Welcome to Mission Week Now in its 14th year, Marquette University’s Mission Week offers all members of the Marquette community the opportunity to reflect deeply on the Catholic, Jesuit mission that animates our university. Mission Week is a time to reflect on the why of Marquette: why we teach, learn, explore, and serve the common good, why the integration of faith and justice is fundamental to our identity, and why a Jesuit university can make a lasting difference in the world This year’s Mission Week theme — The Art and Practice of Forgiveness — cuts to the core of our human experience. The ability to forgive ourselves and others after tragic events affects our spiritual, psychological and social development in profound ways. Forgiveness is a constitutive part of Christian life and finds widespread expression in the teachings and rituals of the world’s major faiths. Growing in our understanding of forgiveness ignites the compassion that underlies Marquette’s mission and helps us live that mission with credibility. Mission Week 2014 will examine the theme of forgiveness in many forms. What does it mean to be a forgiving person, family, university, church or nation? What are the differences between forgiveness, reconciliation and restorative justice? When is the right moment to forgive? How might forgiveness also free the forgiver? How do we seek the forgiveness of others? Don’t miss the chance to take a deep dive into forgiveness through the lives of men and women who have chosen hope over despair.
Mission Week 2014 Marquette university February 2–7 marquette.edu/missionweek
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