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INSTITUTE OF FORMATION AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

IFRS offers religious formation and theological studies with the following characteristics: Contextual, Integrated, Inclusive and Transformational.

EVENT CALENDAR

CORE VALUES

The Institute of Formation and Religious Studies commits to upholding and developing the following
core values among the administrators, faculty, personnel, and students through its academic and

non-academic activities.

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JUSTICE, PEACE, AND INTEGRITY OF CREATION

Engaging communities of people and creation through exposure programs;

Awakening consciousness on the biblical meaning of justice, peace, and creation;

Becoming aware of the socio-economic realities of peoples in the world, especially the poorsectors of society in Asia;

​Regaining one’s identity as children of the earth and being aware of the state of the
environment and creation;

Taking actions on behalf of justice, peace, and integrity of creation.
 

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COMMUNITY SPIRIT

Celebrating life as a community through liturgical and para-liturgical activities;

Doing community services as one IFRS community in solidarity with the poor;

Respecting differences while building on similarities;

​Fostering Christian communities in and out of the Institute and building Christian relationships
among men and women congregations and institutes, religious and lay, ethnic groups and
nations, Christians and other believers.environment and creation;

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PARTICIPATORY LEADERSHIP

Forming each student, program participant, and personnel to become a leader;

Participating actively in classroom work, student activities, institutional affairs, and community
services;

Facilitating liturgies, programs, conferences, integration days in teams;

Developing activities and programs that respond to local, national and global issues;

Networking with other like-minded cause-oriented organizations, as well as government and non-government organizations.

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EMPOWERMENT OF EVERY PERSON

Forming one’s self-identity and actualizing intellectual and spiritual talents and gifts;

Promoting scholarly research toward the graduate degree;

Learning from one another’s cultures and religious traditions;

Articulating one’s ideas and concepts as a contribution to the community and society;

Developing the spirit of solidarity between women and men to counteract division, competition,
and powerlessness over and against patriarchy.

PROPHETIC DIALOGUE

Growing in the prophetic characteristics embodied by Jesus and the prophets of different
religious traditions;

Enabling persons to express their ideas, beliefs, and convictions;

Fostering dialogue and intercultural living;

Listening to one another’s experiences and theological reflections;

Making decisions through consensus;

Developing a social conscience, and taking stance in local, national, and global issues.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT IFRS

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CULTIVATE A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

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