Praxis of Accompaniment

This program is for undergraduate students who are interested in partaking in the in-person Summer Session and are in the process of discerning graduate studies.

HSP for Undergrads gives undergraduate students the opportunity to discern their next steps as they make decisions about graduate education. They will take an upper-level class in theology, ethics, history, etc. with a Latinx professor currently teaching in an ATS school, and as an added level of support for these students, they will also become part of a cohort that will engage in a vocation discernment process through a workshop created specifically for them.


General Program Information

This course is a partnership between the Hispanic Scholars Program and Solidarity Bridge, an organization founded in 1999 that partners surgeons in the United States with medical professionals in Paraguay and Bolivia in order to increase access to safe, affordable surgery and other essential health care. As part of this partnership, students who complete The Praxis of Accompaniment for credit will be eligible to apply with Solidarity Bridge to accompany a team of surgeons to Paraguay or Bolivia as the team’s pastoral care professional.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this course, students will be able to: 

  • Articulate the relationship between “theory” and “practice,” all while constructing a method of “praxis” that can be applied to their academic and ministerial contexts;
  • Integrate insights from theology, history, counseling, and social theory as interlocking fields in pastoral care;
  • Explain the history of colonial imposition and anti-colonial resistance in Latin America to academic and non-academic audiences alike;
  • Accompany medical professionals and patients through the emotional and spiritual challenges and opportunities that emerge in cross-cultural medical contexts. 

CREDITS

Students who complete this course will receive three graduate-level credits, conferred by an ATS accredited school.

2025 Program Information

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