Student Life
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Ignatian Awareness and Identity
Each November, a delegation of Loyola students join representatives from other Jesuit high schools as well as Jesuit colleges and universities for the Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice.
Inspired by the commemoration of the Jesuit martyrs of El Salvador, the Teach-in provides the opportunity for students to explore a variety of justice issues, to reflect on the Ignatian commitment to the faith that does justice, and to celebrate and pray with other members of the Ignatian family.
On or near the date of the canonization of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier, the Loyola community celebrates Ignatian Awareness Day, which highlights the work of the Society of Jesus and their companions. Recent Ignatian Awareness Day speakers have included Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., the founder of Homeboy Industries, Fr. James Martin, S.J. author and editor-at-large at America Media, Fr. Gregory Chisholm, S.J., pastor at St. Charles Borromeo parish, and Fr. Thomas Massaro, S.J., Professor of Moral Theology at Fordham University.
Loyola School shares with the other members of the Jesuit Schools Network the Profile of the Graduate of a Jesuit High School at Graduation, more commonly referred to as the Grad at Grad. This profile identifies six areas of lifelong growth in the Ignatian tradition and describes students in Jesuit high schools as becoming more open to growth, academically excellent, religious, loving, committed to doing justice, and globally competent. Throughout each year, Loyola students, faculty, and staff are given opportunities to reflect on their own growth in each of these areas, and several members of the community are invited to share their reflections with the entire school. Individual student interviews at the end of the sophomore and senior years are also based on the Grad at Grad.
The Jesuits’ Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) also animate Loyola School. The UAPs are the fruit of a two-year discernment process that sought contributions from every Jesuit and their mission partners worldwide. These preferences, which Pope Francis confirmed, offer a “point of reference to the whole Society of Jesus,” and help to guide the Gospel-based work of the Jesuits through 2029. The four preferences are: Showing the way to God, Walking with the excluded, Journeying with youth, and Caring for our Common Home. The UAPs are prominently displayed in Loyola, and the school strives to pursue these four preferences in all our work with students in the classroom and beyond.
On or near the date of the canonization of St. Ignatius Loyola and St. Francis Xavier, the Loyola community celebrates Ignatian Awareness Day, which highlights the work of the Society of Jesus and their companions. Recent Ignatian Awareness Day speakers have included Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., the founder of Homeboy Industries, Fr. James Martin, S.J. author and editor-at-large at America Media, Fr. Gregory Chisholm, S.J., pastor at St. Charles Borromeo parish, and Fr. Thomas Massaro, S.J., Professor of Moral Theology at Fordham University.
Loyola School shares with the other members of the Jesuit Schools Network the Profile of the Graduate of a Jesuit High School at Graduation, more commonly referred to as the Grad at Grad. This profile identifies six areas of lifelong growth in the Ignatian tradition and describes students in Jesuit high schools as becoming more open to growth, academically excellent, religious, loving, committed to doing justice, and globally competent. Throughout each year, Loyola students, faculty, and staff are given opportunities to reflect on their own growth in each of these areas, and several members of the community are invited to share their reflections with the entire school. Individual student interviews at the end of the sophomore and senior years are also based on the Grad at Grad.
The Jesuits’ Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) also animate Loyola School. The UAPs are the fruit of a two-year discernment process that sought contributions from every Jesuit and their mission partners worldwide. These preferences, which Pope Francis confirmed, offer a “point of reference to the whole Society of Jesus,” and help to guide the Gospel-based work of the Jesuits through 2029. The four preferences are: Showing the way to God, Walking with the excluded, Journeying with youth, and Caring for our Common Home. The UAPs are prominently displayed in Loyola, and the school strives to pursue these four preferences in all our work with students in the classroom and beyond.
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