Tag Contemporary Experience with Tradition
On March 19th, 2020, governor Gavin Newsom asked California residents to shelter in place. Daily headlines reminded us of widespread illness, death, and loss as the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly across the globe. Schools and businesses closed their doors. Students… Continue Reading →
The current Synod for the Catholic Church, opened in October 2021, reflects both on where we are now, but more so which direction are we headed. Dioceses, parishes, and Catholic-affiliated institutions are all participating in this conversation to present feedback… Continue Reading →
Why are you here? I pose this question to a classroom full of wide-eyed, upturned faces. They look slightly shocked for a moment, at least as indicated by the raised eyebrows and momentarily glassy stares that are visible over their… Continue Reading →
From May, 2021 through July, 2022, the Society of Jesus asked us to observe an Ignatian Year, specifically to reflect 500 years later on the compelling episode of conversion that St. Ignatius identifies as the origin of his choice to… Continue Reading →
During the remarkable 2020–2021 academic year, as the USF community adapted to the rapidly changing and unfamiliar environment, it also returned to its roots and undertook the task of creating a new mission statement.
The mission statements of the University of San Francisco form a tapestry, whose threads stretch back to the sixteenth century when Ignatius of Loyola sent his followers throughout the world to establish educational institutions and to promote Jesuit ideals.
Among the most enduring Africanisms that animates African American culture is the concept of nommo, the generative power of the word. Derived from the Dogon people of Mali, nommo calls on ancestral spirits to bring into existence all that is seen and unseen.
AND God stepped out on space, And He looked around and said: “I’m lonely — I’ll make me a world.”
An Ignatian teaching and research fellow’s mission integration project.