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De Smet Mission Week
#MISSIONWEEK 2012 - February 13-16, 2012
Since its inception in 1971, Mission Week at De Smet Jesuit has emphasized the community's commitment to Gospel values and the spiritual tradition of St. Ignatius Loyola. Each February, the De Smet Jesuit community pauses to reflect on our Catholic, Jesuit mission.
Mission Week is the time set aside to recall our larger purpose by deepening our commitment to Gospel values and spiritual tradition of St. Igantius Loyola. It inspires deepened reflection on De Smet Jesuit High School's mission to form men with and for others, and hopes to put our shared commitment to service in a global perspective. Our primary objective is to help students grow as companions - friends with the Lord and friends with the poor.
As a theme for the week, #MissionWeek2012 will use technology as a lens to color our reflections. Through this prism, perhaps we can see mission as:
- A call for a renewed attentiveness to how, where, why, with and for whom we use technology;
- An invitation to see technology in a new way and to challenge our community to use it as a tool to build bridges, form relationships of solidarity, and open ourselves to relationships of transformation;
- An opportunity to capitalize on technology for a mutual sharing of gifts;
- An experience of how technology can be used to draws out of ourselves and into community and relationship;
We hope that #MissionWeek2012 will be a chance to grow as friends in the Lord and friends with the poor - beside one another, not above; present to the moment, free from distractions; aware and ready to share all we are - without counting the cost.
What It's All About
To aid our reflections, Mission Week activities invite the De Smet Jesuit High School community to reflect on these values:
| Prayer To grow as friends in the Lord. | Education To cultivate an awareness of the experience of the poor and marginalized. | Solidarity To develop our experience of being friends with the poor. |
| Stewardship To recognize that our gifts are not our own, but are meant to be shared with others. | Fun To celebrate our mission because true joy is experienced in giving of ourselves |
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