The event is where men gather, share a meal, and discuss aspects of their spirituality journey. It is more conversation and story based than intellectual conversation.
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Join us for a special Mission Week Act with Grace Women’s Luncheon, a time to gather in community, reflect, and be inspired.
This enriching event will feature:
Buffet Lunch: Enjoy a delicious meal while connecting with fellow attendees.
Speaker: Maya Smart interviewed by Chief Edith Hudson.
Guided Meditation and Reflection:
Participate in a peaceful and reflective session led by Edith Hudson, Chief of Police at Marquette University, to help center your mind and spirit.
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other women, celebrate our shared mission, and engage in meaningful dialogue. We look forward to seeing you there!
The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Faber Center invite you to hear the intriguing research and academic vocation journeys of our faculty and staff.
WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME
OUR 2026 GUEST PANELISTS:
Angela Frey, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs,
College of Health Sciences
Angie Sandoval
Assistant Director | Research and Internships,
Center for Urban Research, Teaching & Outreach (CURTO)
Michael R. Schläppi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
A light breakfast will be served.
Join us for a special Catching Fire Breakfast featuring an interview with Marquette University Board of Trustee Member Rick Dillon, Bus Ad '93. He served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Vestis, a leading provider of uniform services and workplace supplies.
Prior to this role, Rick served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Enerpac Tool Group Corp. from 2016 to 2022, as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Century Aluminum Co. from 2014 to 2016, as vice president-finance Global Surface Mining Group, and as vice president-controller and chief accounting officer at Joy Global (now Komatsu Mining).
Breakfast will be served for those attending in-person. A link will be emailed for those joining virtually.
GRACE-FUELED RESILIENCE: STORIES IN OVERCOMING LIFE’S STORMS
Join us for an inspiring Mission Week keynote lecture and conversation with Dr. Jasmine Zapata, Marquette alumna, physician, author, mother, and community leader whose life and work exemplify strength through faith and perseverance. In this talk, Dr. Zapata will share powerful stories of overcoming obstacles and finding hope in the midst of challenges. Through her experiences and insights, you’ll discover how grace can fuel resilience
and empower us to rise above life’s storms with courage and purpose.
MISSION WEEK '26-ACT WITH GRACE- EVENT REGISTRATION
For more information about Marquette’s Mission Week
and for the full schedule of events, visit
marquette.edu/mission-week
Come join us for some simple practices that help calm our anxiety and ground us to approach the week ahead with greater freedom and hope. Registration appreciated but drop ins welcomed.
REGISTER FOR IGNATIAN MINdFULNESS
Attuned to the prevalence of burnout, the Faber Center is sponsoring a book discussion of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA. Our conversations will include a dialogue between the book’s insights and those of Ignatian spirituality as we explore our experiences of burnout and learn how to respond to them with hope and resilience.
Meeting are from noon to 1 pm on the following Fridays:
February 6, February 20, March 6, March 20, April 10, May 1, and May 8.
Facilitated by Danielle Nussberger, Associate Director.REGISTER FOR ADDRESSING BURN-OUT
Come be with us to share, hear, and appreciate different spiritual perspectives around a question or topic with contemporary relevance. We will practice the mutual understanding, respect, and community building that are hallmarks of interfaith dialogue.REGISTER FOR interfaith dialogue
Join us as John Pustejovsky, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Emeritus, leads us through this reflective experience of shared inquiry and discussion about what we have heard.
REGISTER FOR shared inquiry
With everything currently going on in our world, how are you dealing with the uncertainty of it all? Are you overwhelmed with feelings such as worry and sadness, kindling a longing in you to make sense of what is happening? What would it be like to have a safe and welcoming community that would tend to your thoughts and feelings?
Over the spring semester, we will come together informally to pay attention to our hearts' longings and to reflect deeply on what we see happening in our times and on how we might respond to these realities. Participants will be invited to engage in two rounds of sharing, beginning with hearing each other’s reflections and holding them in our hearts, and ending with expressing what arose in us as we heard each other with reverence and compassion.
Please join us as we practice the art of attentive listening to care for ourselves, each other, and our world during these challenging times.
Lunch will be provided.
REGISTER FOR contemplatives in action
Come join us for some simple practices that help calm our anxiety and ground us to approach the week ahead with greater freedom and hope. Registration appreciated but drop ins welcomed.
REGISTER FOR IGNATIAN MINdFULNESS
The APIDA ERG invites you to join us for a festive celebration with delicious food, games, Erhu performance, Tai Chi, calligraphy, etc. Chance to win a luck red envelope with real cash inside!
Everyone is welcome. Bring a colleague and your good vibes.
REGISTER FOR MU lunar NEW YEAR celebration
This retreat is a time for you to slow down, notice the deeper aspects of your life, and appreciate them even more. So, give yourself this gift and be surprised what happens.
All faculty and staff are welcome to register.
Most of us have a "heart project" waiting for a quiet moment: a long-overdue card to a loved one, a grant proposal that could change your future, or that book idea you’ve been nurturing for years. What is the "more" (Magis) that your heart is seeking to express? Sometimes, the most meaningful work we do isn't what is on our to-do list, but what is on our soul.
Writing from the Heart is an opportunity to stop
"putting it off" and start making progress. This session provides a low-stress environment to help you:
Finish tasks
Finally send that letter or card.
Bridge the gap
Work on grant proposals or professional drafts with focused intent.
Nurture creativity
Dive into book chapters, poetry, or new ideas.
Unplug
Step away from daily distractions to focus on what you hold dear.
register for writing from the heart
Come join us for some simple practices that help calm our anxiety and ground us to approach the week ahead with greater freedom and hope. Registration appreciated but drop ins welcomed.
REGISTER FOR IGNATIAN MINdFULNESS
Attuned to the prevalence of burnout, the Faber Center is sponsoring a book discussion of Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski, PhD and Amelia Nagoski, DMA. Our conversations will include a dialogue between the book’s insights and those of Ignatian spirituality as we explore our experiences of burnout and learn how to respond to them with hope and resilience.
Meeting are from noon to 1 pm on the following Fridays:
February 6, February 20, March 6, March 20, April 10, May 1, and May 8.
Facilitated by Danielle Nussberger, Associate Director.REGISTER FOR ADDRESSING BURN-OUT
Taking time to make meaningful connections with other women can be inspiring, even life changing. We invite you to this space to do just that.
The reflection will be led by DanielleNussberger, Associate Director.REGISTER FOR women's breakfast & reflection
Come join us for some simple practices that help calm our anxiety and ground us to approach the week ahead with greater freedom and hope. Registration appreciated but drop ins welcomed.
REGISTER FOR IGNATIAN MINdFULNESS
The event is where men gather, share a meal, and discuss aspects of their spirituality journey. It is more conversation and story based than intellectual conversation.
REGISTER FOR MEN'S SPIRITUALITY FORUM
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