Mission Reflections Past years
OF PRESIDENT GRAHAM'S LEADERSHIP GROUPS
Italicized dates are the meetings of the Cabinet.
Dates with * are BOT meetings
Prayers offered at meetings of the VPs/Cabinet
Spring 2021
June 28 Reflecting on our time as Fr. Graham’s Direct Reports
June 21 Reflecting on Our Way of Proceeding this year
June 15 Reflecting on the past year of Mission Reflections
June 7 Xavier’s Vision Statement and Addendum
June 1 An Ignatian guide to civic engagement
May 24 Scholars, Saints and Citizen-Servants
May 17 An Ignatian guide to civic engagement
2021 Statement of voting rights by higher ed orgs optional
May 10 An Ignatian guide to civic engagement
May 6* Ignatian Leadership
May 3 What COVID Taught Us
Provost’s face the pandemic optional
6 Jesuit discernment tips for the post-Covid world optional
Zoom haiku optional chuckle
April 26 Conversations on Jesuit education: UAPs
XU's Dunn and Townsel
April 19 CMO and CDIO Convocation
Jesuit identity and racial justice
AJCU Eyes to see: An anti racism examen optional
April 12 HLC sections of choice
April 6 HLC criterion on Mission 1C, 1 Summary
and Introduction
Mar 29 University Mission Statement and addendum
Mar 22 HLC Criterion on Mission
Mar 15 My reflected best self - patterns
Mar 8 My reflected best self - patterns
Mar 1 Jesuit education at Xavier – evaluation results
Feb 26* The Ignatian Year
Feb 22 My reflected best self - patterns
Feb 1 Conversations on Jesuit Education: UAPs
XU's Dunn and Townsel
Jan 25 Ignatian pedagogy at Xavier
Jan 21 A spiritual exercise
Jan 11 What got me through 2020
& Sr H Prejean, Bishop R Barron, G Boyle SJ, Sr S Campbell, J Martin SJ
Jan 4 Insights from my Ignatian annual examen
Fall 2020
Dec 14 Deepening the UAPs at XU– an annual review
Results of the 2020 review
Dec 7 Our Way of Proceeding: A midyear review
Dec 3* The life of St Francis Xavier
Nov 30 Images of St Francis Xavier (my symbolic add-on)
Nov 16 Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship-Summary
Nov 9 Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship - Summary
Nov 2 Contemplation and Political Action: An Ignatian Guide to Civic Engagement
Catholics poised to decide whether Trump gets a 2nd term
Voting is an Act of Love
It’s our time, now
Voting should not be a private action
On communal discernment and the voting booth
Black Theology Promises a Richer America by Adam Clark
Mental Health: The Sadly Overlooked Campaign Issue
Restorative Justice-More Important After ElectionOct 28 The Universal Apostolic Preferences- another look
Oct 21 Conversations on Jesuit Higher Ed: UAP 1 and 4
Oct 13 Reflection on the leadership lessons
Oct 6 My mission leadership lessons - Cull, Feldhaus
Sept 28 Leading with an Ignatian Communal Discernment mindset
- Responses and Chatbox reactions
Sept 24* The UAPs: What if God spoke to you?
Sept 21 My mission leadership lessons - Chick, Christopher, Coleman
Sept 16 My mission leadership lessons - Mooney, Walker, Baumann
Sept 8 My mission leadership lessons - Graham, Massa, Meis
Reflected Best Self, Professional crest, Corner Office articles
Aug 31 Mission Leadership 7 leadership lessons-Fr J Martin
10 lessons from a life in Catholic H.E. - Dr. M Galigan Stierle
15 leadership characteristics inspired by Pope Francis
A top 10 list on higher ed leadership - Fr. C. Currie
Aug 26 Cura, cura apostolica and cura personalis
optional – full Letter of Fr Sosa
Aug 24 Communal Discernment
Aug 21 Our Way of Proceeding 2020-21: Each of our commitments
Aug 17 Jesuit ed has seen plagues, recessions & wars. It will survive 2020, too
optional - Dealing with the Now
Aug 11 Impacts of COVID19 through the lens of CST
optional Reopening justly or just reopening
COVID, CST, & the Path Forward
10 building blocks of CST
Aug 3 The ethics of reopening
July 30 Our New Year's resolutions: A meta-examen
July 22 Manresa mission welcome for new hires
Optimism prayer on faith/discipline (Collins) & tomb/womb-birth (Kaur)
July 13 An Ignatian review of leadership during COVID19
Spring 2020
June 19 The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it
June 12 Gathering prayer –
June 9 The Ignatian witness to truth in a climate of injustice
June 4 Gathering prayer – M Baumann
June 1 Reflection on the past year
May 28 Gathering prayer – D Mooney
May 26 Laudato Si’ optional: Deepening the UAPs at Xavier
May 22 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID - A. Meis
May 18 Laudato Si’
optional: MA communities with dirty air are COVID hotspots
