The Augustinian Secondary Education Association (ASEA) is an organization founded in 1986 to "foster unity, efficiency, and continued development within the Augustinian ministry to secondary education" in North America.[1] It operates without a budget, acting as a forum for member institutions to share resources, implement Augustinian ideals in the curriculum of its institutions, and to ensure that its member institutions present an "authentic Augustinian identity".[1] It is based in Ojai, California,[1] and reports to the Federation of Augustinians of North America (FANA). Its activity consists of informal networking and inservice programs, as well as annual meetings.[1]
ASEA has eleven member institutions, of which ten are in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Villanova University (Villanova, PA) founded 1842;
- Villanova Preparatory School (Ojai, CA) founded 1924;
- St. Thomas of Villanova College (King City, ON, Canada) founded 1999;
- Merrimack College (North Andover, MA) founded 1947;
- Malvern Preparatory School (Malvern, PA) founded 1842;
- Cascia Hall Preparatory School (Tulsa, OK) founded 1926;
- St. Augustine College Preparatory School (Richland, NJ) founded 1959;
- St. Rita of Cascia High School (Chicago, IL) founded 1905;
- Providence Catholic High School (New Lenox, IL) founded 1918;
- St. Augustine High School (San Diego) (San Diego, CA) founded 1922;
- Austin Catholic Academy (Detroit, MI) founded 2011;
- Austin Preparatory School (Reading, MA) founded 1961.
Of these, Austin Catholic Academy and St. Thomas of Villanova College are independently operated and not officially sponsored by the Augustinian Order.[2]
The association operates the Augustinian Values Institute, a program to define the mission and values for Augustinian schools.[3] The three core principles are "unitas", "veritas", and "caritas" (unity, truth, and charity).[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Butler, Gregory S.; Slack, James D. (1994). U.S. Educational Policy Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0313272921.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ↑ "Providing Education in Augustinian Schools: Stewardship Update". Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of the Augustinian Order. Archived from the original on 13 January 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ↑ "Augustinian Values Institute". Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel of the Augustinian Order. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ↑ Baker, Stephen J. (May 2016). "The Augustinian Values Institute: Preserving a legacy of Augustinian education". Journal of Catholic Education. 19 (3): 221–243. doi:10.15365/joce.1903112016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
Further reading
- Augustinian Secondary Education Association Handbook. 2010.