The Piarist Order was founded four centuries ago in the middle of a plague. Since 1617, they've been working to educate young children. And their mission has spread throughout the world.<\/p>\n
They believe education holds the key to creating a different society in the post-pandemic world.<\/p>\n
PEDRO AGUADO CUESTA The Superior General of the Piarists is Fr. Pedro Aguado Cuesta. He says 'the need to find solutions will emerge from our present challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n Adapting to a new classroom reality has been a challenge for educators who are dedicated to the Order\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n PEDRO AGUADO CUESTA Fr Cuesta says the Piarists are more committed than ever to their mission of educating children and adolescents. They\u2019ve even started two new initiatives, one in Guatemala and one in East Timor.<\/p>\n PEDRO AGUADO CUESTA The Superior General stresses the importance of courageously putting Pope Francis\u2019 call into action: to promote a new global alliance 'that educates us toward universal solidarity, and a new humanism'.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 27, 2021. St. Joseph Calasanz founded the Piarist Order during an epidemic. They continue their work today in the current health crisis, and believe education is the key to building a post-pandemic world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14166,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Cdid_EBNaaE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bescolapioseducacioncovid19eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bescolapioseducacioncovid19int.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Superior General, Piarists
\n\u201cSome of our schools held online classes. Those who could participate did, others were unable to. We\u2019ve had to be creative, giving classes over the phone, on the radio, or using WhatsApp. Our mission isn't limited to the classroom, it\u2019s about an integrated education that includes pastoral ministry, faith groups, and personal accompaniment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Superior General, Piarists
\n'A young Piarist was teaching online on a video platform, when one of the students asked him: \u201cTeacher, do you know how tall I am? Do you know my height?\u201d The young man went pale, it was his first year as a teacher. 'No\u201d, he said, \u201cI don't know, I've never seen you in person.\u201d And he started to cry. The student also started crying, along with the whole class. And that was the end of the lesson.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Superior General, Piarists
\n'In Guatemala we started in the diocese of Los Altos, involving parishes and schools in two localities called Guit\u00e1n and Cabrit\u00e1n. We\u2019ve been working there for three months so far. We sent a small community made up of three religious and a lay Piarist'. - 06:38 FLASH 07:02 'In East Timor we are just getting started, making slow progress. We are working with the Bishop to find a placement where we are really needed.' 07:10<\/em><\/p>\n