Cycle of thematic conferences for school leaders

JECSE school leaders are invited to participate in regular professional Ignatian formation meetings.

The three-year cycle of meetings is designed for:

  • Secondary school heads – those responsible for the management of our secondary schools;
  • Primary school principals – those responsible for pre-secondary education;
  • Pedagogical Leaders – those who make pedagogical decisions and/or lead pedagogical development and training in their schools/regions.

A four-day formation conference for each group is held once every three years. The theme of each conference cycle is determined jointly by the European Education Delegates.

Each event provides opportunities:

  • to reflect together on our shared mission in the context of today’s challenges with the help of insights from experts in the field;
  • to deepen our understanding of Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy;
  • to give school leaders a ‘retreat style’ experience;
  • to offer a unique opportunity for school leaders to meet, share, and build a European community of learning and mutual support.

Our previous conferences

Testimony from the Conference in Sacrofano, October 2023

Testimony from the Conference in Sacrofano, October 2023

Last October 24 to 27, over one hundred directors and leaders of European Jesuit Schools gathered near Rome for JECSE’s conference focusing on the topic of Accompaniment in our Ignatian tradition. As one of the organizers of this event I feel very grateful for the...

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Primary Heads Conference 2020

Primary Heads Conference 2020

Primary Heads Conference 2020(How) can we talk about Jesus? Jesuit schools in a multi-convictional context ...In Loyola 80 colleagues, mainly Principals of Primary Schools, met this January for the JECSE Conference around the theme of ‘(How) to talk about Jesus in the...

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Headmasters Conference 2018

Headmasters Conference 2018

Secondary Head Masters Conference. Can we talk about Jesus? Jesuit schools in a multi convictional contextThe Loyola retreat center in northern Spain was swathed in snow at the end of February as it hosted a major gathering of the head masters of Jesuit schools in...

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