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Dear friends of Domuni and Lumen Vitae,
ontrary to what many believe, Dominicans and Jesuits are not always competing with one another. Indeed, they are even capable of working together. A recent agreement offers a beautiful example of such collaboration in the field of distance learning. Domuni, the Dominican Online University and the Brussels based International Centre Lumen Vitae, run by the Society of Jesus, are now offering a joint programme.
The two institutes were already present on the web. Now, they are putting together their academic resources, their pedagogical know how and their technical tools. A recent agreement foresees mutual recognition of the courses offered by both partners and the setting up of an academic training, with corresponding diplomas, in matters of practical theology (evangelisation, catechesis, pastoral work).
The courses already offered by Lumen Vitae are nowadays available on line on the Domuni website and opened to all. Other courses are getting ready. Soon a common programme shall be offered.
Agreements had already been signed between the Salamanca Escuela de Teología as well as the Irish Priory Institute and Domuni for Online teaching, with mutual recognition of credits and diplomas. If we add the courses offered by F.O.I. (Formation Œcuménique Inter-confessionnelle), we now have the experiences of five different study centres being combined in order to form a rich network of different complementary specialisations. The Lumen Vitae Centre bring along its wide experience of higher training in an international set up and its expertise in pastoral and catechetical matters.
The agreement has been signed by the respective presidents of the institutes, Fr Benoît Malvaux, S.J., and Fr Michel van Aerde, O.P. André Fossion, S.J., is in charge of the Lumen Vitae programme.
