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John Paul the Great College is a Catholic, liberal arts junior college located in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize. Our mission of excellence is to form each scholar intellectually, morally, physically, and spiritually. We are here to make saints. The only liberal arts college in Belize Offering a two-year associate program in line with the Catholic tradition of higher education at an affordable price. Small Campus Individual Attention With a student-faculty ratio of 6:1, and an educational philosophy oriented towards the whole person, the JPG experience is unique, personal, and familial. Our students are people, not numbers. Classics View Courses Theology & Catechetics View Courses Cybersecurity View Courses Business Administration View Courses English View Courses Discover Greatness Apply Now

Workshop 2 On Morality, Character, and Relationships Bishop Robert Barron – Doctor of Sacred Theology CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 7: 1. On Morality, Character, and Relationships Objective: Teachers will act, and expect others to act, in a manner consistent with their beliefs. • The call of all to act out our beliefs. • How to recognize the holistic nature of the moral person. • Understanding the human person as both body and soul. WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 2 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 value someone's actions versus their belief? Did one seem more important than the other? Has this workshop helped you understand better the actions of gnostics who attempt to justify themselves through a division of body and soul? Write a short essay on the above questions. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT

All students at John Paul the Great College receive a liberal arts education from the Core curriculum. Hierarchically structured, students build on their knowledge each semester. THE CORE CURRICULUM John Paul the Great College’s liberal arts core comes from a distinguished tradition and is reflected in a carefully designed, chronologically and disciplinarily integrated curriculum that is required of all students. This curriculum challenges students to think far beyond what seems easy, to stretch themselves in new areas of learning to discover their human potential, and to become fully educated. Robert Hutchins once wrote: The liberal arts are not merely indispensable; they are unavoidable. Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant, undeveloped one, or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining. The question, in short, is whether he will be a poor liberal artist or a good one. Liberal education addresses the whole of life enabling one to live well in the midst of family, church, and society. By attaining it, students gain an appreciation of all that life offers and develop their physical, intellectual, and spiritual capacities. 49 CREDITS: HIST101 World History & Geography HUM101 Greco-Roman Roots of Civilization HUM102 Middle Ages to Enlightenment HUM202 Belizean Studies TRIV101 College English I (Grammar) TRIV102 Logic TRIV201 Rhetoric THEO101 Word of God I THEO102 Christ & the Sacraments THEO201 Life of Grace THEO202 Theology of the Body MATH101 Euclidean Geometry ART/MUS201 Art or Music Appreciation PHIL101 Introduction to Philosophy PHIL102 Philosophy of Nature & Man PHIL201 Ethics ENED101 Outdoor Leadership Adventure

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.

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Objective: Teachers will recognize the purpose of all Catholic schools is to form virtuous students and will take time to consider how they would like to be part of that mission. • Overview of the whole workshop • The uniqueness of a Catholic education in forming virtuous people • Encountering the living God Workshop 12 The Community of the Family William Newton, STL, PhD - Founding member of the Aquinas Institute WEEK 22 1. The Church Teaches Us Objective: Educators will embrace the Church's teachings on marriage and family and share them with their students. • Overview of the whole workshop • The uniqueness of the Catholic approach to marriage • Familiaris Consortio CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE WORKSHEET CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE WEEK 23 2. Called to Holiness Objective: Staff will analyze the changes in the relationship of men and woman in recent times. • Changes in marriage • The two loves in conflict • Positive and negative effects of the sexual revolution WORKSHEET CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE WEEK 24 3. God Created Marriage in the Beginning Objective: To understand the meaning and purpose of marriage. • Primary and secondary purposes of marriage • natural and supernatural marriage • Symbolism of marriage WORKSHEET CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE CATECHETICAL INSTITUTE WEEK 25 4. A Community of Persons Objective: Staff will value the community that is the family in a new way. • The four tasks of marriage • How social