Mission Reflections

Marquette's vibrant campus community is a source of energy and intellectual stimulation for students, faculty, and staff. We are alive with creativity, dynamic exchange, and an esprit de corps that is contagious. The variety of courses, student activities, lectures, and university committees can leave us breathless, even as we are grateful to be a part of a university that has so much to offer its students.

Amid this busy enviornment, Jesuit universities like Marquette have a particular responsibility to encourage a broad and balanced perspective about who we are, why we are in the work of education, and where our priorities lie. It helps to step back from our immediate concerns to note what is going on around us and prayerfully consider possibilities for the future. A Jesuit university, when it is true to its heritage, encourages all members of its community to take regular time to reflect on their lives, their work, and their values.

Toward that end, the Office of Mission and Identity publishes, in News Briefs, Mission Reflections - articles on Ignatian spirituality and Jesuit education, brief esays by employees and students, prayers, and various resources to help you and other members of the Marquette community reflect on a regular basis.  Past reflections are archived below. If you have suggestions for these Mission Reflections or would like to forward the name of a potential contributor, please contact Laura Krenz (laura.krenz@marquette.edu). We look forward to hearing from you.

Mission Reflections Archived by Subject

Advent

• What are YOU waiting for?
• For This We are Grateful

Christmas and New Year

• Finding the Christ in Christmas
• Are You Really Ready for Christmas?
• A New Year's Wish
• New Year's Reflection: Looking Forward, Looking Back


Other Holidays

• Dreaming Vision (Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
• A Valentine's Day Gift
• Mother's Day Reflection


Faith and Spirituality

• A Reflection on Faith

Ignatian Spirituality

• Encouraging a Culture of Gratitude
• Principle and Foundation
• Matter Matters
• Making the Right Choices
• Taking Stock of Small Things

Jesuit Topics

• The Meaning of Magis

Lent

Marquette's Mission

• Keeping Meetings Focused on Mission
• Our Collective Search for Truth beyond Marquette
• Real Unity
• Prayer and Mission
• The Long View
• Spiritual Conversation

Mission Week 2005

• Service & Peace: Finding all the Pieces
• Leadership and Peace
• Faith and Peace
• Excellence and Peace
• The Promise Mission Week
• Salt March Reflection

Mission Week 2004

• The Power of Hope
• Hope is a Four Letter Word
• Half a Grape
• Freedom and Hope in Humor

Prayer

• Digital Reflections: Sacred Space
• Digital Reflections: Online Ministries
• A Prayer for the Election of a New Pope
• An Alumni Prayer for Marquette

St. Ignatius Loyola

• Who was St. Ignatius?

University Education

• Educating Students of Faith and Justice
• The Classroom as Holy Ground
• The Task of a Christian University
• Engaging and Embracing Exploration: A Commencement Address
• Reflecting on Faculty Commons
• Reflection for Exam Week

Women and Men of Distinction

• To Serve Truth: St. Thomas Aquinas
• Finding God: Thoughts from Sister Helen Prejean
• Reflections on Mother Teresa