Cura Personalis (Care for the Whole Person)

We are committed to caring for others in and outside the classroom. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Help people. 
• Understand their inherent human dignity. 
• Reach their greatest human potential. 
• Share their experience and knowledge with others. 
• Act in a way that reflects this growth.

Magis (More)

We are committed to excellence. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Better understand ourselves and others as people loved by God. 
• Seek greater knowledge of the academic, spiritual, and social disciplines. 
• Give greater love, care, and compassion for our neighbors. 
• Find more purposeful and effective ways to carry out our work.

Reflection and Discernment

We are committed to the examined life. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Seek greater knowledge of all creation. 
• Reflect on our own lived experience of the world. 
• Discern the movements of our heart and reason. 
• Listen to the experience of other people. 

Contemplation in Action

We are committed to just action through leadership and service. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Take responsibility for our gifts and talents and help build up the gifts and talents of others. 
• Be agents of transformation, especially in the areas of social justice and equality. 
• Bring our best resources to bear on creative responses to problems and challenges. 
• Foster openness and curiosity about all things new and different. 
• Foster a spirit of trust, hopefulness, collegiality, and dialogue. 
• Value different points of view and experiences.

Wisdom

We are committed to learning. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Learn about all aspects of this God-charged world. 
• Create an environment that values and champions the search for and communication of knowledge. 
• Examine the moral and ethical implications present in each discipline and program. 
• View religious experience and religious questions as integral to the understanding of human existence and human culture. 
• Foster love of the world that leads to the desire to create a better and more just existence.

Finding God in All Things

We believe that God is actively working in our lives and the world. Therefore, we strive to: 

• Search for and find God in every circumstance in life, not just in explicitly religious situations. 
• Grow in love—love of God, of our neighbor, and of the world. 
• Deepen our relationships with God and our own religious traditions. 
• Model that all aspects of learning and teaching are relevant ways of encountering and responding to God.