ZAPOPAN, Jalisco; August 23, 2022.- The Universidad Panamericana held the lll International Seminar on Pedagogy of Faith, which was attended by six speakers to talk about various topics about the roots of a Christian character, from integral education to the challenges of Christian education, among others.
Dr. Daniela Salgado, Director of the School of Pedagogy and Psychology of this campus, mentioned the importance of this seminar that seeks to articulate pedagogy and theology to truly form and promote this Christianization through schools, and that all those involved in education do.
Accreditation in Faith Pedagogy
The seminar is the culmination of this study, but in a face-to-face manner, and an open invitation is extended to the general public, with a duration of one and a half days. This has not been a program to teach religion, but a program for the encounter with one's own personal truth; not only to theorize but fundamentally to study, to know the truth of God, and thus discover how to help us and others to lead life through education, to a true life of fullness, of happiness.
As Jutta Burgraff says:
"It is not just any truth that will set us free, but the truth about ourselves, which is nothing but the knowledge of what God has intended by pronouncing our name."
The speakers at this seminar were the following:
Dr. Daniela Salgado Gutiérrez: "Integral Education", an old or innovative concept? Personal character of education, from Universidad Panamericana.
Dr. Don Ignacio Ramoneda Pérez del Pulgar: "Forming free people in a world full of inputs" Spiritual character, from the Faculty of Theology at the University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
Dr. Ramiro Pellitero Iglesias: "Challenges of Christian education in the current socio-political and cultural context" of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain.
Ana Menéndez de Zubillaga: "Fraternity, Solidarity and Friendship, a relational character", from Senara School in Madrid.
"Indicators of a Christian identity that are the heart and culture of the College."
"DIR: to make Christian identity the heart and the cover of the College".
Don Carlos Jódar: "I am a God who punished" (Ex 20:5). Reflections on an antipathetic biblical concept, from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
Dr. Don José Fernandez Castiella: "faith from the heart of man", from the University of Villanova.
"Going back to our opening sentence, from Jutta, God has named us, and calls us, by name. From this call, our life, our mission and also our growth and our education are understood; otherwise how could we know for what, for whom we have been set free and where we find that fulfillment? Thus, we cannot educate a truly personal world if we do not discover and assume this Christian identity. Our education would be partial and could become incomplete, misleading and even manipulative," commented Dr. Salgado.
The Universidad Panamericana seeks Christian formation to help to insert oneself critically in society, to help and build the common good but, above all, it helps to give an answer to the ultimate meaning of life. Therefore, this type of event is offered to anyone who seeks to know and transmit knowledge about the faith.
