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Workshop 7 The Trinity Dr. Petroc Willey, BD, PhD, STL, PhD WEEK 17 1. Centering our Catechesis on the Trinity Objective: Understand God's plan for creation and humanity as well as the fall and its consequences The original plan for humanity The fall of man and its consequences The promise of a redeemer WORKSHEET WEEK 18 2. The Human Person Images the Trinity Objective: Find analogies, though imperfect, to help understand the Trinity Analogies in nature The human person and the Trinity Persons in communion WORKSHEET WEEK 19 3. The Divine Persons Reveal One Another Objective: Better define how the Trinity is revealed Who reveals whom Mystery Introducing persons WORKSHEET WEEK 20 4. Entering into a Relationship of Love Objective: The model of the Father/Son relationship Parrhesia Abraham and the Father's love Son and servant WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 7 OUTPUT Workshops are to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT Pre-Workshop Reflection And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw God’s Spirit descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from the heavens said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.” - Matthew 3:16-17 How does God reveal himself in this passage? How does the Father feel about his Son? What has God made you through your baptism? What does it mean for you to be brought up into the life of the holy Trinity? As you facilitate Workshop 7's discussion, ponder the wonder of the love within the Trinity and being brought into that love.

The Cybersecurity concentration at John Paul the Great College is a partnership with the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. Through it, we are able to bring the first cybersecurity program in the country to our students. OUR CYBERSECURITY CONCENTRATION The JPG College concentration in Cybersecurity offers the students the skills needed to work in this specific field in Computer Science that specializes in preventing cyberattacks. The students pursuing the Associate degree will follow the course sequence of Liberal Arts curriculum described below and the specific courses in Cybersecurity. The Core curriculum is composed of 48 academic credits and the additional credits will be Cybersecurity specific. Course Sequence Semester 1: HUM101 TRIV101 THEO101 PHIL101 Greco-Roma n Roots of Western Civilization Grammar The Word of God Introduction to Philosophy Semester 2: HUM102 TRIV102 THEO102 MATH101 Middle Ages to Enlightenment Logic Theology of Christ and the Sacraments Euclidean Geometry Semester 1: HUM101 TRIV101 THEO101 PHIL101 Greco-Roma n Roots of Western Civilization Grammar The Word of God Introduction to Philosophy Semester 2: HUM102 TRIV102 THEO102 MATH101 Middle Ages to Enlightenment Logic Theology of Christ and the Sacraments Euclidean Geometry Semester 3: HIST101 ART/MUS201 THEO201 PHIL102 World History and Geography Art or Music Appreciation The Life of Grace Philosophy of Nature and Man Semester 4: HUM202 THEO202 PHIL201 TRIV201 Belizean Studies Theology of the Body Ethics Rhetoric August Program: ENED101 PCE Outdoor Leadership Adventure Pre-College English Intensive Cybersecurity Concentration Courses The courses below will be taken from various prestigious universities around the world and from companies such as Google, IBM and Cisco. Hardware knowledge Problem-solving skills in cybersecurity Introduction to Cybersecurity Fundamentals Foundations of Cybersecurity Risk Assessment in Cybersecurity Network security basics Treat Analysis Attack types Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations Introduction of Data Analytics Options in Cybersecurity certificates For the academic year 2025-2026, second year students can continue with the partnership with the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, where Cybersecurity courses will be taken through UST and their Liberal Arts core classes through JPG. The classes in UST’s Associate of Applied Science in Cybersecurity Program are delivered online through Blackboard with UST professors. Our students, however, will meet in person on the JPG campus with a designated Teaching Assistant. This hybrid approach ensures our students receive the best education our two institutions can offer.

