“World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it.”

Under the title “Europe: Where Are We Heading?”, the event invited students to reflect on what it truly means to belong to Europe today, and on the responsibility each person bears in building a more humane, just and open society.

The celebration was conceived as more than an institutional commemoration. Europe was presented as a living reality, born of the desire for peace and sustained by the commitment of generations who understood that the common good requires dialogue, responsibility and creativity. Within this framework, the lecture delivered by Belén Becerril, Professor of Public International Law and International Relations, helped students to consider Europe’s present and future with seriousness, depth and hope.

As a European Parliament Ambassador School, San Ignacio de Loyola School regards this celebration as part of its daily educational mission: to form young people who recognise the dignity of every person, engage in dialogue with different cultures and play an active role in the world around them.

In this same context, the school presented its Erasmus+ International Projects proposal for the 2026–2027 academic year. This educational programme seeks to help students experience Europe first-hand, enabling them to become more humane, open and intercultural. The international projects developed by San Ignacio de Loyola School will allow students and teachers to work with partner schools across Europe on major educational themes such as peace, active citizenship, cultural heritage, science, sustainability, intercultural dialogue, religious experience, memory, identity and openness to others.

The school’s international programme is rooted in its own educational model, in which each mobility experience is understood as an essential part of the learning process: prior preparation, shared experience, dialogue, personal reflection, cooperative work, the creation of final outcomes and subsequent continuity. The aim is not simply to travel, but to learn to see reality from a broader and more responsible perspective.

Through this Europe Day celebration, San Ignacio de Loyola School reaffirms its commitment to an education that helps students discover that European unity is built through daily experiences of encounter, personal responsibility and the shared pursuit of the common good.