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Sr. Irene: Teacher And Friend, Mary Ade

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper includes a short piece from interview conducted in December 2018 with Sr. Irene, who has worked in education for 40 years. She recalls her experiences as a sister in her congregation since entry.

Sr. Sara: 21st Century Catholic Education, Molly Bastida

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper gives a snippet of the life, discernment, and practices of Sr. Sara. Within this paper, Sr. Sara wrestles with her own discernment story and discusses how she believes Catholic education today should look like.

Sr. Cecilia: Community Impact, Dolly Suresh

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

This paper highlights the impact Sister Cecilia and her congregation have on the community they live in and the way the community interacts with the congregation.

Sr. Elizabeth: Education And Vocation, Maddy Cuasay

Ask a Sister: Interview Wisdom from Catholic Women Religious

I interviewed Sr. Elizabeth in January of 2018 regarding her life as a woman religious. This paper includes her thoughts on vocation, her experiences as an educator, and her role as a family coordinator within her congregation.

Diversity, Equity And Inclusion: A Roadmap For Usf Faculty And Staff Professional Development, Shawn P. Calhoun Mr., Julie Dowd, Mary J. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi Phd, Martha Peugh-Wade

Ignatian Colleagues Program

This is a proposal is seeking support for a series of interactive workshops and lectures

for USF faculty and staff that center on exploring the intersections between Jesuit

Catholic identity, lgnatian spirituality and the complex issues we face as a

community around diversity, equity and inclusion.

It includes a description of a 6-part conversation series with select

faculty/ staff who seek to expand our understandings of the intersections of Jesuit

intellectual traditions, Catholicity and race, thereby increasing our capacity to move

forward together on these issues as a more united community.

The Impact Of College Student Immersion Service Learning Trips On Coping With Stress And Vocational Identity, Brad A. Mills, Richard B. Bersamina, Thomas G. Plante

Psychology

This study examined the impact of service learning immersion trips on vocational identity and coping with stress among college students. Fifty-one students (15 males, 36 females) who participated in immersion trips and 76 students (25 males, 51 females) in a non-immersion control group completed a series of questionnaires directly before and immediately after both fall and spring break immersion trips, and during a four-month follow up. Results suggest that, after returning from an immersion trip, students report a greater ability to cope with stress and a somewhat stronger sense of vocational identity relative to students who do not participate in …