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This February, the Jesuit Community at Holy
Cross adopted the following Mission Statement. Drafted
by a committee comprised of Rev. James Miracky, S.J., Rev.
William Reiser, S.J., and Rev. Dennis Yesalonia, S.J.,
the Statement was the culmination of a process that began
in September 2000.
We, the Jesuit Community at the College of the Holy Cross,
shaped by the Gospel, the Ignatian Exercises, and our encounters
with the people of God, and missioned here by the Society
of Jesus, embrace our responsibility to Holy Cross as living
representatives of the College’s traditions and identity.
We pursue wisdom. In collaboration with our College associates
who are engaged in teaching, ministry, scholarship, administration,
and support services, we challenge our students and alumni/ae
to recognize and develop their God-given talents and to accept
their responsibility to do justice as they live out their
callings. We vigorously pursue truth and serve the Catholic
Church and the wider world through research, publication,
and the availability of our personal and corporate resources.
We promote faith. Ordained for ministry in the Catholic
Church, we serve the College community in sacramental, pastoral,
and prophetic ways. We nurture the search for faith among
all members of the College community and engage in dialogue
with our colleagues concerning issues of faith and justice.
We seek God in all things. Within the College, we are a
praying community that embraces both Holy Cross and the wider
world. We use the tools of critical reflection to examine
our institutional integrity, which is most authentic when
it is grounded in Gospel values and the norms of social justice.
We challenge the College community to live out its commitment
to authentic personal freedom and respect for human dignity.
We are enriched by the gifts and dedication of the members
of this College community. Ever renewed by the vision of
St. Ignatius of Loyola that is at the heart of the identity
of the College of the Holy Cross as a Jesuit, liberal arts
institution, we dedicate our lives to expressing that tradition “for
the greater glory of God.”
Donald N.S. Unger is a free-lance journalist from Worcester,
Mass.
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