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What is your understanding of Jesuit identity and values?
The Jesuit tradition is about educating the whole person—mind, body, and soul—and preparing students to create a more just, humane, and sustainable world. It’s easy to talk about working to make the world a better place—but the Jesuits have been doing that work, every day, for almost 500 years.
What is the mission of the Society of Jesus?
The Society of Jesus was founded in 1540 by Saint Ignatius Loyola and his companions. The Jesuit mission is a mission of reconciliation, working so that women and men can be reconciled with God, with themselves, with each other and with God’s creation.
What is the mission of St Louis University?
The Mission of Saint Louis University is the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of God and for the service of humanity. The University seeks excellence in the fulfillment of its corporate purposes of teaching, research, health care and service to the community.
How Catholic is SLU?
For the second straight year SLU was rated the No. 6 Catholic university in the country. Saint Louis University held the 7th spot in the 2020 rankings. The assessments were based on student outcomes, which include debt burdens and graduate salaries; academic resources for students; student engagement; and environment.
How do you describe the Jesuits?
What is a Jesuit? The Jesuits are an apostolic religious community called the Society of Jesus. They are grounded in love for Christ and animated by the spiritual vision of their founder, St. Ignatius of Loyola, to help others and seek God in all things.
What is the core values of Saint Louis University?
SLU then strives to live out this missionary responsibility through the active integration of its core values of Christian living, academic excellence, creativity, and social involvement that certainly reflect the human aspiration of social well-being that underlies the CICM missionary objective.
What are the SLU core values?
Values
- Service. We strive to deliver the best to every patient every day.
- Leadership. As researchers and educators, we are dedicated to advancing medicine.
- Unity.
- Compassion.
- Accountability.
- Respect.
- Excellence.
- Stewardship.
How religious is SLU?
As a Catholic, Jesuit university, this pursuit is motivated by the inspiration and values of the Judeo-Christian tradition and is guided by the spiritual and intellectual ideals of the Society of Jesus.
Is SLU a Catholic college?
Catholic Campus Ministry at SMU is committed to being a profound presence on campus as inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We strive to form servant leaders of SMU’s future “world changers” to live their Catholic faith professionally and personally. Currently, under the leadership of Fr.