使命与身份

We are committed to being an educational community that: 

• offers a broad range of undergraduate programs 和 selected graduate 和 continuing education programs; 
• views 学习 和 奖学金 as a shared task of discovering, 集成, applying 和 communicating knowledge; 和 
• emphasizes 学习 和 奖学金 at the intersections of liberal 和 professional education, 这些学科, 和 of theory 和 practice. 

As a comprehensive university, we commit ourselves: to educating students 与in a vibrant 学习 community; to strong programs in both liberal arts 和 sciences 和 the professional disciplines; to collaboration across disciplinary 和 organizational boundaries. 作为一个社区, we are dedicated to excellence in teaching 和 seek to share it, critically review 和 evaluate it, 和 together transform our practices of 学习 和 teaching. 体育博彩是。lso dedicated to excellence in creating new knowledge, 集成 this knowledge across disciplinary boundaries, 和 applying it creatively to meet human needs. We are responsive 和 serve the needs of our community 和 region. Our pursuit of 学习 和 奖学金 is characterized by academic freedom 和 professional responsibility. 

We are committed to a Catholic vision of 学习 和 奖学金 including: 

• a common search for truth based on the belief that truth is ultimately one 和 can be more fully known through both faith 和 reason; 
• a commitment to the dignity of the human person as a creative 和 social being created in the image 和 likeness of God; 和 
• an appreciation for the ways creation, 人, 社区, 和 the ordinary things in life manifest, in a sacramental manner, 神的奥秘. 

A Catholic vision of the intellectual life springs ultimately from the revelation of God in Jesus Christ. The Incarnation obliges 和 frees Christians to continue uniting the human 和 the divine, to integrate 学习 和 奖学金, to explore the implications of the Gospel for all of human culture while honoring academic freedom. 大学, 是天主教, carries out its mission in communion 与 the Church, the believing community in 和 through which revelation is received, 住, 然后传递下去. The relations between the University 和 the Church are marked by mutual trust, close 和 consistent collaboration, 开放的对话. 大学, 是天主教, also relies on the presence 和 work of 人 from other religious traditions, 事实上, all 人 of good will, in discovering what is true, cherishing what is good, 和 enjoying what is beautiful.

We are committed to the 巴黎圣母会成员的传统 of education that includes: 

• educating the whole person through a 学习 community of challenge 和 support; 
• connecting 学习 to 领导 和 服务; 和 
• collaborating for adaptation 和 change 

Marianist educational 社区 support the full development of their members. In linking 学习 和 奖学金 to 领导 和 服务, we seek to be a leaven for good in our world. In the 巴黎圣母会成员的传统, 领导 is 服务, 和 leaders seek to lead 与 virtue. 作为一个社区 of responsible inquiry, we create an environment in which our members, working in a scholarly manner, are free to evaluate the strengths 和 weaknesses of their work, 其他人的工作, 和 the trends in our society. 大学 encourages its members to judge for themselves how institutions are performing their purposes, to expose deficiencies in their structures 和 operations, 和 to propose 和 actively promote improvements when these are deemed necessary. 大学 encourages its members to collaborate in building community 和 to join in a quest for a more perfect human society. Collaboration for adaptation 和 change recognizes the diverse gifts 和 talents of all members of the community 和 brings them together to realize a common mission in the midst of new 和 challenging circumstances.