Latino Leadership Program

This program is designed to recruit and form a new generation of Latino students in the Catholic intellectual tradition, in order to develop their potential for service and ministry within their communities.

2009-10 Latino Leadership Scholarship Recipients

De izquierda a derecha: Gaby Arguello, Irma Montes, Jackie Bernal, Angel Riera, Felipe Jaque Pino. Not pictured: Jackie Quinonez, Claudia Munoz, Nolan Gutierrez, and Alexandra Castano.

With the growing Latino population in the United States, we find it necessary to prepare a new generation of leaders in the Latino community who are able to draw upon their own deep cultural roots within the Catholic faith. Our students will then bring these insights to embrace the opportunities and solve the problems which the Latino community confronts in the larger American society.

The program offers students the opportunity to receive an education that is both intellectually rigorous and faith filled. It fosters within students a deep sense of their vocation to promote justice in the world. As an interdisciplinary program, Catholic Studies encourages students to explore the Catholic tradition through literature, philosophy, theology, art, history, the social and natural sciences and a range of professional studies.

In order to fulfill these goals, the Latino Leadership Program offers two distinct initiatives. The first is the Latino Leadership Lecture Series. Each year the Center for Catholic Studies hosts a speaker who highlights one aspect of the growing Latino influence in the United States, and the role that the Church and faith should play in Latino culture, professional life, and faith communities.

The second initiative is the Latino Leadership Scholarship.  The primary goal of this scholarship is to create a community of Latino students at the University of St. Thomas who will work together to become the future leaders in the Latino community. Demonstration of this goal will be shown by academic success in the classroom, spiritual growth, attendance at monthly meetings of the Latino Leaders, and monthly service to the larger Latino community. This scholarship is an opportunity for future leaders of the Latino community to acquire skills in their chosen profession and to understand their profession in terms of vocation to the Latino community.  Students double major in Catholic Studies and another field of their choice.

 

The interdisciplinary nature of Catholic Studies gives students insight into the Church's dynamic interaction with and interpenetration of cultures, traditions, and intellectual life.  Rather than serve as a ticket out of the community, the scholarship is designed to produce people dedicated to the service of their community.

Applicants are required to show that, in addition to academic achievement, they have been involved in their parish and in the Latino community.  While they hold the scholarship, Latino Leadership Scholars remain active in the life of the Latino community of the Twin Cities. Rather than serve as a ticket out of the community, the scholarship is designed to produce people dedicated to the service of their community.

Outcomes of the program:

• To help Latino students develop a deeper understanding and experience the integration of their Catholic faith and their professional goals.
• To form our Latino students in the Catholic intellectual tradition, in order to better prepare them for their work in community.
• To strengthen the relationship between Latino Catholic organizations in the Twin Cities and the university.  By working with Catholic Latino organizations, the university can provide opportunities to develop their education within a faith-based context, which will strengthen and serve the community.

Program Director: Ms. Laura Stierman
Center for Catholic Studies
Beyond Career to Calling
(651) 962-5700

2010-11 Scholarship Information

The 2010-2011 Latino Leadership Scholarship Application (PDF): due March 1, 2010.

The Letter of Recommendation (PDF): due March 1, 2010.

The FAFSA is due April 1, 2010 to the University of St. Thomas.

 

~~~La Programa Latina de Liderazgo~~~

Este programa esta disenado para recrutar y formar a una nueva generacion de estudiantes Hispanos en la tradicion intellectual Catolica, para lograr el desarollo de servicio y ministerios dentro de sus comunidades.
Con el continuo crecimiento de la poblacion Hispana en los EEUU, hemos encontrado la necesidad de preparar a esta nueva generacion de lideres. Los cuales  estan capaicitados para  enriquecerse de sus propias raises culturales en la fe Catolica dentro de las comunidades hispanas. Entonces nuestros estudiantes brindaran su persepcion para abrazar las oportunidades y resolver los problemas que confrontan la comunidad Hispana a lo largo de nuestra sociedad Americana.

El programa ofrece a los estudientes la oportunidad de recivir una educacion intelectual rigurosa y llena de fe.  Promueve dentro de los estudientes un sentir profundo de su vocacion a promover la justicia en el mundo.  Como programa intedisciplinario “Catholic Studies”  anima a los estudiantes a explorar la tradicion Catolica atravez de la literature, filosofia, teologia, arte, historia, las ciencia socials y naturals y un rango de estudios profecionales.

Para lograr estas metas el programa “Latino Leadership Program” ofrece dos iniciativas distintas.  La primera es el “Latino Leadership Lecture Series.”  Cada ano el “Center for Catholic Studies” anfitriona a un orador quien destaca un aspecto de la influencia creciente de los Hispanos en los EEUU y del papel que la Iglesia y la fe deben jugar en la cultura Hispana, la vida profecional, y las comunidades de fe..

La Segunda iniciativa es el “Latino Leadership Scholarship”.  La meta primordial de esta veca es de crear una comunidad de latinos dentro de la Universidad de St Thomas quienes trabajaran juntos para convertirse los lideres futoros dentro de las comunidades Latinas. La demostracion de esta meta mostrara atravez del exito acadenico en las aulas, cresimiento espiritual, asistencia a las reunions mensuales de “Latino Leaders,” y el servicio mensual a la comunidad latina.  Esta veca es una oportuniad para los lideres futuro de las comunidades Latinas adquirir las destrezas en las profeciones escogidas y entender sus profesiones en terminus de una vocacion a las comunidades Latinas. Los estudiantes se especialisan en “Catholic Studies” y otra rama de su escogencia.

Antes de revisar las solicitudes de beca, los aplicantes deben ser aceptados en la universidad de Saint Thomas. Para obtener información sobre admisiones, llamar al (651) 962-6150. Para obtener información sobre Beca Latino de Liderazgo, llamar Senora Stierman. 

Program Director: Ms. Laura Stierman
Centro de Estudios Católicos
Beyond Career to Calling
651.962.5700