Towards a model for evaluating spiritual recollections

• Main Author: Trinidad, Jose Eos R
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: Catholic university students; multifaith; quantitative analysis; program evaluation; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/is-faculty-pubs/2; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1364436X.2018.1456411
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Spiritual recollections are often evaluated through the effectiveness of delivery, rather than the outcomes of the recollections. Such preference is understandable given the difficulty in defining and quantifying recollection outcomes. To address this gap, the article proposes a framework for evaluating recollection outcomes rather than delivery, and shows how a Filipino Catholic university makes use of this framework for its spiritual recollections. Using data from the university’s Office of Campus Ministry, the study shows how these outcomes were defined and finds that prayer significantly increases the odds of gaining from the recollection while participation in the alternative multifaith group reduces these odds. The article details the changes that were made in response to these results and ends with possible adaptation of this model in other contexts.