樱花动漫

樱花动漫 will host Mission Week, a series of events and activities celebrating the University鈥檚 Jesuit and Maryland heritage, from March 16-22, 2025. 

鈥淢ission Week provides the University community with an opportunity to reflect on our Jesuit, Catholic identity, our Ignatian heritage and the ways in which we live our values inside and outside of the classroom,鈥� said Milton Javier Bravo, Ph.D., vice president for mission and identity. 鈥淐onnecting with Ignatian formation opportunities for employees and students is one of the elements of our strategic plan, Together We Rise, and it helps us engage more deeply with the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus.鈥�

Mission Week 2025 will include Masses, programs, lectures, and other events that offer an opportunity for the community to engage with Loyola鈥檚 mission. Some of the offerings this year have been designed to give the community opportunities to engage with Ignatian Formation, one of our mission priorities and a focus of our strategic plan.

鈥淭here will be opportunities to reflect on a 鈥榝aith that does justice,鈥� themes of solidarity and community, as well as educational opportunities to experience the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and to learn more about his life,鈥� Bravo said.

Inspired by Ignatius
The weeklong celebration will also feature the first Way of Ignatius employee retreat and the inaugural Founders鈥� Forum. These new events are designed to explore our Jesuit and Ignatian roots and will be led by members of Loyola鈥檚 office of mission integration and Jesuit community.

鈥淲hile everything we do at Loyola is in some way inspired by the vision of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Mission Week affords us an opportunity to reflect and celebrate quite deliberately about the great legacy we have inherited鈥攁nd which we are responsible for cultivating,鈥� said Rev. Steve Spahn, S.J., affiliate professor of theology and assistant to the director of mission integration. 鈥淓veryone is encouraged to participate鈥攆or indeed together, we are Loyola!鈥�

Among the Mission Week 2025 events are:  

• A Laudato S铆鈥� Mass: This Mass will be presided by the Rev. Timothy Brown, S.J., assistant to the president for mission integration, in Alumni Memorial Chapel on Sunday, March 16, at 11 a.m.
• Common Text Keynote: Dr. Nicole Fabricant, author of Fighting to Breathe: Race, Toxicity, and the Rise of Youth Activism in Baltimore and Shashawnda Campbell, community leader and activist for environmental justice, will be in conversation with Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Ph.D., founding executive director of the Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice and professor of communication and African and African American studies, on Monday, March 17, from 6-7 p.m. in McGuire Hall.
• Commitment to Justice Lecture: The Loyola community is invited to listen carefully and courageously to the experience of women on Tuesday, March 18, from 4-5:30 p.m. in the 4th Floor Program Room. The panel will bring together women to speak on intersectionality, disparities in health care, disparities in pay equity, and challenge us to be contemplatives in action.
• The Way of Ignatius 鈥� A Mission Week Morning Retreat for Employees: This first annual Way of Ignatius employee Mission Week retreat will afford members of the Loyola community an opportunity to spend a morning in conversation and reflection around some foundational themes from our Jesuit heritage. Sue Cesare and Frs. Brown and Spahn will direct the morning鈥檚 prayer, activities, and conversation on Wednesday, March 18, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the 4th Floor Program Room. (This event is only open to Loyola University Maryland employees.)
• Inaugural Founders鈥� Forum: The Founders' Forum explores our Jesuit and Ignatian roots in conversation with contemporary issues and subjects through the expertise and experience of Loyola鈥檚 own distinguished faculty. In this inaugural gathering beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, in the 4th Floor Program Room, St. Ignatius鈥檚 struggle with scrupulosity will be explored in conjunction with the contemporary psychological understanding of and clinical approach to scruples. Fr. Spahn will sketch what we know historically of Ignatius鈥檚 struggle with scruples. Gina Magyar-Russell, Ph.D., professor of psychology, will present the contemporary understanding of this disorder and how clinicians endeavor to treat it.
• Ramadan Event: The community is invited to take part in Iftar, the meal eaten at sunset to break the day-long fast during Ramadan. The evening of faith and community will take place Thursday, March 20, 6:30-8 p.m., in the 4th Floor Program Room.

Maryland Day Festivities
Mission Week culminates with Maryland Day, when the University honors staff and administrators who have achieved key milestones. Loyola will mark Maryland Day on Friday, March 21, with several events, including a Maryland Day Mass in Alumni Memorial Chapel that day at 12:10 p.m. The Maryland Day Convocation will take place from 2鈥�3:30 p.m. in McGuire Hall, featuring the Milch Award winner, Faculty Excellence, and AMDG awards.

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. See the full event schedule on the University鈥檚 Mission Week website.