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Workshop 2 The Kerygma Dr. Chris Burgwald, STD WEEK 2 1. The Proclamation of the Good News Objective: Teachers will be introduced to the kerygma and how it is good news for all Define the word kerygma How to succinctly articulate the "good news" How the good news applies to all WORKSHEET WEEK 3 2. Jesus - The Christ Objective: To identify Jesus as the promised "Messiah" and how He is the true king of Israel Meaning of the word Christ Relate Jesus to the Old Testament prophets Consequences of Jesus being the messiah WORKSHEET WEEK 4 3. The Center is Jesus Objective: Demonstrate how Jesus' life and the redemption He brings is central to the good news What Jesus life shows us The redemption brought through Christ How our everyday lives become sources of our own redemption WORKSHEET WEEK 5 4. The Resurrection Objective: Discuss exactly what the resurrection was, what it says about Christ, and what it means for us What happened in the resurrection Proof of Jesus' divinity and the redemption of humanity The hope and promise we now have WORKSHEET WEEK 6 5. Jesus is Lord Objective: Look into the lordship of Christ What "lord" means The danger it was and is to call Jesus "Lord" The submission that is owed to the Lord WORKSHEET WEEK 7 6. The Love of the Father Objective: Explore the grandeur of what the Father has brought us into, what He saved us for What we are saved from and what we are saved for The depths of the Father's love The freedom and joy we are called into everyday WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 2 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 Mentor's Reflection "All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved - and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus" - Ephesians 2:3-6 Who once lived according to their fallen nature? What did God do about it? Why? Where has God placed us? How have you been raised with Christ in your life? Who will go to those who are still perishing? As you facilitate Workshop 2's discussion, ponder the mercy God desires to pour on humanity and his desire to raise us up in Christ to be with him in heaven.

"Catholic education aims not only to communicate facts, but also to transmit a coherent, comprehensive vision of life, in the conviction that the truths contained in that vision liberate students in the most profound meaning of human freedom." - St. John Paul II - ABOUT VALUES Formation Program is a resource for Catholic schools of Belize to empower teachers and staff with a fuller understanding and appreciation of the values of the Catholic Faith. In order that educators may better assist their students in the pursuit of wisdom and virtue, the program consists of online classes and workshops to be completed together by teachers and staff weekly during the academic year. VALUES is an online resource offered through John Paul the Great College in Benque Viejo. "The Catholic VALUES formation workshop is transformative, expanding my perspective on the significance of integrating faith into every aspect of my life. it illuminates the notion that my greatest calling extends beyond personal piety to include fostering compassion, justice, and community in my professional sphere. This newfound understanding profoundly influences my approach to teaching, inspiring me to prioritize the holistic development of my students and instill a sense of moral responsibility within them." - Values participant - Get started Is your school interested in joining the VALUES program and empowering your teachers with the eternal teachings of the Church? Check out our program today or message us with questions!

2025-2026 God and His Works This year's focus is on the person of God and what He has done. We will come to explore how He has revealed Himself over human history and through Sacred Scripture. The workshops will discuss the topics of the Trinity, the life of Christ, His unique identity as true God and true man, the Paschal mystery, the Holy Spirit, and the joy of living in Christ. 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 - thomistic 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 -

Program In order to provide a cohesive and comprehensive education to the youth of Belize, the VALUES program is essential for ensuring all teachers are working together to instill the values and integrity for our future leaders. The VALUES program is designed to introduce key principles and teachings of Christianity to educators at Catholic schools over the course of five academic years. Each formation consist of an opening prayer, an introduction to the day’s topic by a mentor, a ten to twenty-minute video on the week's subject, thirty minutes of small group discussion of the topic led by the mentors, and completion of key questions relating to the video and topic. Educators are encouraged to question and discuss the materials in order that they may come to fuller understanding of the topic and practice their critical-thinking and debate skills. MENTORS Values classes rely on school mentors to introduce the videos, facilitate group discussions and discovery, and walk with educators during their VALUES journey. Mentors are chosen because of their proven integrity and leadership skills, as well as because of their willingness to sacrifice for the sake of others in the school community. Check out our mentor guide!

Workshop 9 True God and True Man Thomistic Institute WEEK 22 1. True God and True Man Objective: Precisely define in what sense is Christ God and man Heresies The Word made flesh A "marvelous exchange" WORKSHEET WORKSHOP 9 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 Mentor's Reflection "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." - John 1:14 The Word could do anything, what does it reveal about him that he would become flesh and dwell among us? What does, "God became man so that man could become God," mean to you? As you facilitate Workshop 9's discussion, ponder the truth of Christianity being much more than a moral code, but a spiritual transformation of mortal, fallen human beings into bodily yet eternal creatures born into a divine life.

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 Mentor's 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.

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. John Paul the Great College Celebrates 11th Annual Commencement Small Campus Individual Attention With a student-faculty ratio of 6:1, and an educational philosophy oriented towards the whole person, the JPII 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 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 Personal 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 12 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 Mentor's 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 Business Administration concentration at John Paul the Great College is creating competent and creative entrepreneurs and valuable employees across several industries. OUR BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CONCENTRATION Download as PDF “Businesses should be characterized by their capacity to serve the common good of society through the production of useful goods and services.” (Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching) Our Business Administration program seeks to equip students with a wide knowledge in the world of business. We want to prepare students for secure futures in which financial and entrepreneurial skills work toward the good of the entire community. Course Sequence August Program: ENED101 PCE Outdoor Leadership Adventure Pre-College English Intensive Semester 1: HUM101 TRIV101 THEO101 PHIL101 BUS105 ECO106 Greco-Roma n Roots of Western Civilization Grammar The Word of God Introduction to Philosophy Principles of Management Principles of Economics Semester 2: HUM102 TRIV102 THEO102 MATH101 ACC101 BUS201 Middle Ages to Enlightenment Logic Theology of Christ and the Sacraments Euclidean Geometry Principles of Accounting I Global Business Summer Internship HIST101 ART/MUS201 THEO201 PHIL102 BUS252 ACC105 Semester 3: World History and Geography Art or Music Appreciation The Life of Grace Philosophy of Nature and Man Small Business Management Computer Applications in Accounting HUM202 THEO202 PHIL201 TRIV201 BUS213 BUS223 Semester 4: Belizean Studies Theology of the Body Ethics Rhetoric Principles of Marketing Business Finance Total Credits: 73

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

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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