gives importance to experiences of peoples, hence, to contemplate the presence of God in others.

6. “so that the Good News of Jesus Christ may bring the fullness of life to all peoples” reiterates the summary of the life and mission of the Divine Word (cf. Jn 10:10). In SVD understanding, this is the motto, Jesus’ life is our life, His mission is our mission.

Conversation between Cardinal Tagle and John L. Allen, Jr.

Join a rare public conversation between Cardinal Chito Tagle and world-renowned Vatican expert and journalist John L. Allen, Jr at the Dinner for the Missions!


The Divine Word Seminary has invited JOHN L. ALLEN, JR. to be the keynote speaker at the conclusion of the semicentennial of the SVD seminary in Tagaytay City (1963-2013) and the homecoming of its more than 3,000 alumni on March 12, 2014.

Allen is a world-renowned Vatican expert and journalist. He was a senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter in which his column, “All Things Catholic,” was widely-read. He is now an associate editor for The Boston Globe and continues to serve as analyst of Vatican affairs for the CNN.

The author of ten books including The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church (2009) and two biographies of Benedict XVI, and a journalist “other reporters—and not a few cardinals—look to for the inside story on how all the pope's men direct the world's largest church” (Kenneth L. Woodward, Newsweek, 2005), Allen is therefore one of the most authoritative analysts of Vatican affairs.

After his keynote address at the Divine Word Seminary in Tagaytay City on March 12, Allen is willing to sit down with fellow journalists and media practitioners for a press conference: the papacy of Francis, the reform of the Curia, the sex abuse scandal plaguing the Roman Catholic Church, the ordination of women, same-sex marriage, and a possible visit of the Pope to the Philippines—these are just some of the burning issues concerning the Vatican that can be asked from the floor.

On March 13, Allen and Cardinal Tagle will have special "conversation" at the Dinner for the Missions in Quezon City.

For more information about the press conference and Dinner for the Missions, please contact Fr. Raul Caga, SVD,  mobile number: 0932-8725188.

 

Source: Divine Word Seminary Blog