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This thesis explores the cultural interactions between the Jesuit missionaries and the Guaraní indigenous peoples in the missions of Paraguay from 1609 to 1767. A particular attention is given to the missions’ formative years in which both groups refined their cultural strategies. Specifically, this thesis will explore the collaboration between the two groups and the cultural concessions made by both sides for the project to succeed. While missions are used as an area of evangelization by the Orders that operate them, involvement with the Jesuits allowed the Guaraní to avoid interactions with other settlers and colonial authorities. By agreeing to convert, they gained the protection of the Jesuits. However, they consistently threatened to leave or to refuse work if their protectors took away their most treasured cultural elements: their divine language and their use of sacred herbs like yerba mate. Furthermore, this thesis delves into power relations in the forgotten frontier. An inconsequential source of income for the Spanish Crown, the Province of Paraguay’s main importance was a presence in the buffer zone next to the Portuguese Empire in Brazil. Actors in this frontier─including the Guaraní and the Jesuits─were granted more autonomy and were able to interact with very little royal interference, resulting in an organic cultural exchange between the groups.

Fr. Pedro Arrupe, S.J. was elected the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus in 1965 and served in that role until 1983. As superior general, Arrupe sought to shape the Jesuits in the spirit of the vision of Vatican II, as well as the original charism of the founder of the Jesuit, St. Ignatius. The questions this dissertation seeks to answer is how Fr. Pedro Arrupe understood solidarity in light of his own life and theological perspectives and then how his view continues to shape Jesuit education today. <br>The first chapter examines solidarity as an element of Catholic social teaching, which sets the historical and theological context for the rest of the dissertation. It briefly looks at the historical development of solidarity within papal encyclicals, as well as within selected contextual theologies. <br>The second chapter is the heart of the dissertation, which looks at Arrupe's contribution to solidarity through three lenses: solidarity with those suffering, solidarity through inculturation and solidarity created by the Eucharist. Drawing from historical, sociological and theological sources, Arrupe's vision of solidarity is strongly influenced by his twenty-seven years in Japan and his dedication to Ignatian spirituality. The chapter also puts Arrupe's work in dialogue with other theologians wrestling with similar issues in order to demonstrate how Arrupe adds to their analysis. <br>The third and fourth chapters examine the way Arrupe's ideas have influenced those who came after him. Chapter three explores the superior generals since Arrupe, Fr. Kolvenbach and Fr. Nicholas, and how they are extended Arrupe's ideas of solidarity towards Jesuit education and interreligious dialogue. The third chapter also looks at two other Jesuits, Fr. Howard Gray and Fr. Greg Boyle, each applying solidarity to Jesuit education and Jesuit social justice apostolates. The fourth chapter is a case study based on my experiences working with immersion groups at John Carroll University and the way solidarity is taught through these experiences. Specifically, the focus is on two experiences going to Immokalee, Florida in 2011 and 2013 and the positive and negative elements of immersion programs in developing solidarity in Jesuit educated university students. / McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts; / Theology / PhD; / Dissertation;

Thesis advisor: John Baldovin / Thesis advisor: Thomas M. Groome / This thesis proposes a connection between the theology of the assembly and the education offered by the Society of Jesus in its schools. For young people, the school should be a place where they learn that life in community is the fullest form of life. Sacramentality is a constitutive dimension of the Church and the Christian faith, and inspires us to live our faith in all situations and circumstances. As a result, liturgy has a significant impact on the formation and transformation of the Christian community. It is essential that the liturgy is adequate to allow members to express their faith in God and experience God's life through the love they receive for the world. Although not all students in Jesuit schools are Catholic, the Jesuit school is an assembly where all members must develop a sacramental look at reality. Liturgy can be a link between all these elements, for when it is "sacramenally adequate," it is a source of nourishment and continual conversation for the faith life of a Christian community. In summary, this thesis argues that assembly theology and Jesuit education must go together to form a sacramentally adequate Christian community where the liturgy is a source of ongoing transformation and conversion. / Thesis (STL) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. School of Theology and Ministry. / Discipline: Sacred Theology.

Thesis advisor: Paul Gray / This study aims to determine the various sociological factors that play a role in determining the post-graduate career plans of Boston College seniors. Post-graduate options explored include (1) Entering the work force, (2) Continuing schooling, (3) Volunteering, (4) Traveling, (5) Other. Emphasis has been placed on the study of socioeconomic background, influence of others in the decision-making process, and the influence of the Jesuit education. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Sociology Honors Program. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology.