Mentors Mentoring is an excellent opportunity for all those feeling called to hold higher positions in our Catholic schools, to test their ability to be the servants of those they have authority over, and lead those they work with to a greater communion with their Creator. Mentors will be practicing Catholics and individuals eager to grow in their Faith while helping others. They serve as facilitators and witnesses of the faith, not as Catechists or as teachers to their peers. Mentors should reflect on the topic beforehand and watch the formation videos in advance of the Catholic formation class. At each formation, the mentors will take roll of all the staff and teachers present to ensure complete participation and recall the ideas discussed the last week. Then, they will lead a reflection or prayer as they introduce the day’s topic. In divided classes, the male and female mentors will lead the separate formations. Before each video the mentors will pass out the worksheets for all to complete during and immediately following the video. Each participant will complete the worksheet and think of something from the video for consideration. The mentor should allow for silence after the video as the group reflects on the topic. After a few minutes, the mentor splits the participants into smaller groups to encourage productive dialogue. This dialogue is imperative to the program's effectiveness. Mentors will ensure all participants have satisfactorily completed the worksheets; then, they will give them back to participants to be uploaded to the TLI. Participation during discussion time and uploading worksheets to the TLI are necessary to earn CPD hours. Discussion Method: As the year progresses and individuals become more practiced in the discussion method, the participants will be more free to contribute and the discussions will greatly improve. The discussions are intended to seek the truth through sparking curiosity and wonder. Disagreements are encouraged, as they can be a valuable means of discovering the truth more fully for all. Tips for facilitating discussion: Practical tips for improving discussions by Arts of Liberty. A humorous illustration from a Christian group Suggestions based on human psychology An article based on leading Bible studies

Workshop 4 Virtue and Happiness Fr. Dominic Legge, O.P. – Director of the Thomistic Institute WEEK 9 1. Virtue and Happiness Objective: Educators will understand the importance of true values and virtues. • Virtues are strengths. • Where lasting happiness is found. • Morality is a type of virtue. CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 4 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. “It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your heart your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle. It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.” ― Pope John Paul II Write a short reflection on how you have looked for happiness in the past and how you plan to live in the future in order to find lasting happiness. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT

Workshop 11 Enter the Adventure Bishop Robert Barron – Doctor of Sacred Theology CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 21: 1. Enter the Adventure Objective: Teachers will be aware of the dangers to the youth in our present age. • Cultural initiations • Encouragement of permanent adolescence • The Church's teachings on one's relationship to the community. WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 11 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. How did you previously see your role as a baptized person? What did you think was your greatest calling in life? Do the messages of today oppose the traditional Christian call to give up your life for others? Are you ready to go to battle with the false ideas of the post-Christian world? Write a short essay on the Christian's role in today's society. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT The Library Want to learn more? See the following resources for this week's topic! Why we need initiation rituals, Fr. Richard Rohr The Law of Gift Catechism of the Catholic Church Christian Initiation 1229 From the time of the apostles, becoming a Christian has been accomplished by a journey and initiation in several stages. This journey can be covered rapidly or slowly, but certain essential elements will always have to be present: proclamation of the Word, acceptance of the Gospel entailing conversion, profession of faith, Baptism itself, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and admission to Eucharistic communion. 1230 This initiation has varied greatly through the centuries according to circumstances. In the first centuries of the Church, Christian initiation saw considerable development. A long period of catechumenate included a series of preparatory rites, which were liturgical landmarks along the path of catechumenal preparation and culminated in the celebration of the sacraments of Christian initiation. 1231 Where infant Baptism has become the form in which this sacrament is usually celebrated, it has become a single act encapsulating the preparatory stages of Christian initiation in a very abridged way. By its very nature infant Baptism requires a post-baptismal catechumenate. Not only is there a need for instruction after Baptism, but also for the necessary flowering of baptismal grace in personal growth. The catechism has its proper place here.

OUR SCHOLARS IN THE PRESS SECOND ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION SECOND ANNUAL ART EXHIBITION Debut exhibition, Gift , was a "smashing success". Read More JOHN PAUL II CHESS INVITATIONAL JOHN PAUL II CHESS INVITATIONAL 170 games of tournament chess were played... Read More TOLEDO MISSION TRIP IN JANUARY TOLEDO MISSION TRIP IN JANUARY Scouting group goes to Aguacate, a Q'eqchi' village in the Toledo district. Read More > LEADERSHIP FORMATION AT MT. PINE RIDGE LEADERSHIP FORMATION AT MT. PINE RIDGE John Paul II Junior College conducts leadership adventure. Read More THE GRADUATES OF 2020 THE GRADUATES OF 2020 Graduates called to lead transformational change amidst global pandemic. Read More REHABILITATING ENDANGERED SPECIES REHABILITATING ENDANGERED SPECIES Belizean student prepares for a career in conservation with a month of voluntary service. Read More WORLD YOUTH DAY PANAMA 2019 WORLD YOUTH DAY PANAMA 2019 Benque Viejo represents at World Youth Day. Read More NATIONAL LATIN HONORS NATIONAL LATIN HONORS John Paul II students internationally honored for success on National Latin Exam. Read More FREE MARKETS & CIVIL LIBERTIES FREE MARKETS & CIVIL LIBERTIES Students in Belize read about free markets and civil liberties. Read More