optional: In the shadows of USAs smokestacks, Virus Is 1 more deadly risk
May 11 Message to graduates
May 7 Ignatian communal discernment
May 4 We’re all monks now & Ramadan in the Quiet Spaces
May 1* Fr Sosa: COVID-19: Discerning a Path to God
April 27 Fr Sosa: COVID-19: Discerning a Path to God
April 23 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID M Baumann
April 20 Fr Sosa: Living the UAP in the light of COVID-19
April 17 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID B Cull
April 14 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID P Chick
April 9 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID G Christopher
April 6 Letter from the Provincial to “DR’s”
April 2 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID M Graham
Mar 31 Listening to “Memories and Dreams”
Mar 27 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID M Graham
Mar 25 An opening prayer fitting the time of COVID M Graham
Mar 23 Reflecting on the Pope’s prayer to Mary during the pandemic
Mar 16 Jesuit identity during a pandemic - and a prayer:
The Other Side of the Virus, An Opportunity to Awaken...D Mooney
Mar 10 The New Age of Social Protest Music
Mar 2 Conversations on Jesuit H.E. Under pressure and reaching out
Feb 28* The Ties that Bind Jesuit and University in Trust
Feb 24 The Ties that Bind Jesuit and University in Trust
Feb 17 Province Planning 2020-25: Go Forth
Feb 12 Deepening the UAPs at Xavier & Cabinet Prioritization
Jan 27 Deepening the UAPs at Xavier (optional: The original UAP document)
Jan 21 Tradition propels a commitment to Social Justice & 7 ways of looking at diversity
Jan 6 Inspiration (divine guidance)
Fall 2019
Dec 18 Ignatian Gratitude
Dec 11 Outcomes of a Jesuit education at Xavier -Alumni
Dec 4/5* Letter of Fr Sosa to Trustees and Presidents
Nov 18 My Commitments in Justice - honoring the UCA martyrs
Nov 11 Do Catholic universities still have a values proposition?
Nov 4 The Uncertain Future of Jesuit Education
Oct 28 The purpose of a (Jesuit) university
Colleges' Transformed Mission Misses the Mark & A Nation of Weavers
Oct 14 Caring for the apostolic work
Oct 7 The UAPs at XU
Sept 30 Conversations mag: Caring for the Apostolic Work
optional: Mindset model
Sept 26* Habits of the Jesuit Educated
Sept 23 The Ignatian Ped. Paradigm - not for the classroom only
optional: The Olive, more info on the IPP
Sept 17 Conversations mag: Caring for the Apostolic Work - belonging
optional: Mindset model
Sept 9 Conversations mag: Caring for the Apostolic Work - cura apostolica
optional: Mindset model
Sept 3 My Reflected Best Self Portrait con't
The DR Collection
Aug 27 My Reflected Best Self Portrait con't
Aug 19 Characteristics of Jesuit Education
Aug 12 My Reflected Best Self Portrait
Aug 5 Reconvene: Discussion on personal, national and global happenings
Spring 2019
June 27 10 lessons from a life in Catholic H.E. - Dr. M Galigan Stierle
Which observation resonates with me?
June 13 Reflecting on the past year
Results - favorite Reflections of the year
Note lights and shadows of the past year and favored Mission Reflections
May 28 Assuring the mission: AFMIX capstone projects
What are my reactions and take-aways?
May 13 Fr. James Martin's 7 Leadership Lessons & Quotes - optional
What resonates with me?
May 6 A meta mission reflection
How did BOT Committees respond to the MR on ‘Ignatian Governance’?
May 2 Communal Discernment
BOT - What aspect of Ignatian Communal Discernment most resonates with me? Why?
April 29 Review Fr McDonald's Campus Report and Province Best Practices
Thoughts on the excerpts? Where is Xavier on the BP list (appendix)?
April 23 Visionary universities teach life purpose: Does yours?
How does Xavier teach life purpose?
April 15 The uncertain future of Jesuit education
Note points of interest, intrigue and implication for XU
April 8 Ignatian Governance: Discernment, Collaboration, and Networking
How would I describe the DRs ‘way of proceeding’? What are our strengths?
April 2 Apostolic Preferences 2019-29
Note points of interest and intrigue for Preferences 3 and 4
Mar 25 Apostolic Preferences 2019-29 see more information
Note points of interest, intrigue, and implications for Xavier
Mar 18 Apostolic Preference 2019-29
Note points of interest and intrigue for Preferences 1 and 2
Mar 11 Conversations - Mission: Impossible
Read an article of your choosing and share insights
Feb 24 Jesuits at Xavier - Planning for the future
What is your guiding principle for placement/role/position prioritization?