Thesis advisor: Thomas H. Groome / The research question of the dissertation is: How to form partners in education to share in the common mission of Jesuit educational institutions? I craft the answer to this question by studying the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. I claim an analogy between the central dynamic of the thirty-day retreat, whose guidelines are in the book of the Spiritual Exercises, and four operative principles that ought to constitute the structure of formation programs for Jesuit schools' faculty and staff in the educational tradition, identity and mission of the Society of Jesus. The four operative principles are discernment, desire, diakonia and decision. Formation that aims at training partners in education to share in the common mission of Jesuit schools happens best when these four operative principles inform the curriculum design and when they interplay during the actual process of forming the educators who work in Jesuit schools. Discernment is the under-girding principle because the Society of Jesus is engaged in education to form women and men who can discern, that is to say, who can decide from their in-depth values, convictions and aspirations. Desire is the operative principle of the first movement of the Spiritual Exercises, which corresponds to the first week of the retreat. Diakonia--the Greek word for service--draws upon the second movement of the Exercises, which expands beyond the second week of the retreat into the third and fourth ones. This second movement is unified by the idea of being inspired by Jesus Christ or from "outside" of the retreatants. Lastly, decision is the third movement of the Spiritual Exercises. Ignatius invites the exercitants to make a personal choice of a state of life at the core of the second week of the retreat. But decision as operative principle accompanies the retreatants until the end of their thirty-day experience. The doctoral program of the Boston College Institute of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry is in theology and education. The dissertation is an academic exercise in the field of pastoral or practical theology at the intersection of education, theology and the means of church education inspired by the Spiritual Exercises. Therefore, besides the analogical reading of Ignatius's work, my method consists of putting the aforementioned operative principles in conversation with a select review of literature in the fields of transformative and reflective adult education, developmental psychology, responsible and collaborative leadership, pastoral ministry and educational change. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2009. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry.

Estudar a história da educação brasileira é imprescindível a todos os setores da sociedade. Visando a essa necessidade, esta pesquisa procura contribuir, por meio da análise dos escritos de Anchieta. O objetivo principal das páginas que se seguem é reforçar as novas tendências analíticas sobre a influência jesuítica nos primórdios da formação social do Brasil. A observação da produção literária de Anchieta remete a uma revisão de sua atuação dentro dos colégios e, principalmente na catequese dos índios. Sua intencionalidade e o caminho percorrido com o fim de cristianizar merecem análise cuidadosa, mesmo porque não se pode perder de vista o contexto histórico nem o ideológico nos quais se inserem os fatos. Temos aqui a leitura das cartas, da poesia, do teatro e dos registros sobre os aldeamentos, analisados após a definição clássica de educação. / The study of Brazilian education is essential to all society levels. With This aim, this research searches to contribute the knowledge about that subject by the analysis of Anchieta\'s literature. The true aim of our study strengthen the new analytical trends about Jesuit influences in the beginning of social formation of Brazil. The comment of Anchieta is literary production requires a revision on his performances in Colleges and, primarily in the natives\' catechism. His true intention, the way by which to christianize deserves careful analysis, because, we should not forget the historic and ideological context in which occurred those facts. We present here the reading of the letters, the poetry, theatre and comments about \"aldeamentos\", after display a definition of classical education.

Thesis advisor: Paul Gray / There is an image associated with BC students that most, if not all, undergraduates can describe. Though the more superficial explanation only includes expensive preppy brand names, Apple products, and working out at the Plex, the BC image is more multifaceted. A study of consumerism, fashion, status, narcissism, collective consciousness, the self and the generalized other, and even Jesuit ideals provides the theoretical background to the analysis. The data were collected through focus group interviews, surveys, pictures, and observations to form a complete idea of BC image. This thesis explores the many sources of this image, its definition, and the extent to which students identify with it. / Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2013. / Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: College Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology Honors Program. / Discipline: Sociology.

Durante mais de cento e cinquenta anos os missionários jesuítas conviveram, no território da Província Jesuítica do Paraguai, com os índios Guaranis, Guayanás, Mbayás, Chiquitos entre outros. Cientes da multiplicidade de forças em jogo, os padres da Companhia de Jesus buscaram expandir seu poder de influência e atuação por meio da conversão e, posteriormente, da redução dos índios paraguaios. Neste contexto, os jesuítas precisaram se utilizar de uma gramática civilizatória de amplitude não restrita à cultura europeia. Se, por um lado, os elementos de sua contribuição clerical-pastoral eram, por óbvio, europeus, era necessário encontrar ou mesmo desenvolver uma linguagem em comum, uma sintaxe que permitisse a constituição de uma gramática simbólico-religiosa compartilhada. Para o Pe. Antônio Sepp S.J. (1655-1733), fundador da missão de São João Batista e atuante em diversas outras, tratou-se principalmente da música. Este missionário inaciano, mas também os músicos indígenas formados por ele, são os sujeitos deste trabalho. Em um ambiente de profundas transformações, marca das reduções jesuíticas, a prática musical garantiu papel de destaque a estes atores sociais, que acabaram compondo um grupo diferenciado graças, principalmente, às suas habilidades técnicas. / For over one hundred and fifty years, jesuit missionaries lived in the territory of the Jesuit Province of Paraguay, with the Guarani, Guayanas, Mbayás, Chiquitos among others indians groups. Aware of the multitude of forces at play, the Company of Jesus priests sought to expand their power of influence and action by converting and subsequently reducing the paraguayan indians. In this context, the jesuits needed to use a civilizing grammar not restricted to european culture amplitude. If the elements of their clerical and pastoral contributions were, obviously, europeans, on the other hand they had to find - or even develop - a common language, a syntax that would allow the creation of a shared symbolic-religious grammar. For the priest Antonio Sepp SJ (1655-1733), founder of the São João Batista mission and active in several other, it was the music. This jesuit, but also the indigenous musicians formed by him, are the subject of this work. In an environment of profound transformations, aspect of the jesuit reductions, musical practice secured prominent role of these social actors, who had composed a distinct group thanks mainly to their technical skills.