media effects familial communion • The place of fathers within the family WORKSHEET WEEK 26 5. Marriage: An Indissoluble Communion of Persons Objective: That staff may honor marriage and family with the dignity they deserve. • The role of Christian couples • Marriage as a sacrament • Conjugal love founded on the love of Christ WORKSHEET WEEK 27 6. Serving Life: Procreation Objective: Educators will discuss the importance marriage as directed toward children. • The argument of Humane Vitae • Contraception versus NFP • The beauty of children as an overflowing of the Creator's love WORKSHEET WEEK 28 7. Serving Life: The Education of Children Objective: Educators will discuss the importance of the role of families as the primary educators of their children. • Parents as the first and foremost educators of their children • The purpose of education • The three types of education as seen in Familiaris Consortio WORKSHEET WEEK 29 8. The Family and Society Objective: To see the family as the foundation on which society is built. • A family's contribution to society • The heart of the family is communion WORKSHEET WEEK 30 9. Sharing in the Mission of the Church Objective: Staff will embrace the role of a domestic church within their families and encourage their student's to do the same. • The domestic church • The visible signs of a Christian family in today's culture • The meaning of "vocation" WORKSHEET WEEK 31 10. Marriage as a Sacrament Objective: Staff will understand the great benefits to children and society that marriage brings. • The Eucharist as a symbol of marriage • Marriage as a source of strength and healing • The links between educational success and strong marriages WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 12 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. Before taking this workshop how did you view the mission of the Christian family in today's society. What did you see as the purpose of marriage? How did children fit in? Now having completed this workshop, have your views changed? Considering the above questions, write a 200 word reflection on if/how this workshop has affected the way you view your personal mission in your family and in your Catholic school. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT

Workshop 8 On Why Being Good is Not Good Enough Bishop Robert Barron - Doctor of Sacred Theology CLICK TO PLAY VIDEO WEEK 18 On Why Being Good is Not Good Enough Objective: Educators will recognize the purpose of traditional worship. • The stages of formation of the people of Israel. • Moral law is to align human will to God's will. • How traditional and symbolic rituals carry meaning beyond themselves WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 8 OUTPUT Workshop to be completed by participants outside of the formation setting. 80% of all worksheets and outputs are necessary for completion of program. Visit a Catholic Church, or better yet, attend Holy Mass, and intentionally notice the items and decorations around you. Are there symbols on the altar or tabernacle? What are they trying to convey? Note the items situated about the altar. What is their traditional ritual function? How do the various postures of the priest and congregation emphasize the liturgy? Pick one or two things you noticed, and explain how they are intended to align the participant's will with that of God's. OUTPUT ASSIGNMENT The Library Want to learn more? See the following resources for this week's topic! Article: Does the Mass contradict or fulfill worshipping God "in spirit and in truth"? Article: Worship the way God commanded Catechism of the Catholic Church What does the word liturgy mean? 1069 The word "liturgy" originally meant a "public work" or a "service in the name of/on behalf of the people." In Christian tradition it means the participation of the People of God in "the work of God."5 Through the liturgy Christ, our redeemer and high priest, continues the work of our redemption in, with, and through his Church. 1070 In the New Testament the word "liturgy" refers not only to the celebration of divine worship but also to the proclamation of the Gospel and to active charity.6 In all of these situations it is a question of the service of God and neighbor. In a liturgical celebration the Church is servant in the image of her Lord, the one "leitourgos";7 she shares in Christ's priesthood (worship), which is both prophetic (proclamation) and kingly (service of charity): The liturgy then is rightly seen as an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ. It involves the presentation of man's sanctification under the guise of signs perceptible by the senses and its accomplishment in ways appropriate to each of these signs. In it full public worship is performed by the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, that is, by the Head and his members. From this it follows that every liturgical celebration, because it is an action of Christ the priest and of his Body which is the Church, is a sacred action surpassing all others. No other action of the Church can equal its efficacy by the same title and to the same degree.8 -- III. The Holy Spirit and the Church in the Liturgy 1091 In the liturgy the Holy Spirit is teacher of the faith of the People of God and artisan of "God's masterpieces," the sacraments of the New Covenant. the desire and work of the Spirit in the heart of the Church is that we may live from the life of the risen Christ. When the Spirit encounters in us the response of faith which he has aroused in us, he brings about genuine cooperation. Through it, the liturgy becomes the common work of the Holy Spirit and the Church. 