GRAVISSIMUM EDUCATIONIS FONDAZIONE - NEWS - April 2022
Being coherent with the mission of the Pontifical Gravissimum Educationis Foundation, today it is impossible not to think about the tragedy that has also struck Ukrainian schools and universities.
Together with the contribution of the A Chance in Life Foundation, we support two institutions, working in the country, serving the younger generations in schools and universities:
Missioni Don Bosco which operates in Kyiv and throughout the country, welcomes young pupils at the Salesian houses and provides ongoing school training... in spite of the most difficult situations.
The Ukrainian Catholic University of Lviv which, through the "Stand with Ukraine" program, offers significant social and humanitarian support to university students and the local populations.
In both cases, these are consolidated collaborations, guaranteed by the involvement of the Salesian Bishop of Kyiv, Mgr. Vitalij Kryvyc'kyj, and Prof. Yuriy Pidlisnyy of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
The International Congress "Educating for Democracy in a Fragmented World" took place in Rome from March, 17 to 19.
The Congress is rooted in the urgency of providing new orizons andeducational responses to the anthropological change in progress. The participants discussed about different democratic visions and practices spread throughout the world, aiming at proposing cultural, social, economic and ethical responses.
The Proceedings of the Congress will be published in the Foundation's series (Fari Educativi - Educational Beacons).
The participants - including the representatives of the 14 Universities involved in the project - were received in audience by Pope Francis. He highlighted 3 priorities: feeding young people’s thirst for democracy, teaching them that the respect for common good is also love and, finally, educating young generations to experience authority as a real service.
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