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This week our RHET295 group met to discuss the Eloquentia Perfecta Wikipedia article and our larger plans for it.

Regarding group roles, we decided that Hersh will be focusing on Researching, I will take the lead on communicating for the group to Prof. Gabor, Alejandra will be the note-taker and time-keeper, and Hayley will be a jack-of-all-trades who fills in and supports where is contextually necessary.

Regarding the Eloquentia Perfecta article, the group discussed the modules that we want to focus in on or change/expand. Our main focus will likely be Module 3 "Modern Times", and we plan to incorporate many of our sources into additions to this section to further elaborate on how Eloquentia Perfecta ideology translates into the 21st Century. Specifically, I found numerous interesting sources regarding analyses of Eloquentia Perfecta through various other contemporary rhetorics, and I'm interested to explore how that could be added or integrated into the article. We also plan to add more recent and contemporary history from various sources to Module 1 "History". Given the inherent overlap between those two sections, the group will have further discussion to determine exactly how to best implement these changes.

The group initially feels that regarding the other sections, there are fewer opportunities but still potential for improvement. Module 2 for "Education" is already fairly robust but it's possible further information could be found and sourced to add on, particularly regarding interaction with other rhetorics mentioned previously. Module 4 for "People" will be kept in mind as the group goes forward in case any particularly interesting or noteworthy public figures who integrate with the concept of Eloquentia Perfecta become apparent, but it's not the current focus.

Contemporary reach of eloquentia perfecta
While Jesuit institutions and their corresponding eloquentia perfecta rhetorics have grown in the United States and worldwide, the number of active Jesuit individuals has dropped over the past fifty years, going from 36,000 in the 1960’s to approximately 19,000 in 2013 (with many of those 19,000 being in retirement age). Many of these modern Jesuits do their work through Jesuit ministries and other social justice organizations worldwide, with only 5.8% of Jesuit-school faculty and staff directly belonging to the Jesuit community. As John Callahan, S.J. says in their essay Jesuits and Jesuit Education, “no longer is Jesuit education the exclusive property of Jesuits. Rather, Jesuits and Jesuit education is the property of all the men and women who work in educational institutions which claim the Ignation heritage.” Liam, this is interesting, but the first sentence needs some rethinking. The last sentence really describes what the paragraph is about, so I would recommend moving that to be the first sentence. Cathygaborusf (talk) 01:09, 14 April 2021 (UTC)