Workshop 5 A Foundational Vision: The Community of the Family William Newton, STL, PhD - Associate Member of Faculty of Maryvale Institute of Birmingham, U.K. CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 8 The Church Teaches Us Objective: Male teachers will demonstrate their call of authentic masculinity at school and in their homes. • Two attributes of masculinity, sacrifice and responsibility • Willingness to sacrifice one’s own time and energy for another’s needs • Taking responsibility for one’s family, looking out for material and spiritual needs of others WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 5 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting within two weeks of completion of the workshop. Would you recommend this workshop to a male friend? Does taking a closer look into the attributes of men help clarify for you the purpose of your life and how you ought to live? Write out some thoughts on the workshop, whether it helped you or not, and whether you will encourage other men to watch the video. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT

year TWO Objective Truth and Morality This year focuses on recognizing objective truth from the natural law and how living in accord with our reason and our natures will bring the greatest earthly happiness. The workshops are aimed toward seeing the goodness, beauty, and truth in our students, those we work with, and those we encounter, as well as in all of creation. Workshop 1 Weeks 1-8 Workshop 4 Week 16 Workshop 2 Week 9 Workshop 5- Men Week 17 Workshop 3 Weeks 10-15 Workshop 5 - Wo men Week 17 Workshop 6 Weeks 18-25 Workshop 8 Week 27 Workshop 7 - men Week 26 Workshop 9 Week 28 Workshop 7 - women Week 26 Workshop 10 Weeks 29 - 34 year three The Life of Christ The second year of the program focuses on recognizing objective truth from natural law and how living in accord with our reason will bring the greatest earthly happiness. The workshops are aimed toward seeing the goodness, beauty, and truth in our students, those we work with, and those we encounter, as well as in all of creation. Workshop 1 Weeks 1-8 Workshop 4 Week 16 Workshop 2 Week 9 Workshop 5- Men Week 17 Workshop 3 Weeks 10-15 Workshop 5 - Wo men Week 17 Workshop 6 Weeks 18-25 Workshop 8 Week 27 Workshop 7 - men Week 26 Workshop 9 Week 28 Workshop 7 - women Week 26 Workshop 10 Weeks 29 - 34

