Toward a Comprehensive Approach to Personal Vocation

Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS) has established a strategic initiative to help all students identify their unique gifts and gain tools for living their personal vocations on a daily basis and throughout the course of their lives. As a Catholic institution of higher education, FUS is acti...

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Autori: Payne, Christopher J. (Autore) ; Plaus, Valerie (Autore) ; Reister, Megan (Autore) ; Miller, Joshua (Autore) ; Frezza, Stephen (Autore) ; Jauregui, Juan (Autore) ; Pilsner, John (Autore)
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Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: Christian higher education
Anno: 2023, Volume: 22, Fascicolo: 3/4, Pagine: 269-290
Notazioni IxTheo:CF Cristianesimo; scienza
KBQ America settentrionale
KDB Chiesa cattolica
ZF Pedagogia
Altre parole chiave:B Personal vocation
B student engagement
B Catholic higher education
B Mentorship
B Christian Identity
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Riepilogo:Franciscan University of Steubenville (FUS) has established a strategic initiative to help all students identify their unique gifts and gain tools for living their personal vocations on a daily basis and throughout the course of their lives. As a Catholic institution of higher education, FUS is actively building an institutional culture that will enable “an ever clearer discovery of one’s vocation and the ever greater willingness to live it so as to fulfill one’s mission” (John, 1988, para. 58). This paper summarizes various initiatives underway at FUS related to personal vocation formation, especially those related to engaging first-year students. There are three categories of personal vocation development activities that FUS has developed: institutional-level, cohort-oriented, and classroom-based activities. Five of the initiatives described are co-curricular, while four are integrated into for-credit coursework. These different types of student interventions are distinguished both in method and audience but share the same goal of engaging students and empowering them toward a Christ-centered direction in their personal vocation. This paper presents the foundations for personal vocation, arguing for why this topic is essential for a Christian education, and it presents an overview of eight different personal vocation approaches taken at FUS, how each of the approaches have been instantiated, and a summary of their achievements as of the 2021–22 academic year.
ISSN:1539-4107
Comprende:Enthalten in: Christian higher education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15363759.2023.2223163