"Members of the Holy Cross Mission and Identity Committee reflect on the question: What does the Holy Cross mission me to me?"
Amit Taneja
(Former) Associate Provost for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Mission Examen Priority Characteristic #7-"Integrity" Chair
The mission provides the key questions I want to ask of myself when thinking about my calling in life. I find it particularly helpful in times of stress, or when there are no clear answers to complex challenges that I might be facing. The mission is not just a philosophical consideration, but it compels us to act; It provides some fundamental principles that can help guide our everyday actions. It also gives me some solace knowing that I am part of a much larger community that understands and shares these common commitments for the greater good. It provides some order in an otherwise chaotic, unpredictable and inequitable world.
Kate Kilby
(Former) Senior Associate Director for Human Resources & Organizational Development
Human Resources
Administration/Staff Development Subcommittee
The mission to me offers guidance on how we should conduct ourselves as members of this extraordinary community. As we go about our daily work lives and interact with others, we can use the precepts established by the mission as inspiration to direct us on a course of quality service and vulnerability. In doing so, we will continue to succeed personally and professionally with integrity, grace and social responsibility and can be content in knowing that we have done our best to further the excellence of this institution.
Daniel DiCenso
Associate Professor
Music
Jesuit Heritage Subcommittee
To me, living the mission means living in dialogue: to be patient with ambiguity, to embrace a community marked by mutual respect and civility, and to be open to points of view and ways of thinking that are not our own.
Samuel Lovett
(Former) Assistant Chaplain
Chaplain's Office
Interfaith Dialogue and Engagement Subcommittee
Empowering prophetic voices, grounded in traditions, to create new life together.
James M. Hayes, S.J.
S.J. Associate Chaplain
Chaplain's Office
Administration/ Staff Development Subcommittee
The mission means that in all things we strive for the "Magis,"- the greater good.
Harold Knapp
Associate Director ITS & Network Operations Director
Information Technology Services
Jesuit Heritage Subcommittee
The mission means that God is in everyone, and to disrespect others is to not be awakened to the challenges that God presents to us through that encounter.
Jerome Maday
Associate Director of Transportation
Public Safety
Interfaith Dialogue and Engagement Subcommittee
" Ignation before ignition" Before you drive, set your mirrors, reflect on how and who you want to be in the driving community and drive!
Derek Zuckerman
(Former) Associate Dean of Student Life
Student Life
Staff Development Subcommittee
The mission calls me to respect the dignity of each person in our community and be grateful for all of the blessings that I receive on a daily basis.
David Achenbach
(Former) Director, Human Resources
Human Resources
Interfaith Dialogue and Engagement Subcommittee
The Mission inspires me to do the best that I can and be the best that I can for the College and for members of our community: to be more sensitive and caring, to share more of myself and to make things better for others, even if only in small ways.
Michelle Sterk Barrett
Director, Donelan Office of Community-Based Learning
Academic Affairs
Mission and Identity Committee, Goals and Outcomes Subcommittee
"To me, the Holy Cross mission means that we are called upon to challenge and support one another in discovering and fully developing our unique talents and gifts so they can contribute to the common good on our own campus and the wider society."