Learning about SOPHIA on the Web
In 1981, for the first time in history, a Pope came from Rome to visit Japan. Pope John Paul II delivered a speech in Hiroshima. His Appeal for Peace was directed at the whole world. The Pope explained that looking back on the past is part of our responsibility toward the future. These words of the Pope’s appeal for peace surely apply also to our present-day educational legal person Jochi Gakuin. The Pope’s valuable message has told us as well to take responsibility for our future by reviewing our past in detail.
In 2013, Jochi Gakuin celebrated the one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Sophia University, the fortieth anniversary of the founding of Sophia Junior College, and the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Sophia School of Social Welfare. Based on our traditional spirit of always seeking for the magis, for what is better than we now have, under the various changing circumstances of the world, and based also on the generous support of many persons all over the world. Jochi Gakuin has managed to overcome many difficulties.
We have collected many events from the histories of our three educational institutions. We will present some of these events in episodes on the WEB site that we are opening for public access. Publication of these episodes will strengthen the foundations for our future development during this new century. In this way, we hope to live up to our responsibilities to Japanese society and to our well-wishers throughout the world.
＊The article is based on information from 2013.
Sophia University
- No.1: Conceived a long time ago
- No.2: The Launching of a Small Residence Hall of Learning
- No.3：In Spite of the Defeat of Japan, the Sprit of Sophia Could Prosper
- No.6：Raising Money for Refugees from Indochina
- No.7： Mother Teresa
- No.8： The Brick-by-Brick Fund-Raising Campaign for Building Number 1
- No.11： Orientation Camps
- No.12：Background of the Founding of Sophia University’s Faculty of Law
- No.13：Serious disputes arose among students at our educational institution; the stormy times and the subsequent resolution
- No.14： The battleship Missouri and Sophia University
- No.17： Commemoration of the Founders of Sophia
- No.18： Festival of Xavier
- No.19： Saint Aloysius Student Residence
- No.20： The Visit of Pope John Paul II
- No.23： Sophia-Nanzan Sports Festival
- No.24： Summer Session
- No.25： Boschtown dormitory
- No.26： Support for the Disabled Students
- No.29： Dramas and Foreign-Language Dramas
- No.30： Jochi Catholic Settlement
- No.31： Faculty of Science andTechnology
- No.32： Student Cafeteria
- No.33： Cherry Trees Planted by Sophia University Students
- No.34： Hermann Hoffmann, the First President
- No.35： All Sophians’ Festival
- No.36： Two Mountain Lodges
- No.37： Xavier and Sophia University
- No.38： The Sophia University TV Center
- No.39： Women Students at Sophia
- No.40：The 1932 Yasukuni Shrine Incident
- No.41： Origins of the School Name; the School Emblem and School Flag; the School Colors and School Song