1092 In this sacramental dispensation of Christ's mystery the Holy Spirit acts in the same way as at other times in the economy of salvation: he prepares the Church to encounter her Lord; he recalls and makes Christ manifest to the faith of the assembly. By his transforming power, he makes the mystery of Christ present here and now. Finally the Spirit of communion unites the Church to the life and mission of Christ. The Holy Spirit prepares for the reception of Christ 1093 In the sacramental economy the Holy Spirit fulfills what was prefigured in the Old Covenant. Since Christ's Church was "prepared in marvellous fashion in the history of the people of Israel and in the Old Covenant,"14 The Church's liturgy has retained certain elements of the worship of the Old Covenant as integral and irreplaceable, adopting them as her own: -notably, reading the Old Testament; -praying the Psalms; -above all, recalling the saving events and significant realities which have found their fulfillment in the mystery of Christ (promise and covenant, Exodus and Passover, kingdom and temple, exile and return). 1094 It is on this harmony of the two Testaments that the Paschal catechesis of the Lord is built,15 and then, that of the Apostles and the Fathers of the Church. This catechesis unveils what lay hidden under the letter of the Old Testament: the mystery of Christ. It is called "typological" because it reveals the newness of Christ on the basis of the "figures" (types) which announce him in the deeds, words, and symbols of the first covenant. By this re-reading in the Spirit of Truth, starting from Christ, the figures are unveiled.16 Thus the flood and Noah's ark prefigured salvation by Baptism,17 as did the cloud and the crossing of the Red Sea. Water from the rock was the figure of the spiritual gifts of Christ, and manna in the desert prefigured the Eucharist, "the true bread from heaven."18 1095 For this reason the Church, especially during Advent and Lent and above all at the Easter Vigil, re-reads and re-lives the great events of salvation history in the "today" of her liturgy. But this also demands that catechesis help the faithful to open themselves to this spiritual understanding of the economy of salvation as the Church's liturgy reveals it and enables us to live it. 1096 Jewish liturgy and Christian liturgy. A better knowledge of the Jewish people's faith and religious life as professed and lived even now can help our better understanding of certain aspects of Christian liturgy. For both Jews and Christians Sacred Scripture is an essential part of their respective liturgies: in the proclamation of the Word of God, the response to this word, prayer of praise and intercession for the living and the dead, invocation of God's mercy. In its characteristic structure the Liturgy of the Word originates in Jewish prayer. the Liturgy of the Hours and other liturgical texts and formularies, as well as those of our most venerable prayers, including the Lord's Prayer, have parallels in Jewish prayer. the Eucharistic Prayers also draw their inspiration from the Jewish tradition. the relationship between Jewish liturgy and Christian liturgy, but also their differences in content, are particularly evident in the great feasts of the liturgical year, such as Passover. Christians and Jews both celebrate the Passover. For Jews, it is the Passover of history, tending toward the future; for Christians, it is the Passover fulfilled in the death and Resurrection of Christ, though always in expectation of its definitive consummation. 1097 In the liturgy of the New Covenant every liturgical action, especially the celebration of the Eucharist and the sacraments, is an encounter between Christ and the Church. the liturgical assembly derives its unity from the "communion of the Holy Spirit" who gathers the children of God into the one Body of Christ. This assembly transcends racial, cultural, social - indeed, all human affinities. 