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The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

The Ignatian Center exemplifies and activates the Jesuit, Catholic character of Santa Clara University.
We encourage our students, faculty, staff, and community to embrace Jesuit wisdom by inspiring awareness, thought, reflection, discernment, and action.

 

 

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Climate & Environmental Justice Conference

Faith-based, community-based, and academic collaboration for action

Organized by SCU’s Environmental Justice and the Common Good Initiative, the conference will advance community-university alliances and partnerships to promote climate and environmental justice in Northern California, Latin America, and Jesuit higher education. Faculty and students, community organizers and advocates, policymakers, social ministry leaders, alumni and friends of SCU are invited to participate in this free conference, open to the public.

Making an Impact - Here, There, and Everywhere
50
STUDENT FELLOWS
 
160
VIRTUAL IMMERSION PARTICIPANTS
 
1025
STUDENTS PLACED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
 
3800+
UNIVERSITY-COMMUNITY HOURS OF ENGAGEMENT
 

Stories of Impact

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MISSION WEEK

On Mission | In Solidarity

This past November, the Division of Mission and Ministry hosted SCU's inaugural Mission Week. This week-long celebration of the University's mission centered on its Jesuit roots and brought together staff, faculty and students. As we look back at the many events and gatherings that comprised the week, it is clear that this is what mission looks like at SCU.

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SUSTAINABLE SCU

Leading Through Laudato Si'

Inspired by the Pope's encyclical Laudato Si': On Care For Our Common Home, the Center for Sustainability and Division of Mission and Ministry are embarking on the expansive planning process to set SCU's goals and strategies for building a more humane, just, and sustainable world.

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BANNAN EVENT

Beyond Bad Apples

Last Spring, the Ignatian Center co-hosted a workshop for ministers, staff, and administrators in Catholic parishes and diocese led by Julie Hanlon Rubio (JST) and Paul J. Schutz (SCU), which presented new research on factors contributing to clergy sexual abuse and assess their implications for Catholic institutions.

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KINO BORDER

Faculty & Staff Immersion

This past Spring Break the Ignatian Center hosted Faculty & Staff on an Immersion to Kino Border Initiatives on the US/Mexico Border. One of the staff participants, professional photographer Charles Barry, captured the spirit of the week-long trip, as documented in this video.

This is What Mission Looks Like

Jesuit Values in Action

So many members of the SCU community live according to our Jesuit and Catholic values, and actually build the "more humane, just, and sustainable world" that is our mission. However, frequently, we don't connect the lived mission with the words of our university commitments.  Our goal as the Division of Mission and Ministry is to highlight who we are and how we live as people for and with others.

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