Sinderesi School: Identity and Experience by SAMUELE SANGALLI Coordinator of Sinderesi School
Created in 2011, Sinderesi School offers an original pedagogical methodology, designed for the younger generations, to train them in critical thinking and commitment in the public sphere in the light of Christian social teaching.
“S
ince you have asked for discernment in administering justice… I will give you a wise and discerning heart” (1Kings 3:11-12). The known request of King Solomon in Gàbaon is the leitmotif that has led a group of young people – coordinated by myself and with the encouragement of the then Rector Fr. François-Xavier Dumortier S.J. – to establish the “Sinderesi School” in 2011, within the newly created “Alberto Hurtado” Centre for Faith and Culture under the direction of Fr. Sandro Barlone S.J. The aim was to institutionalise and academically qualify an original pedagogical, interactive and empowering methodology, aimed at fostering the knowledge of a criterion – inspired by Ignatian discernment –
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