ABSTRACT
Peace education through accompaniment in the Ignatian tradition is rooted in the Gospels. Accompaniment as an educational strategy is best illustrated by the biblical story of the disciples of Emmaus (Luke 24). The process of accompaniment described in the Gospel is built around five categories: context, experience, reflection, action, and evaluation. These categories also form the basis of the accompaniment process used by Jesuits in education. The purpose of this chapter is to describe how educational accompaniment in the Ignatian tradition develops an understanding of the value of peace and how this process serves to shape a happy life. The accompaniment described in the Gospel illuminates the path to discovering the source of a happy life. The goal of the strategy of accompaniment proposed by Jesus and practiced in the Ignatian tradition is to assist the individual in understanding the reality they come to know and experience. The proposed form of accompaniment broadens the view of reality by appealing to the Transcendent, often understood as God or a higher power. Accompaniment in the Ignatian tradition realizes that educating in the spirit of peace reveals the need for creative living.