1098 The assembly should prepare itself to encounter its Lord and to become "a people well disposed." the preparation of hearts is the joint work of the Holy Spirit and the assembly, especially of its ministers. the grace of the Holy Spirit seeks to awaken faith, conversion of heart, and adherence to the Father's will. These dispositions are the precondition both for the reception of other graces conferred in the celebration itself and the fruits of new life which the celebration is intended to produce afterward. The Holy Spirit recalls the mystery of Christ 1099 The Spirit and the Church cooperate to manifest Christ and his work of salvation in the liturgy. Primarily in the Eucharist, and by analogy in the other sacraments, the liturgy is the memorial of the mystery of salvation. the Holy Spirit is the Church's living memory.19 1100 The Word of God. the Holy Spirit first recalls the meaning of the salvation event to the liturgical assembly by giving life to the Word of God, which is proclaimed so that it may be received and lived: In the celebration of the liturgy, Sacred Scripture is extremely important. From it come the lessons that are read and explained in the homily and the psalms that are sung. It is from the Scriptures that the prayers, collects, and hymns draw their inspiration and their force, and that actions and signs derive their meaning.20 1101 The Holy Spirit gives a spiritual understanding of the Word of God to those who read or hear it, according to the dispositions of their hearts. By means of the words, actions, and symbols that form the structure of a celebration, the Spirit puts both the faithful and the ministers into a living relationship with Christ, the Word and Image of the Father, so that they can live out the meaning of what they hear, contemplate, and do in the celebration. 1102 "By the saving word of God, faith . . . is nourished in the hearts of believers. By this faith then the congregation of the faithful begins and grows."21 The proclamation does not stop with a teaching; it elicits the response of faith as consent and commitment, directed at the covenant between God and his people. Once again it is the Holy Spirit who gives the grace of faith, strengthens it and makes it grow in the community. the liturgical assembly is first of all a communion in faith. 1103 Anamnesis. the liturgical celebration always refers to God's saving interventions in history. "The economy of Revelation is realized by deeds and words which are intrinsically bound up with each other.... (The) words for their part proclaim the works and bring to light the mystery they contain."22 In the Liturgy of the Word the Holy Spirit "recalls" to the assembly all that Christ has done for us. In keeping with the nature of liturgical actions and the ritual traditions of the churches, the celebration "makes a remembrance" of the marvelous works of God in an anamnesis which may be more or less developed. the Holy Spirit who thus awakens the memory of the Church then inspires thanksgiving and praise (doxology). The Holy Spirit makes present the mystery of Christ 1104 Christian liturgy not only recalls the events that saved us but actualizes them, makes them present. the Paschal mystery of Christ is celebrated, not repeated. It is the celebrations that are repeated, and in each celebration there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that makes the unique mystery present. 1105 The Epiclesis ("invocation upon") is the intercession in which the priest begs the Father to send the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier, so that the offerings may become the body and blood of Christ and that the faithful by receiving them, may themselves become a living offering to God.23 1106 Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine . . . the Blood of Christ I shall tell you: the Holy Spirit comes upon them and accomplishes what surpasses every word and thought . . . Let it be enough for you to understand that it is by the Holy Spirit, just as it was of the Holy Virgin and by the Holy Spirit that the Lord, through and in himself, took flesh.24 1107 The Holy Spirit's transforming power in the liturgy hastens the coming of the kingdom and the consummation of the mystery of salvation. While we wait in hope he causes us really to anticipate the fullness of communion with the Holy Trinity. Sent by the Father who hears the epiclesis of the Church, the Spirit gives life to those who accept him and is, even now, the "guarantee" of their inheritance.25 The communion of the Holy Spirit 1108 In every liturgical action the Holy Spirit is sent in order to bring us into communion with Christ and so to form his Body. the Holy Spirit is like the sap of the Father's vine which bears fruit on its branches.26 The most intimate cooperation of the Holy Spirit and the Church is achieved in the liturgy. the Spirit who is the Spirit of communion, abides indefectibly in the Church. For this reason the Church is the great sacrament of divine communion which gathers God's scattered children together. Communion with the Holy Trinity and fraternal communion are inseparably the fruit of the Spirit in the liturgy.27 1109 The epiclesis is also a prayer for the full effect of the assembly's communion with the mystery of Christ. "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit"28 have to remain with us always and bear fruit beyond the Eucharistic celebration. the Church therefore asks the Father to send the Holy Spirit to make the lives of the faithful a living sacrifice to God by their spiritual transformation into the image of Christ, by concern for the Church's unity, and by taking part in her mission through the witness and service of charity.