Feb 21 Jesuit Education at Xavier
Note the findings of student mission evaluation
Feb 18 Some characteristics of Jesuit universities
List improvements to the next version
- what characteristics/components should be added?
- what changes within the existing format should be changed?
Feb 13 XU's 2016 Mission Examen
Comments and observations
Jan 28 Valued Leader Traits (and Fr. C. Currie's Top Ten List on Higher Ed Leadership)
What attributes do you believe are most important in a leader?
Jan 23 Some characteristics of Jesuit universities
Comments and observations for Xavier on Characteristics 4-7
Jan 14 Some characteristics of Jesuit universities
Comments and observations for Xavier on Characteristics 1-3
Jan 8 The new brand of Jesuit universities
Is Xavier Catholic enough?
Fall 2018
Dec 17 Communal Discernment
Dec 10 15 Leadership Characteristics Inspired by Pope Francis (WP synopsis: original address)
Dec 3 A conversation with Fr Dan McDonald SJ, Provincial Assistant
Nov 29 Living the Vision of Gaudium et Spes
BOT- What do you think are trends in society and/or in (Jesuit) higher education that are
promising for Xavier students?
Nov 26 Leadership Virtues According to Pope Francis (original address)
Nov 19 Communal Discernment (Ignatian Board Governance - optional)
Nov 5 Social Justice: The Role of Higher Education in a 'Post Truth' Era
Oct 31 Best Practices in mission in the Upper Midwest Province
Oct 22 Continuous improvement in mission effectiveness - synopsis
Oct 17 XUs Greatest Successes & Challenges in Mission Effectiveness - DR results
Oct 10 XUs Greatest Successes & Challenges in Mission Effectiveness - Form
Oct 1 IAJU: Leadership in an Ignatian Way
Sept 27 Joys and Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education
BOT- What is the greatest challenge facing Jesuit higher education in the next 5 years? What can
we do about it?
Sept 24 Conversations: Mental Well-being & Illness
Sept 17 Jesuit education: Student assessment results
Sept 10 Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education - Universality, Learned Ministry (Part II)
Aug 27 Nicolas' 2010 Mexico City Address - Depth (Part I)
Aug 20 Images of Xavier's IdentityAug 15 National events and our leadership
Summer 2018 
Aug 6 International Association of Jesuit Universities - The Strategic Plan
July 23 Professional Identity/ Coat of arms and LMU stained glass
July 16 Professional Identity/ Coat of arms and Seal of the Society of Jesus
June 11 Metaphors of a University
June 7 Francis Xavier and the University Seal
Spring 2018
May 21 Reflecting on the past year, feedback on the Mission Moments
May 14 Jesuit education at Xavier, Ignatian Mentoring Program
May 7 Sharing Our Examen
Apr 30 The Gifts of Our Ignatian heritage in our workday (the wheel)
Apr 23 Apr 16 Ignatian Spirituality, What is it? – What is an Examen?
Apr 10 Jesuit Education: Forming Human Beings in Harmony with their Fellows, Creation, & God (Sosa)
Apr 3 Pres. Graham Inaugural Address
Mar 27 Women: Making the Impossible Possible (Fr Sosa)
Mar 20 Women GC34 Decree 14 - The 1995 document, advice for the Society of Jesus (Dr. Mooney)
Mar 13 Women GC 34 Decree 14 - research by Dr. Heydt
Mar 6 The VISION Statement
Feb 26 Leadership in Balance - Dr. Kucia
Feb 19 The Service of Faith in a Religiously Pluralistic World
Jan 29 ACCU results
Jan 22 Faith and Justice,. part 2
Jan 16 Fr. Kolvenbach's 2000 address, part I
Jan 8 Overview of Superior Generals and General Congregation
Dec 4 Seeking Integration and Wisdom
Nov 27 A Corner Office and Fr McDonald's visit
Nov 13 Spiritual Leadership and Virtuous Leadership
Nov 6 Communal Discernment Governance in the Ignatian Tradition
Oct 30 Seeking Integration and Wisdom
Oct 23 Communal discernment Spiritual Leadership
Oct 16 Communal discernment Inspired Decision Making
Oct 10 A Corner Office
Oct 3 Ex Corde Ecclesiae is alive at Xavier
Sept 25 A Corner Office Consider connections and learnings from colleagues
Sept 18 A Corner Office Read the articles of colleagues
Sept 12 A Corner Office self reflection
Sept 5 University Mission Statement
Aug 28 Jesuit Education (7 Habits)
Aug 21 The Life of Ignatius Loyola
Aug 14 Charlottesville and Social Justice
Presidential Leadership
Opening prayers offered at meetings of the President's Leadership