We may be in the middle of a pandemic, but life goes on. Detroit Mercy’s Marketing & Communications Team is collecting stories of the many inspiring and heartwarming ways our alumni, students and other members of the University community are responding. In the series we are calling “Snapshots of a …
University of Detrot Mercy’s Office of Mission Integration is offering words of hope and healing to staff, faculty and students during this challenging time. We think alumni might find comfort in them, too. As we continue to pray and keep in our hearts the health workers serving in our hospitals …
Catherine Punsalan-Manlimos, special assistant to the president on Mission Integration at Detroit Mercy is doing her part to help the University community find comfort during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has written about adapting to changes and recently posted this video reflection by Fr. Tim Hipskind, S.J., director of Service Learning and …
Today, the Detroit Jesuits of the Midwest Province live-streamed Mass from the chapel at Lansing-Reilly on the McNichols Campus for the faithful who are not allowed in churches during the coronavirus crisis. It was part of the community’s outreach “Pray. Reflect. Connect.” designed to provide comfort and guidance during this …
The Detroit Jesuits have created an online source to provide comfort and religious connection through social media during the COVID-19 outbreak. The theme is “Pray. Reflect. Connect.” “The purpose is to create a virtual sacred space to offer a place to pray, reflect and connect,” wrote Gilbert Sunghera, S.J., who …
“Ordinary people doing extraordinary things” is how Tom Chabolla, president of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, describes the young women and men in the organization he runs. “They are people who have the courage to change while changing the world,” he told more than 100 people who heard him speak Tuesday …
This post is part of an occasional series called Let’s Talk that provides a forum to share thoughts by Detroit Mercy faculty, staff, alumni or invited guests and is designed to start conversations. If you would like to contribute to this series, please fill out the form here www.udmercy.edu/faculty-staff/marcom/requests/story.php. Pope Francis’ …
The Ireland of Catherine McAuley’s day is a world away from today’s Detroit, but it still holds lessons and inspiration for healthcare workers and educators. Those lessons were on display this summer when a group of 14 Detroit Mercy nursing students, alumni and faculty visited the country and the sites …
The stories of the women and men in Detroit who followed their calling and helped build what is now University of Detroit Mercy are being shared in a far-reaching and important new online archive by the Detroit Mercy Libraries and Instructional Design Studio. The Jesuit and Mercy History and Spirituality …
The United States is facing a crisis of the spirit, and its citizens can find strength and lessons in the life of Blessed Solanus Casey. So said the Hon. Maura Corrigan at the Jesuit Friends & Alumni Network of Detroit lunch earlier this month at the Detroit Athletic Club. A …
