Spiritan Profiles
GEORGE BORAN
Fr George Boran was ordained in 1968 in Ireland and
came
to work in Brazil in the following year. He was in parish work and his interest in youth grew as he became involved with the large number of young people in his parish. He was involved in helping other adults work with youth and his insight into helping them form youth leaders was seen to be very helpful in making a change which led to real involvement with the social issues that were glaring and worsening in the population in general and with youth in particular.He became co-ordinator of the diocese for youth work and then for the wider national level, becoming national youth advisor to the Brazilian Bishops Conference. He saw that all his courses and lectures were only reaching a certain number so he put his ideas on paper and published a number of books which went on to various editions, both in Portuguese and Spanish and later on in English as well.
After he gained his doctorate in New York in Fordham he came back to be president of the printing press which he runs as part of the work making good material available for youth work.
These are some of the positions he has held over the years
Youth Director for the Archdiocese of Sao Paulo, in 1976.
- Youth Director for the State of Sao Paulo (forty dioceses), in 1977.
- National Youth Director for the Brazilian Bishops' Conference, 1984-1990
- Member of Latin American Youth Co-ordination, attached to CELAM (Latin American Bishop's Conference), 1985-1988
- Founder and Director of CCJ Publications that publishes formations material for youth in Brazil and is linked to the national youth ministry, 1980-1993.
- Professor of Graduate Studies (Masters) in the Pontifica Faculdade de Teologia, N. Sra. De Assunção (Pontifical University of Our Lady of the Assumption), São Paulo, in 1998.
-Professor of Summer course on Youth Ministry in Fordham University, New York, 1998.
Professor of Methodology of Youth Ministry at ITEPAL - Instituto Teológico-Pastoral para América Latina (Latin American Institute of Pastoral Theology) in Bogotá, Colombia. ITEPAL is attached to the Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM) 1994-1998
- Professor of Postgraduate studies (Summer School) in Fordham University, New York, 1998.
- Leadership training courses in different parts of Brazil and other countries.
- Director of CCJ Publications (national youth publication centre), in 1998.
- Director of Youth Ministry for the Archdiocese of São Paulo, in 1998.
Books Published
Boran, G. (1978). Senso crítico e o método Ver-Julgar-Agir
(Critical sense and the See Judge Act method).
São Paulo: Loyola Press, 9th. Edition.
Spanish editions published by the St. Paul Press in the Argentine and Chile.
Boran, G. (1982). Juventude, o grande desafio (Youth, the great challenge), São Paulo: Pauline Press, 6th Edition.
Spanish editions published by PPC in Madrid, Spain & Pauline Press in Bogotá, Colombia.
Boran, G. (1982)). Curso de capacitação para coordenadores
(Training course for youth leaders).
São Paulo: Paulus Press, 4th edition.
Boran, G. (1985). Curso de dinámica para lideres cristãs
(Course dynamics for Christian leadership).
São Paulo: Paulinas Press, 3rd edition.
Spanish editions published by the St. Paul Press in Colombia and the Argentine.
English edition published in the Philippines by the Paulus Press
Boran, G. (1994). O Futuro tem nome: juventude – Sugestões práticas para trabalhar com jovens
(The Future has a name: young people - Practical suggestions for working with young people).
São Paulo: Paulus Press
Boran, G. (1994). Curso de treinamento para líderes
(Training course for leaders).
São Paulo: Paulus Press
Spanish editions published by the Paulus Press in Bogotá, Colombia - 2nd edition.
Boran, G (1996). Youth Ministry that Works, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, USA
Boran. G. (1999). The Pastoral Challenges of a New Age, Dublin: Veritas