Learning and Society

Love of learning can help us produce out of the society we live in a vision of the society we all            want to live in.

 

Attention and Devotion

Love of learning nourishes habits of attention and devotion enabling us to accept, to receive and        to understand the world as well as to seek to transform and improve it.

Learning and Maturity

Love of learning helps us to mature into interesting, caring and creative persons.

Hunger for Learning

Love of learning prompts me to pray to God to make me hungry to learn and humble enough             to enjoy it.

Discovery

A lifetime is hardly enough time to discover all there is to learn about this world God has created.

Learning Together

We live in a family at home, at school, in the community so that we can learn how to pray, how          to seek God, how to live with others and to learn the basics of being a human being.

Experiencing learning with someone is fascinating and enduring; those involved in education               have this opportunity day after day.

Awakening to the New

Love of learning awakens and breaks open the ordinarily unseen, unheard and unexpected.

 

Sparking the Imagination

Love of learning sparks the imagination; it is through the imagination that we reach beyond our          present situation to the “why not”  or the “not yet.”

A Teachable Spirit

Love of learning requires me to have a teachable spirit so that I may be aware of how much I               have yet to learn and to inspire me to be a person who passionately pursues whatever God                wants me to learn.

Learning Through our Lifetime

If we let our teachers and Jesus be in charge of the “command center” of our lives, they will                shape our learning journey throughout our lifetime.

Waiting

We need times of silent waiting when the busy intellect is not leaping from problem to problem         or puzzle to puzzle.

Silence

Love of learning takes place in silence.  Silence allows the intellectual soil to be tilled and ready          for planting seeds of ideas which will ultimately yield unexpected outcomes.

Whole-Hearted Listening

Learning goes well beyond intellectual activity; it involves wholehearted listening—listening with      our whole self—body, mind, heart and spirit.

The Human Imagination

The human imagination hungers for substance, for meaning; it must have something to chew             on.  One of the primary tasks of educators is to feed the God-hungry imagination.

 

Balancing Word and Silence

A balance of the word and silence is essential for learning.  Our culture is so oriented toward               word and so ignorant of silence that we must learn to shut out the noisy word so as to

experience the power of silence.

Trying the New

Love of learning means we are willing to ask questions, to try out new ideas, to never tire of

discovering the why and what for of all the mysteries around us.

Being Open

Love of learning involves being open to thoughts and perspectives not my own and reflecting  on      these differences with an open heart and an open mind.

 

Developing Skills and Talents

Love of learning is a holy work that develops the skills and talents God as gifted us with so                 that we might serve others and give praise to the Lord.

 

Learning and Listening

Learning comes through listening; listening to the voices around us and responding to the                 messages

Giving Thanks for our Senses

We give thanks each day for our senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch—these senses    enhance our love of learning.

Love of Learning

April – LOVE OF LEARNING

We  commit ourselves to seek knowledge with a respect for and appreciation of God, as Creator.

Text:  “As the teacher gives the instruction, the student quickly puts it into practice out of reverence for God.”   Rule of Benedict  5-paraphrase