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Pillar Six: Our Mission

Pillar Six

Execute Our Mission by Being Contemplatives in Action

We are inspired by Saint Ignatius of Loyola to find God in all things and to educate the whole person in Ignatian intellectual life: mind, body and spirit. We will execute our mission, supported by the Mission Priority Examen, to increase opportunities for our community to become familiar with the spiritual exercises and to utilize them when exerting their faith into action. Our key initiatives can be found below.

Mission and Identity Organizational Structure

Create a structure that centralizes formation related programming under the Office of Mission and Identity

Spiritual Development

Loyola will increase the opportunities for faculty, staff and students to become familiar with and utilize the spiritual exercises, and participate in retreat experiences

Community Service Partnerships

Students will conduct at least one mission-oriented community service opportunity during their academic career. Service to our New Orleans community not only makes a lasting impact on the community, but also teaches Loyola students accompaniment and how to live with and for others.

Global Service Partnerships

Being globally minded for a more just world requires our students to venture out into the world to serve communities different from their own. Loyola will continue to cultivate and create educational opportunities to prepare students to engage a global community from a mission lens and Ignatian perspective. Funds will be raised for students to participate in global service immersion trips.