Online with free access (prior registration required)
A certificate of participation will be available.
Online and Free Event
II GLobal symposium uniservitate
28TH AND 29TH OCTOBER 2021
The II Uniservitate Global Symposium was online on 28th and 29th October 2021, due to preventive measures implemented following the Covid-19 pandemic. All the activities were free of charge with simultaneous interpretation in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, sent a greeting message encouraging the organizers and participants “to continue working to ensure that Catholic educational institutions strengthen their identity and mission, with projects which go forth beyond the purely academic, and educate the heads, hearts and hands of their graduates in solidarity and fraternity”. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, also sent his greetings.
More than a thousand students, professors, researchers and representatives from 45 countries attended the two-day conference and submitted 116 papers from 57 Higher Education Institutions.
The event was coordinated by CLAYSS and Porticus and organized by Uniservitate and the Catholic University of Portugal, in collaboration with the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU), in adhesion to the Global Compact on Education.
General Information
Format
Online with free access (prior registration required)
A certificate of participation will be available.
Audience
Authorities, researchers, faculty body, and students of:
- Institutions participating inUNISERVITATE program.
- Catholic Higher Education institutions in general.
- Public and private universities and other higher education institutions in general.
Objetives
- Continue the cycle of Symposiums of the UNISERVITATE Program as a multicultural, global, and plural setting on the contributions of service-learning pedagogyfor an integral/whole person education.
- Discuss and research on the spiritual dimension of service-learning and its input to the identity and mission of Catholic Higher Education institutions.
- Share service-learning experiences and institutionalization processes in Higher Education institutions.
- Facilitate exchangesbetween specialists, authorities, faculty, and students from Higher Education institutions from different cultural contexts around the world on university social commitment and service-learning.
Program
The schedule above is in “Argentina local time (UTC-3) and Portugal local time (UTC+1)”, please check the time zone of your country/city here: https://www.timeanddate.com/world-clock/
Program - Thursday 28th October
Opening
- Welcome by His Eminence Cardinal Manuel Clemente, Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, and Chancellor Magnus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
- Message from His Holiness Pope Francis.
- Ms. José Ornelas Carvalho (Bishop of Setubal and President of the Episcopal Conference of Portugal, Portugal)
- María Rosa Tapia (Coordinator Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina).
- Message from His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
- Isabel Capeloa Gil (Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa-UCP. President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities-IFCU, Portugal).
Moderator: Luis Arocha (Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina)
Dialogue: Exploring the spiritual dimension of service-learning pedagogy and its contribution to the spirituality of a Catholic University.
- Presentation: María Nieves Tapia (Director, CLAYSS, Argentina).
- Dialogue with the participants of the Symposium.
Moderator: Luísa Mota Ribeiro (UCP-Portugal).
Interval
PANEL: An ecumenical, interreligious, and humanistic vision of the spirituality of fraternity and service.
- José Ivo Follmann (University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil)
- James Kielsmeier (Founder, National Youth Leadership Council, USA).
- Mercy Pushpalatha (United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia, India).
- Xus Martín García (GREM, University of Barcelona, Spain).
Moderator: Yolanda Ruiz Ordoñez (Director of the Scholas Occurrentes Chair, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain).
Interval
Round Tables of presentation of papers corresponding to the three thematic sections:
- Service-learning as a path of spirituality,
- Service-learning as a contribution to whole person education: hands, head, and heart,
- Service-learning: experiences and institutionalization processes.
Please note: the Roundtables will be held on the ZOOM platform. All those registered for the Symposium will receive by e-mail the access links to participate in these activities.
End of the activities
DISCLAIMER: The times indicated correspond to the start of the broadcast on the YouTube channel or of the Zoom session corresponding to the round tables. All plenaries sessions can be watched on our YouTube channel after broadcasting.
All activities will have simultaneous interpretation into English, Spanish, French and Portuguese except for those expressly indicated.
Program - Friday 29th October
Welcome. Round tables for the presentation of papers, corresponding to the three thematic sections.
- Service-learning as a path of spirituality,
- Service-learning as a contribution to whole person education: hands, head, and heart,
- Service-learning: experiences and institutionalization processes.
Please note: the Roundtables will be held on the ZOOM platform. All those registered for the Symposium will receive by e-mail the access links to participate in these activities.
Interval
PANEL: “Hands, head and heart”. Reflections on service-learning, integral education, and transformative spirituality.
- Michelle Sterk Barrett (College of the Holy Cross, USA).
- James Arthur (The Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom).
- Karen Venter (University of the Free State, South Africa).
- Ana Oliveira (UCP-Portugal).
Moderator: Marlon Era (DLSU, Manila, Philippines).
Interval
PANEL: Institutional spirituality and personal spirituality: contributions from a spirituality of fraternity and service.
- Daniela Gargantini (AUSJAL – Association of Universities Entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America-, Catholic University of Cordoba, Argentina).
- Judith Pete (Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya).
- Br. Tom Kearney (Tangaza College, Nairobi, Kenya).
- Alexandre Palma (Director of CITER, UCP, Portugal).
- Anthony Vinciguerra (ACCU, USA).
Moderator: Marian Aláez Martínez (University of Deusto, Spain).
