Vision and Mission of CSIL

Below is the Vision and Mission of Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola in English and Tetum version. Portuguese version is still in translation. Please give feedback. 

Vision of Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola

To create a faith base environment that animates young people to develop to their full potential to serve the church and society through life long learning of intellectual competence, spiritually compassionate, and conscientious human beings for the greater glory of God.

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Atu cria ambiente ida nebe iha nia abut husi fiar hodi anima foin sa’e sira atu dezenvolve sira nia capasidade tomak hodi serbi igreja no sociedade liu husi sira nia buka matenek iha moris tomak iha competência intelectual, compaixão espiritual no consciência  nu’udar ema lolos atu nune’e  habo’ot liu tan Nai Maromak Nia Gloria.

Mission of Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola

As an East Timorese, Catholic and Jesuit School, our mission is to provide excellence in teaching and learning, to form young men and women with integrity, educated in faith and justice, committed to the care of the individual ("cura personalis") with an openness to all aspect of culture and tradition to become men and women for and with others.

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Nu’udar escola Timor nian ida nebe mak católico no escola Jesuíta nian, ami nia missão mak atu fó processo hanorin no aprendizagem nebe mak excelente, atu forma foin sa’e sira, feto no mane, nebe maka iha integridade, educa iha/ho fiar no justisa, no iha comprimisso atu tau matan ba ema ida-idak nebe loke an hodi simu aspecto tomak cultura no tradição nian atu nune’e sai feto no mane hodi serbi ba no ho ema seluk. 

CSIL CREST


Below is the crest of Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola and the description of its symbols. Please give feedback.

OUR LOIOLA KASAIT BADGE

Our school crest is in the shape of a shield divided by a cross in the middle that forms four parts, which represent the culture and tradtion of East Timor, the mission of the Society of Jesus, and the two old coats of arms representing two sides of the family of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

THE CROSS

The cross represents the Christ-centered mission of this school and the universal mission of the Church through education.

THE TWO CROSSED SWORDS (Surik) AND HEADRESS (Kaibauk)

The two crossed swords (Surik) and the Headress (Kaibauk) represent the identity of East Timor culture and Tradition and the unifying symbols for each Timorese who come from different background of custom and richness of tradition from different parts of East Timor. Colégio de Santo Inácio de Loiola would like to embrace, to appreciate, and to respect as identity for each individuals who come tho this school. 

THE BOOK AND PEN

The book and pen represent the mission of the Society of Jesus from the beginning of this religious order began to serve those in need of a good quality education which this school commits itself in the context of East Timor.

THE WOLVES AND POT

The coat of arms of the Loyola Family was two grey wolves with a kettle between them, on a white field or background. Local tradtion says that the Spanish word for ‘wolf’ is ‘lobo’ and ‘olla’ is ‘pot’; so a wolf and a pot is ‘lobo-y-olla’ which is contracted into ‘Loyola’. This badge was taken to refer to the great generosity of the Loyola family which, in feudal times, kept bands of followers in case of war, and was always so liberal to them that even the wolves always found something to feast on after the soldiers had their field.

THE SEVEN BARS

The badge of the Onaz family is represented by seven red diagonal bands, on a field of gold. In the context of this school, these bars are integrated with the colour of East Timor flag. The bars were said to have been granted by King of Spain in recognition of the bravery of seven brothers or heroes of the family who distinguished themselves in battle, probably against the Moors or Beotibar in 1321.

THE MOTTO: Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam

This motto gives as the meaning of all our service to this school and our comitment to education which centred in Christ (the blue cross) for the greater Glory of God.

New Building

The new building for our provisional novitiate in Lahane is ready to be occupied. Let us pray that this place will bring us good and committed Jesuits to work and serve the people of East Timor.

News From Home

Provincial Visitations. Fr. Jojo Magadia (Philippines, July 12-16), Fr. Larry Tan (Malaysia-Singapore, July 24-28) and Fr Thomas Trung (Vietnam, August 3-9) have recently been guests during their visitations to the Jesuits from their provinces and regions.

Newcomers. Bro. Nguyen Ngoc Lam and Sch. Bui Van Ngu, both from Vietnam, arrived
with Fr. Trung on August 3. With hardly a chance to catch their breath, they began language study on August 4. Ngu will teach at Colegio de Sao Jose (CSJ) later on. Lam's assignment will be determined later. We are very grateful for their presence.

Welcome back. Fr. Dibya (IDO) returned from his sabbatical in the US on August 6. He will work both with novices and candidates. Bro. EJ Gerilla (PHI) began teaching English to the first-year students at CSJ on August 4.

Travel. Fr. Mace left for Manila for his visitation on August 5. While there he will go to Cagayan de Oro to visit Bro. Tha. On the way back, he will stop in Singapore for three days to visit the four second-year novices before arriving back in Dili on September 2.

(Contributor: Fr. John Mace)

The blessing of Provisional Novitiate

Casa Manresa. Bishop Alberto Ricardo blessed the provisional novitiate on the Feast of St. Ignatius. The ceremony began with the Eucharist at 8:00 a.m., and the blessing followed. And then merienda. Jesuit parents and other friends and religious were also invited. The construction on the new building is nearly completed.

Casa Gonzaga. Twelve new candidates will join the second-year candidates in early September. In addition to the current house, the house immediately next to Casa Gonzaga in the same compound will be rented. The owner will complete needed repairs by late August or early September.

Community Retreat

Thirteen mission members plus three novices made their annual retreat at the Carmelite Retreat House in Maubara on July 14 – 22. Fr Danny Huang (PHI), incoming Assistant for EAO for Father Nicolas, gave points each morning on GC 35. His excellent input made the retreat a good experience for all.

Magis08

Two Magis08 experiment groups led by Fr. Quyen did their experiments in two different places. The group from Sao Jose had their experiment in Loyola High School Watsonia, Melbourne and the other group from Baucau had their experiment in Loyola School Mount Druitt, Sydney. Both experiments had taught them different experiences to work with different people from different cultural background and different circumstances and weather.