In this two-part forum, we feature Fr. Francis Alvarez SJ, Faculty of Loyola School of Theology and Ateneo de Manila University. He shares his experiences in online ministry and offers some very practical tips to religious educators, campus ministers, and other formation personnel of our schools and universities in the country.
12 Years of Online Retreat
Friday Forum on Faith and Values Formation (Part 1)
with Fr. Francis Alvarez SJ & Fr. Johnny Go, SJ
(June 5, 2020)
Back in 2008, Fr. Francis–at the time still a scholastic–was in search of content for the Philippine Province Jesuit website, of which he was the administrator. He broached the idea of an online Lenten retreat to Fr. Johnny. For five years, the two collaborated every year to offer an asynchronous three-day Holy Week retreat that ministered to thousands from different parts of the world. Since then, Fr. Johnny has continued offering this online ministry in his Pins of Light, and just completed his thirteenth last Easter Sunday.
Here they share the stories behind the retreat and the lessons learned over a decade of this online ministry.
The ABCs of Online Ministry
Friday Forum on Faith and Values Formation (Part 2)
with Fr. Francis Alvarez SJ
(June 5, 2020)
A total of 580 educators from our network of Jesuit schools and universities attended this Friday Forum.
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