Lifelong Learning

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This course analyses the development of Modern Missions in Asia from the 16th to the 20th century. It will focus on changing institutional backgrounds, such as Portuguese and Spanish patronage, the Congregation de Propaganda Fide, Missionary Societies, colonialism, and decolonialization. Special attention is given to the historical unfolding of each church’s distinct characteristics in China, India, Macau, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Indochina (Vietnam), and Indonesia, considering their unique cultural, political, and religious contexts. The module concludes by addressing the question of why Christianisation in Asia is often considered a failure.

Key Contents:

Teaching Aims:

This course endeavours to induce students to reflect on and discuss the role of historical processes and individuals in the development of Asian Missions. As a result, the students should be able to understand the reasons for the great diversity and novelty of Asian Christianity. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the similarities and differences between Asian and Western Christianity.

Details: 

Tuition fee special offered available for: 

┃5% Discount (MOP2,850)

• Early-bird application
  ** Applicants who submit a complete course enrollment on or before 08 April 2026 will enjoy the early-bird special offer in this course. Registrants will be notified of enrollment details via E-mail and SMS after we receive the registration. Don’t miss it!

┃10% Discount (MOP2,700)

• USJ working staff and students
• Members of AAUSJ (Alumni Association of USJ)
• Next of kin relationship (spouses, children, and parents), for current internal staff, USJ students, and members of AAUSJ
• Former LLO students

Notes: the D.S.E.D.J. 2023-2026 Continuing Education Development Subsidy Scheme is NOT available for this course.

Remarks: the above Conditions of eligibility are subject to the terms in the “Policy of Lifelong Learning Public Programmes Tuition Fee Discount” (LLO-529). The full version is available on the LLO website (click here), please be sure to read the Terms and Conditions contained in this document carefully since any use of this tuition fee discount for lifelong learning public courses constitutes your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions set out herein. In the event of any dispute concerning the matters in this document, the Lifelong Learning Office of the University of Saint Joseph reserves all rights to make the final decision.

Instructor Biography

Andrzej Miotk SVD is a historian to the SVD Archives of the Society of the Divine Word in Rome. After the studies of Church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, he obtained his PhD in Missiology on the Understanding of the mission in the historical process of transformation based on the encyclical <Maximum illud> at the Philosophisch-Theologische Hochschule SVD St. Augustin, Germany (1999). Since 1999 in Poland, lecturer in Church and mission history at the SVD Mission Seminary in Pieniężno and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Church History at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Warmia-Masuria in Olsztyn (2002-2009). He habilitated on The Programs for the Christianization of Africa in the 19th Century based on the Mission of the White Fathers, SQL, Olsztyn 2009. He has published widely on topics related to SVD history.

Important Remarks (for local and non-local participants)

• A certificate of completion will be issued to participants who fulfill an attendance rate of 70% and complete all the coursework requirements.

• Participants should attend the class on time. Local participants attending face-to-face lectures must sign on the paper attendance sheet with their ID card (no proxy signatures allowed); Non-local participants attending lectures online must log in to the online platform under their real name and attendance status will be recorded by the programme coordinator online. Sign in period of each session will be closed 30 minutes after class starts. The tardy participant will be recorded as absent from the class.

• Applicant who needs to take leave from class or early leave should notify the Executive Training and Lifelong Learning Office with relevant supporting document(s). Please complete and submit the “Leave Application Form for Lifelong Learning Programmes” to the Office before leave is taken (download form: click here).

• Participants who fulfill the attendance requirements, complete and pass the course will be awarded a certificate. Local participants will receive a physical certificate, while non-local participants will be issued an electronic certificate. If non-local students wish to obtain a paper certificate, please submit a request by email to the Executive Training and Lifelong Learning Office. All costs and risks associated with mailing services (if any) shall be borne and assumed by the recipient.

• If a local participant’s certificate needs to be collected up by another individual, the applicant and the proxy must both fill out and sign the “Authorisation Letter for Lifelong Learning Programme Certificate Collection” (download form: click here) and provide the identity card of both party, either in person or in copy, to the Executive Training and Lifelong Learning Office for collection.

• In the event of any dispute, the University of Saint Joseph reserves all rights to make the final decision.

Online Learning Remarks (ONLY applicable for non-local participants) 

• Online lectures are only applicable to non-local learners. Non-local participants must prepare the basic equipment required for video conferencing (such as a computer or tablet device with a built-in or external video function, a microphone, and speakers/headphones) before the class.

• When participating in online lectures, learners must ensure that their equipment is functioning properly and that the surroundings are appropriate. During class, learners must keep their video cameras on at all times to prove that they are attending the class in person.

• Learners must send an email to programme coordinator notifying them of any disruptions or unusual circumstances that prevent them from attending or participating in class as usual. Supporting documentation must be submitted as proof that the equipment failure or disconnection was caused by a force majeure occurrence.

• The class will be recorded throughout and managed online by programme coordinator to ensure that the class runs smoothly.

HOW TO APPLY

A three-step flow of “Registration, Notification, Enrolment” applies.

• Anyone who is interested in this programme is welcome to fill out the online registration form or contact the Executive Training and Lifelong Learning Office of University of Saint Joseph for registration: (T) 8592 5688 ; (E) conted@usj.edu.mo
• Details for the “Philosophy Series” (information available in English), please click here; “Catholic Studies Series” (information available in Chinese), please click here.