Mission and Ministry
Ignite Faith. Seek Justice. Live Prophetic Lives.
The Division of Mission and Ministry provides opportunities to integrate faith, education, service and justice through Creighton's Jesuit, Catholic tradition. We are dedicated to serving each student, faculty member and staff person, respecting their individual cultures and faith traditions, as they seek to walk their life path.
Mission and Ministry leaders:
- Prophetically animate the Jesuit, Catholic mission of Creighton University both institutionally and individually in the intellectual and faith life of the community.
- Cultivate a dynamic and inclusive community of faith and learning that invites everyone to an ever deepening relationship with God.
- Invite Creighton and the wider community into a lived experience of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and the Ignatian tradition.
- Form leaders to live out a "faith that does justice" and build right relationships among individuals, communities, institutions and with the earth.
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Mission Week
Observed near the start of each academic year, Mission Week unites the Creighton University community in emphasizing and celebrating our identity – as an institution and individuals within it – as collaborators in animating the worldwide mission of the Society of Jesus. Faculty, staff and students are invited come together and participate in a number of events, including the popular Mass of the Holy Spirit. Open to people of all faith traditions, the Mass of the Holy Spirit is an annual tradition at Jesuit academic institutions, dating back to 1548, in which those assembled call upon the Holy Spirit for wisdom and guidance in the coming year.
Office of the Vice President of Mission and Ministry
Cynthia M. Schmersal, EdD
Vice President, Mission and Ministry
CynthiaSchmersal@creighton.edu
Jane Waters-Parks
Executive Assistant
JaneWatersParks@creighton.edu
Rev. Dennis McNeilly, SJ
Special Assistant to the Vice President for Mission and Ministry
Beth Syphers
Manager of Division Communications, Mission and Ministry
Office Manager, Campus Ministry
BethSyphers@creighton.edu