Workshop 9 The Mission of the Family The Knights of Columbus CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 19 1. The Catholic Family in the Post-Christian World Objective: School staff will be reinvigorated to live out the Christian life in their schools and families. • The post-Christian world • The beginning of the apostolic age • What the Catholic family should expect in today's world WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 9 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. Explain in a couple sentences what you believe to be the specific role of a Catholic family in today's world. Illustrate with specific differences between Catholic and non-Catholic families. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT The library Want to learn more? Check out these resources for this week's workshop! Catechism of the Catholic Church: II. The Family and Society 2207 The family is the original cell of social life. It is the natural society in which husband and wife are called to give themselves in love and in the gift of life. Authority, stability, and a life of relationships within the family constitute the foundations for freedom, security, and fraternity within society. the family is the community in which, from childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to honor God, and make good use of freedom. Family life is an initiation into life in society. 2208 The family should live in such a way that its members learn to care and take responsibility for the young, the old, the sick, the handicapped, and the poor. There are many families who are at times incapable of providing this help. It devolves then on other persons, other families, and, in a subsidiary way, society to provide for their needs: "Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained from the world."12 2209 The family must be helped and defended by appropriate social measures. Where families cannot fulfill their responsibilities, other social bodies have the duty of helping them and of supporting the institution of the family. Following the principle of subsidiarity, larger communities should take care not to usurp the family's prerogatives or interfere in its life. 2210 The importance of the family for the life and well-being of society13 entails a particular responsibility for society to support and strengthen marriage and the family. Civil authority should consider it a grave duty "to acknowledge the true nature of marriage and the family, to protect and foster them, to safeguard public morality, and promote domestic prosperity."14 2211 The political community has a duty to honor the family, to assist it, and to ensure especially: - the freedom to establish a family, have children, and bring them up in keeping with the family's own moral and religious convictions; - the protection of the stability of the marriage bond and the institution of the family; - the freedom to profess one's faith, to hand it on, and raise one's children in it, with the necessary means and institutions; - the right to private property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right to emigrate; - in keeping with the country's institutions, the right to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits; - the protection of security and health, especially with respect to dangers like drugs, pornography, alcoholism, etc.; - the freedom to form associations with other families and so to have representation before civil authority.15 2212 The fourth commandment illuminates other relationships in society. In our brothers and sisters we see the children of our parents; in our cousins, the descendants of our ancestors; in our fellow citizens, the children of our country; in the baptized, the children of our mother the Church; in every human person, a son or daughter of the One who wants to be called "our Father." In this way our relationships with our neighbors are recognized as personal in character. the neighbor is not a "unit" in the human collective; he is "someone" who by his known origins deserves particular attention and respect. 2213 Human communities are made up of persons. Governing them well is not limited to guaranteeing rights and fulfilling duties such as honoring contracts. Right relations between employers and employees, between those who govern and citizens, presuppose a natural good will in keeping with the dignity of human persons concerned for justice and fraternity.

View the progress of our exciting building project for the second phase of campus construction. Several new classrooms and a school chapel will be completed in 2024. Bui lding the Future Truth, Beauty & Goodness in Phase II full view of building, fall 2022 full view of building, September 2023 front facade of chapel, January 2023 front facade of chapel, September 2023 side view of chapel, January 2023 side view of chapel with classrooms, September 2023 choir loft, January 2023 choir loft, September 2023 chapel sanctuary, January 2023 chapel sanctuary, September 2023 colonnade, January 2023 colonnade view from inside the chapel, September 2023 vaulted classroom ceiling, September 2023 looking out from inside the chapel, September 2023 Click to expand the photos above for the exciting progression of John Paul the Great College's second phase of construction. Phase II includes three new classrooms, a meeting room, restrooms, two storage rooms, a kitchenette, and most impressively, a chapel. In September of 2023, construction entered into its final stages. By fall of 2024, our students will be learning and praying in this new addition to campus. Thanks to our generous donors, JPG will be equipped to meet the demands of a growing student body already outgrowing our existing classrooms. Our community will have a new beautiful place to worship and encounter God, who gives life and meaning to our school. Notable features: Chapel seats more than 150 occupants, five times the size of our current classroom-turned-chapel Second dome to match the main building Vaulted classroom ceilings, reducing echo and heat Roof tiles hand-made in Belize Large courtyard space for outdoor activities If you are interested in supporting the completion of Phase II, please click here or contact info@jpii.edu.bz Marvin Flores is a construction worker on this project. This semester he enrolled in a class and officially joined the JPG family!

All students at John Paul the Great College take on the Outdoor Leadership Adventure (OLA). This week long camping and hiking trip in Mountain Pine Ridge teaches resilience, leadership, virtue, and friendship. It's an important part of JP's mission to form the whole person. What is the Outdoor Leadership Adventure? IMG_9590-2 IMG_1684 IMG_7666-2 IMG_9589_edited IMG_7650 IMG_1828 LRM_EXPORT_120553355397761_20191003_125404479-01 IMG_9928 The OLA is the first challenge faced by a new JPG student. Immersed in nature for one week, students are taken beyond their normal comfort zone and into an environment where they must make real decisions that have real consequences. Mountain Pine Ridge is a treasure trove of natural beauty, challenging terrain, breathtaking views, and peaceful encounters with God, our Creator. After gaining new strengths in the wilderness, the students become more successful at their studies and better men and women in everyday life. “The OLA was, without a doubt, one of the best events that I have participated in. It transforms you into a better person while bringing you closer to God and your friends.” - Eiden Mejia, '26

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