An Advent Greeting from the VP for Mission and Ministry
MISSION AND MINISTRY | There’s no shortage of great holiday tunes, but few get me into the spirt of the season like “In the Bleak Midwinter.” It doesn’t get the airtime on the 24-hour…
Our Lady of Guadalupe Nurtures Strength
MISSION AND MINISTRY | Today, Dec. 12, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The feast recalls the appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in Mexico in the 16th…
Sacred Heart Chapel’s Stained Glass Windows – A Vivid Look at Jesuit Iconography
MISSION AND MINISTRY | The uniquely historical stained glass windows in LMU’s Sacred Heart Chapel can now be viewed without entering the building, without looking up and without regard for the time of…
Holiday Stories – A spiritual reflection from Father Randy Roche, Director of the Center for Ignatian Spirituality.
MISSION AND MINISTRY | Most of us enjoy learning about someone who unexpectedly succeeds when all indications were against a positive outcome. The Christmas Season is a story about apparent losers whose success is…
LMU’s Mission Is Found Behind the Scenes, Too
MISSION AND MINISTRY | LMU faculty and staff joined their colleagues from Jesuit colleges around the country at Seattle University this past summer for a conference on the “Commitment to Justice in Jesuit Higher…
Gratitude is the Ignatian Way
MISSION AND MINISTRY | St. Ignatius believed that there was no greater sin than ingratitude; ingratitude, he once wrote, “is a forgetting of the gracious benefits of blessings received.” There are two participation acts…
History Department Examines Luther’s Theses
MISSION AND MINISTRY | Five hundred years ago, on Oct. 31, 1517, in the Saxon (German) town of Wittenberg, the young Augustinian monk Martin Luther reportedly nailed his “95 Theses (Disputation on the Power…
