UNIVERSITY OF SAN JOSE - RECOLETOS

Vision, Mission
and
Core Values
 USJR VMG
Provides:
Identity (Tatak Rekoleto)
Purpose
Direction
USJ-R VMG
- Recollect Josenian Identity
- Harmonized in our IILO, PILO’s
and CILO’s
- Reflected in our Curricula
- The brand/quality of education
we are giving to our students
- Depicts Josenian attributes
OAR
REAP
USJR-VMG

IILO
PILO
CILO
Josenian Graduate
Attributes
 V I S I O N
We envision
the
University of San Jose – Recoletos
to be a
Premier Gospel and Community-Oriented
Educational Institution
committed to transforming individuals to become more
responsive leaders of the society through innovative
integral formation.

Core Strategy:
“Breaking Barriers Empowering Lives.”
ADJUSTED MISSION OF
USJ-R CIRCA 2016

“We are a Catholic University

imbued with the spirit of Caritas
et Scientia, committed to
provide Quality Christian
Community-Oriented
Education.”
Features:
1. Premier Gospel Institution
2. Community-Oriented(OAR Charisms)
3. Innovative Curricular Offerings and Research
Programs
4. Integral Formation
5. Student-Empowerment

6. Globally competitive, viable

and desirable programs
7. Excellence
Core Strategy:
“Breaking Barriers Empowering Lives. ”
Barriers for growth and development
- failure to accept changes
- individualism/selfishness
- indifferentism
- mediocrity
- laziness
- Sin
Empowering lives
- Faculty
- Employees
- Students
 M I S S I O N S TAT E M E N T
S
We commit ourselves to:
 
1. Actively infuse Gospel values into
curricular offerings.

1st functional strategy:

Enlivening the curriculum with
Gospel values.
(God-Centered Individual)
 How To Infuse Gospel Values in our
Curriculum/Program?
 Core Values with Biblical texts integrated in our
Syllabi
 Integration of Gospel Values in our lesson
 Bible Enthronement in our respective department
 Bible Sharing as part of our departmental activities
 Use Gospel Reading of the day as
opening prayer in the classrooms
(MWF, TTH or once a week)
2 . Continuously develop and
undertake innovative curricular and
research programs and provide
facilities that ensure excellent quality
Christian community – oriented
education.
2nd functional strategy:
Hybridizing programs for
value innovations.
(Highly- Competent Professional)
(Adaptive life-long learner)
Innovative Curricular Offerings, Research
Programs and modern facilities that ensures
excellent Quality Christian Community-Oriented
Education
 Globally competitive
 In line with K-12 DepEd Program, CHED Memos,
PQF, OBE based, ASEAN Integration
 Viable and Desirable that answer the demands of our
Industry.
COE and COD
PAASCU Accredited (Autonomous)
 Outstanding Graduates and Top-
notchers
Bench-marking
3. Tirelessly cultivate the stakeholders‘
manifold gifts to enhance their holistic
and full growth enabling them to
become responsive leaders in the
society.
3rd functional strategy:
Engaging interdisciplinary
approach to integral formation.
(Socially Responsible Communitarian)
Student – Empowerment/Involvement
 Enhancement of students’ participation and
collaboration in the development of their full
growth and potentials
 SSC participation to become future leaders
 COP and WOW Programs
 Attending Seminars/Conferences
 Student Organizations/Associations
Interdisciplinary approach to Integral
Formation
 Academic/Intellectual
 Moral and Spiritual
 Psychological
 Technical
 Environmental
 Community-Oriented
Interdisciplinary approach,
cooperation and collaboration with
each other’s program to ensure
holistic formation
Linkages
4 Conscientiously integrate Augustinian
Recollect charism and core values in
all programs in order to live out St.
Augustine’s motto of “Caritas et
Scientia” (Love and Knowledge).

4th functional strategy:

Exemplifying the Augustinian
Recollect charisms and Core
values in all endeavors.
(God-Centered Individual)
(Socially Responsible Communitarian)
OAR Charisms/Spirituality
1. Contemplative /Interiority
“My heart is restless until it rests in
You!”
- Resting our heart in God is to be one with Him,
i.e., to make God as the center of our life.
- Support and participation in religious and
liturgical programs and activities of
CMO and CRE
- Recollections and Retreats of
Faculty and Students
- Role of CFSM to create
religious programs in his/her
Department
OAR Charisms/Spirituality
Interiority
“Let me know myself that I may
know you, my Lord and my God”
- To know inner self in order to
discover God in me;
whether God is the center of my
life or not through contemplation,
Retreats and Recollections
2. Apostolic (To serve the Church
and Society)
- COP Activities (Institutional and
Departmental)
- Heart Anonymous/Build Community
Projects
- Relief Operations
- Solidarity with our less
fortunate brothers
- Involvement in activities of
the Church
3.Communitarian
-“To be in One Heart and One Mind
intent upon God”
- Our participation and involvement in
all institutional activities and
programs of the University.
- Sense of belonging
- Loyalty
- Solidarity in times of
adversity/crisis and
prosperity.
4. Marian

- Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

as the Mother of God under the title,
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and Our Lady of
Consolation.
Propagation and active
participation of OAR devotions
to:
- St. Augustine
- St. Ezequiel Moreno
- St. Joseph
-Sacred Heart of Jesus
(First Friday Devotion)
 St. Augustine’s philosophy of
life which is anchored in these
four Charisms has become the
Philosophy of Education of the
Recoletos System.
Caritas et Scientia (Love and Knowledge)
“Let knowledge be used in order to build the
structure of love”
-This motto has become the
the overriding principle that
challenges the Recoletos
to provide students with quality
Christi Christian education all over the
Philippines.
5 Efficiently, effectively, and ethically
implement measures to ensure
economic viability and social
desirability of programs.

5th functional strategy:

Leveraging resources for
optimal results.
(Adaptive life-long Learner)
 C O R E VALU E S

I. N. S. P. I. R. E.
Interiority
The enthusiasm to live out one’s life as
an authentic witness of God, being maka-
Diyos, makatao, makapamilya.

(God-Centered Individual)
Nationalism
The loyalty to one’s own country by
developing a profound sense of national
consciousness, appreciation of distinct
culture, preservation of the environment,
among other endeavors.

(Socially Responsible Communitarian)

Service
The willingness, availability, and readiness
to share generously one’s time, resources,
and expertise to the institution and to the
community.
(Socially Responsible Communitarian)
Pioneerism
Being at the forefront in the pursuit of
new ideas and better ways of doing things.

(Highly- Competent Professional)

Integrity

The living of a virtuous Christian life

worthy of emulation.

(God-Centered Individual)
Reliability
The ability to respond diligently to the
expectations in relation to one’s role and
tasks using sound judgment.

(Socially Responsible Communitarian)

Excellence
The desire to transcend oneself towards
higher levels of achievement.

(Highly- Competent Professional)

 USJR VMG
Idealistic?
Doable?
“Vision without action remains
a dream;
Action without vision merely
passes time;
But vision with action can make
a difference.”

Let us put this USJR VMG

into action!
 ILO
Institution Intended Learning
Outcomes
JOSENIAN GRADUATE
ATTRIBUTES
Socially Responsible
Communitarian
God-Centered Individual
Highly Competent Professional
Effective Communicator
Adaptive Life-Long Learner
CORE VALUES
Interiority
Nationalism
Service
Pioneerism
Integrity
Reliability
Excellence
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