Pastoral escolar como expressão do cuidado com ênfase na ética da alteridade

Abstract

This work focused on the School Pastoral service developed in the Evening segment of Colégio Santo Inácio in Rio de Janeiro with the aim of verifying its impact on the educational community as an expression of personal and community care from the perspective of the ethics of otherness, above all, under the perspective of Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher. We seek to understand the origin of this characteristic of the careful and attentive look that emanates from the development of pastoral work actions, based on the references that demonstrate the driving force of all pedagogical work in the schools of the Society of Jesus, the Spiritual Exercises. From reflection on some of my experiences in the work of pastoralist activities, we analyzed the unfolding of the ethics of otherness that permeates and is characterized by the way of proceeding in the achievement of projects. The visit to some theoretical elements that support the idea of otherness and its relevance for the construction of new models of social life, enriched part of this research. The reaffirmation that the educational apostolate that we develop in Jesuit schools aligns with the mode of otherness with its ethical appeal that demands responsibility for the other, reinforced our expectation that the success of the education we wish to offer involves understanding, openness, acceptance and affection that arise from the culture of encounter, which is capable of potentially producing social contexts with more justice and fraternity.