Interval
Closure: Conclusions
- Maria Nieves Tapia (Director of CLAYSS, Argentina).
- Chantal Jouannet Valderrama (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile).
- Enrique Ochoa (Executive Director of CLAYSS, Argentina).
- Rita Paiva e Pona (UCP, Portugal).
- María Rosa Tapia (Coordinator of Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina).
Moderator: Mariano García (Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina)
End of the activities
DISCLAIMER: The times indicated correspond to the start of the broadcast on the YouTube channel or of the Zoom session corresponding to the Round Tables. All plenaries sessions can be watched on our YouTube channel after broadcasting.
All activities will have simultaneous interpretation into English, Spanish, French and Portuguese except for those expressly indicated.
SPEAKERS
Special participations
Cardinal Manuel Clemente
Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal, and Chancellor Magnus of Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Monsignor José Ornelas Carvalho
Bishop of Setubal and President of the Episcopal Conference of Portugal
Speakers
Organising and invited institutions
Isabel Capeloa Gil
Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), President of IFCU-FIUC, Portugal
María Rosa Tapia
Coordinator of Uniservitate-CLAYSS
Argentina
Anthony Vinciguerra
ACCU, Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities; Boston College, USA
See presentation
Chantal Jouannet Valderrama
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Enrique Ochoa
Executive Director of CLAYSS, Argentina
James Arthur
The Jubilee Center for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
See presentation
José Ivo Follmann
University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
Alexandre Palma
Director de CITER, UCP, Portugal
Rita Paiva e Pona
Universidade Católica Portuguesa,
Portugal
Br Tom Kearney
Tangaza University College, Kenya
Moderators
Luis Arocha
Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina
Luísa Mota Ribeiro
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
Marian Aláez
University of Deusto, Spain
Mariano García
Uniservitate-CLAYSS, Argentina
Marlon de Luna Era
De La Salle University, Philippines
Yolanda Ruiz Ordoñez
University Catholic of Valencia, Spain
Abstracts and Posters
We share the abstracts and posters selected for the Symposium. The works are arranged according to their contents: service-learning as a spiritual path, service-learning as a contribution to holistic education: hands, head, and heart, and service-learning: experiences and institutionalization processes.
Themes
Service-learning as a contribution to whole person education: hands, head, and heart
Panel 1
Panel 2
Panel 3
Closure
Comittees
Honor Committee
Carvalho, Mgr. José Ornelas | Bishop of Setúbal and President of the Portuguese Bishops’ Conference
Guterres, António | Secretary General of the United Nations
Brosse, Richard | PORTICUS
Tapia, María Nieves | Director of the Latin American Centre for Learning and Solidarity Service – CLAYSS
Capeloa Gil, Isabel | Rector of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and President of the International Federation of Catholic Universities – IFCU
Scientific Committee
Aláez, Marian | Universidad de Deusto
Arocha, Luis | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Bonnet, Maria Paquita | De La Salle University
Bouwman, Beatrix | North-West University
Brok, Ulrike | Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Correia, Maria José | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Dias, Paulo | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Doroftei, Alexandra | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Fontana Venegas, Roció Paz | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Furco, Andrew —University of Minnesota
Gargantini, Daniela | Universidad Católica de Córdoba
Gherlone, Laura | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Gil da Costa, Helena | Universidad Católica Portuguesa
Humphrey McCrabb, Barbara | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Herrero, Alejandra | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Jouannet, Chantal | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Kearney, Tom Rev. Br. | University of Tangaza
López Villarreal, Leticia Ivonne | Universidad de Monterrey
Martínez Marín, Miquel | Universitat de Barcelona
Martínez Odría, Arantzazu | Universidad San Jorge de Zaragoza
Mota Ribeiro, Luísa | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Oliveira, Ana | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Peixoto, Ricardo | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Peregalli, Andrés | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Pete, Judith | University of Tangaza
Pereira de Almeida, José Manuel | Universidad Católica Portuguesa
Pushpalatha, Mercy | United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia
Queiroz e Melo, Rodrigo | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Reynders, Kathia | Catholic University of Leuven
Ribeiro, Célia | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Sawyer, Rebecca | Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
Selvam, Sahaya | Marist International University College
Soares, Diana | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Standaert, Nicolas | Catholic University of Leuven
Tapia, María Nieves | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Tapia, María Rosa | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Tresca, Isabel | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Vasconcelos, Isabel | Universidad Católica Portuguesa
Wodka, Andrzej | Agency for the Evaluation and Promotion of Quality in Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties (Vatican)
Organising Committee
Arocha, Luis | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Batista, María Alejandra | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Barreto, Joana | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Caballero Sosa, Mónica | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Camaño, Agustina | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Correia, Maria José | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Dias, Paulo | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Doroftei, Alexandra | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
García, Mariano | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Gherlone, Laura | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Guerreiro, Catarina | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Mota Ribeiro, Luísa | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Oliveira, Ana | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Paiva e Pona, Rita | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Peregalli, Andrés | Centro Latinoamericano de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario
Serrano, Adriano | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Tapia, María Rosa | CLAYSS Coordinadora UNISERVITATE
Vidal, Ana | Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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