Year three 2025-2026 God and His Works This year, we will seek to know and love God as our Creator and ultimate end. God invites all of us to partake in His divine life. In the depths of our hearts, we seek this true communion of love, union with God our Creator. To better understand our own nature and our ultimate end, we must delve deeper into who God is and the depths of His love for us. WORKSHOP 3 2-7 The kerygma: key doctrines catechetical institute 8 Who is God? Bishop robert barron WORKSHOP 2 WORKSHOP 1 1 Let Jesus be your teacher Father Patrick Shultz 9-14 sacred scripture Bible Project WORKSHOP 5 15 How Jesus fulfills the covenants St. Paul Center WORKSHOP 6 16 HISTORICAL REALITY OF JESUS Bishop Robert barron WORKSHOP 4 17-20 The Persons of the trinity Catechetical Institute WORKSHOP 7 13 true god and true man - Thomistic institute - WORKSHOP 8 WORKSHOP 9 21 You Have Been loved into being Bishop robert barron 22 True God and true man thomistic institute WORKSHOP 10 23 the life of christ Thomistic institute WORKSHOP 11 31 The fruits of the Spirit bishop robert barron WORKSHOP 12 24-30 Christ the person and his works catechetical institute WORKSHOP 13 32 Have you found joy? bishop robert barron

The Classics concentration at John Paul the Great College is a deepening of the student's natural desire for the truth. OUR CLASSICS CONCENTRATION Download as PDF “A cultivated intellect, because it is good in itself, brings with it a power and a grace to every work and occupation which it undertakes.” (St. John Henry Newman ) Classical education seeks to form the whole person, to dive deep into the best of what humanity has offered us throughout the ages. Our Classics program is for the students who are interested in what it means to be human. From Latin, philosophy, and history to biology, mathematics, and fine arts, our students will have gained a well-rounded view of the world in which they live. An expansion of our liberal arts core, this concentration develops free persons passionate about seeking truth. This empowers them to have great influence in any field they decide to pursue. Course Sequence August Program: ENED101 PCE Outdoor Leadership Adventure Pre-College English Intensive Semester 1: HUM101 TRIV101 THEO101 PHIL101 LATIN101 SCI101 Greco-Roma n Roots of Western Civilization Grammar The Word of God Introduction to Philosophy Latin: Elementary I Biology I Semester 2: HUM102 TRIV102 THEO102 MATH101 LATIN102 SCI201 Middle Ages to Enlightenment Logic Theology of Christ and the Sacraments Euclidean Geometry Latin: Elementary II Biology II Summer Internship Semester 3: HIST101 ART/MUS201 THEO201 PHIL102 LATIN201 MATH201 World History and Geography Art or Music Appreciation The Life of Grace Philosophy of Nature and Man Latin: Intermediate I Euclidean Geometry II Semester 4: HUM202 THEO202 PHIL201 TRIV201 SCI102 ENG260 Belizean Studies Theology of the Body Ethics Rhetoric Astronomy Modern Literature Total Credits: 73

John Paul II Junior College is a junior college located in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize. At JPIIJC we look to not only provide a liberal arts education, but also form more well-rounded young adults. Classical Education in the Catholic Tradition John Paul the Great College is a tertiary institution in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize, offering a two-year Associate's program that engages students in a profound dialogue with the greatest thinkers in the history of Western civilization and promotes an authentic Catholic culture on and off campus. The college began operating in 2013 as an evening program at Mount Carmel High School with 28 full-time students. The faculty members included and still include volunteer instructors from the United States of America. After two years in the old BRC Printing building, the College moved over to its new campus on Chapel Hill in August 2016. Since its founding in 2013, John Paul the Great College has provided a liberal education in line with the Catholic tradition of higher education. It offers concentrations in Business Administration, English, Classics, Theology & Catechetics, and Cybersecurity in addition to the required liberal arts core. The college hopes to expand its academic program, providing more opportunities at an affordable cost for young adults seeking to nurture servant leadership in distinct areas of professional service. Many thanks are due to the Charles Hunter S.J. Commission for exploring the needs of the community and Meliton Auil and Salvador Habet Sr. for making the college building possible. View Our Handbook Mission & Vision MISSION Through engaging students in a profound dialogue with the greatest thinkers in the history of Western civilization and by promoting an authentic Catholic culture on campus, John Paul the Great College forms the person intellectually, spiritually, and morally. This formation produces free, virtuous, and professionally competent persons who can direct themselves to their proper end of attaining true happiness and thus contribute effectively to the authentic good of humanity. VISION A world transformed through education in an authentic encounter with the Way, the Truth, and the Life. "I came that they may have life, and life to the full." (John 10:10) PHILOSOPHY John Paul the Great College is a tertiary institution under the patronage of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT), a religious community serving at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish since 1969. Rooted in the sacred mystery of the Blessed Trinity, SOLT institutions are committed to a wholesome education that leads the individual towards Trinitarian relationships to bear fruit for God’s Kingdom. Why the Liberal Arts? Why the Liberal Arts? Young people in higher education today face a daunting array of specialized classes. They can earn a degree in anything from Information Technology to Biology Education and many studies in between. It is a wiser plan, however, to first obtain a more general, foundational education that will best serve them for the remainder of their lives. As Cardinal Newman observed: “A cultivated intellect, because it is good in itself, brings with it a power and a grace to every work and occupation which it undertakes.” John Paul the Great College’s liberal arts core comes from a distinguished tradition and is reflected in a carefully designed, chronologically and disciplinarily integrated curriculum that is required of all students. This curriculum challenges students to think far beyond what seems easy, to stretch themselves in new areas of learning, to discover their human potential, and to become fully educated. Robert Hutchins once wrote: The liberal arts are not merely indispensable; they are unavoidable. Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant, undeveloped one, or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining. The question, in short, is whether he will be a poor liberal artist or a good one (“The Great Conversation”). Liberal education addresses the whole of life enabling one to live well in the midst of family, church, and society. By attaining it, students gain an appreciation of all that life offers and develop their physical, intellectual, and spiritual capacities. "Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought." ~ St. John Paul II Our Pillars John Paul Pillars Click the titles to learn more. 1. Cultivation of Human Excellence 2. Integrated Curriculum 3. Great Books 4. Outdoor Immersion 5. Two Kinds of Classes Following our patron, John Paul the Great , we strive to be excellent in three ways: Intellectually - Not just doing, but knowing . Knowledge of the truth is good in itself. Morally - Choosing and loving the good we know. Physically - Using our bodies well; for work, play, and the refining of our senses. In 50 years, who will care about TikTok? We want to learn what is always and everywhere true, and ask the questions great men and women always have. Those questions and answers are well-written in what is called the Great Books, books that have been influential for centuries. They are neither ends in themselves nor merely useful tools; they are that through which we enter into conversation with great thinkers about what it means to be human. An educator is meant to direct. If he doesn't guide the students, how will students know what to study? The Founders of JPG followed the lead of other schools in ordering their curriculum to cover the various kinds of knowledge. With the liberal arts as the base, each course connects to the others to guide students on the way to freely seek truth. We desire the truth. But in a world full of noise and change, where will you find it? Each year starts with a week in the mountains, resting in the silence and stillness of nature, absorbing the unchanging beauty of what is real. On campus, great care is taken to keep the grounds beautiful and observe nature at work. Subjects are classified as either theoretical or practical. Theoretical classes are not lectures. Students are actively engaged in discussion with each other, with the instructor as the guide. They struggle through questions, argue about answers, and follow tangents to intriguing conclusions. Practical classes are all about practicing a skill. Students don't just study Theology of the Body, they are asked to live it in their own lives through the TOB Capstone project. Learn More JOHN PAUL THE GREAT IS ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD. STAY WITH US ON THE JOURNEY. Join our email list and keep up to date with everything JPG. Join the mission

Workshop 10 The Life of Christ Thomistic Institute WEEK 23 1. The Life of Christ Objective: Grasp the salvific nature of Christ's human life and its application to us today The Father is revealed in Christ's humanity His human actions reveal and communicate God Christ's teaching, miracles, and prayer WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 10 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 "He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word." - Hebrew 1:3 Who and what does Jesus Christ reflect? How did Jesus live for 30 years before his ministry? What does it mean that God brought His divine glory into ordinary human life and work? How does God want to glorify himself through your daily life and work? As you facilitate Workshop 10's discussion, ponder the reality of God communicating himself to us through the humanity of Jesus and how we participate in this even today.

Workshop 8 You Have Been Loved Into Being Bishop Robert Barron WEEK 21 1. You Have Been Loved Into Being Objective: Answer the question,"Why did God make us?" Overflowing love Primacy of God's work The story of Zacchaeus the tax collector WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 8 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 "For you love all things that exist, and detest none of the things that you have made, for you would not have made anything if you had hated it." Wisdom 11:24 How does God feel about his creation? What does this mean for how he feels about you? Why is it important that your existence is proof of God's love for you? Who in your life needs to know that their existence is good, desired, and beloved? As you facilitate Workshop 8's discussion, ponder the goodness of God's love in creating us for a selfless delight. Ponder how revolutionary this truth is in the world today.