Mission Week

Mission Week celebrates the University’s Jesuit and Maryland heritage from March 17-23, 2024. Mission Week calls the Loyola community to reflect more fully with the University’s Ignatian mission and charism. Join us as we engage with events and activities related to our Loyola’s mission, as we look forward in the creation of a hope-filled future.

Schedule

Date	Event
Sunday, March 17	Laudato Sí Mass Presided by Fr. Timothy Brown, S.J with the Jesuit Community concelebrating. Community will be invited to take the Laudato Sí pledge. 5 p.m. \| Alumni Memorial Chapel
Monday, March 18	Advocacy Week Our Jesuit mission calls us into action. Each day of Mission Week join CCSJ and Campus Ministry to explore actions you can take to advocate for change. Different justice topics will be highlighted throughout the week. Follow @loyolaccsj and @loyolacampusmin for more details. 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. \| Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium)
Tuesday, March 19	Advocacy Week 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. \| Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium) Preview Performance of Here I Am Written and performed by GU272 descendant Melisande Short-Colomb, Here I Am tells the story of her experience as a descendant of the men, women, and children who were sold in the 1838 GU 272 sale. Reserve tickets here for the performance. 7:30 p.m. \| McManus Theatre
Wednesday, March 20	Advocacy Week 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. \| Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium) Harmony in Fasting: A Community Iftar Experience Loyola's Muslim Students Association (MSA), Middle East and South Asian Students (MESA), in partnership with the Office of Campus Ministry, invite you to join Iftar: breaking of day-long fast during which Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sundown, and dinner to celebrate the Islamic month of Ramadan. The event will feature a conversation on the significance of fasting by Sheikh Saad Baig, Resident Scholar at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB), a call to prayer and performing prayers at sundown and celebratory ethnic cuisine. All are welcome to join -- bring your curiosity and appetite. 6:30 - 8 p.m. \| Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE), located on the 3rd floor of the Andrew White Student Center Performance of Here I Am Written and performed by GU272 descendant Melisande Short-Colomb, Here I Am tells the story of her experience as a descendant of the men, women, and children who were sold in the 1838 GU 272 sale. Reserve tickets here for the performance. 7 p.m. \| McManus Theatre
Thursday, March 21	Advocacy Week 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. \| Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium) Greyhounds Give Loyola’s giving day is an opportunity to support what you love about Loyola and our mission. By making a gift, all Greyhounds can help make a Loyola education possible for our students. Visit www.loyola.edu/give. Lecture by Rachel Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church" 6 p.m. \| McGuire Hall West
Friday, March 22	Maryland Day Milestone Breakfast 9 a.m. \| 4th Floor Program Room (Invitation only) Mass 12:10 p.m. \| Alumni Memorial Chapel Convocation 2-3:30 p.m. \| McGuire Hall -Featuring Milch, Faculty Excellence, and AMDG Awards; Inauguration of SGA Officers, and special panel with moderator Dr. Miilton Javier Bravo. See more details about Maryland Day here.
Saturday, March 23	York Road Community Day Sign up here 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. \| 5104 York Road

Date

Event

Sunday,

March 17

Laudato Sí Mass
Presided by Fr. Timothy Brown, S.J with the Jesuit Community concelebrating. Community will be invited to take the Laudato Sí pledge.
5 p.m. | Alumni Memorial Chapel

Monday,

March 18

Advocacy Week
Our Jesuit mission calls us into action. Each day of Mission Week join CCSJ and Campus Ministry to explore actions you can take to advocate for change. Different justice topics will be highlighted throughout the week. Follow @loyolaccsj and @loyolacampusmin for more details.
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium)

Tuesday,

March 19

Advocacy Week
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium)

Preview Performance of Here I Am
Written and performed by GU272 descendant Melisande Short-Colomb, Here I Am tells the story of her experience as a descendant of the men, women, and children who were sold in the 1838 GU 272 sale. Reserve tickets here for the performance.
7:30 p.m. | McManus Theatre

Wednesday,

March 20

Advocacy Week
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium)

Harmony in Fasting: A Community Iftar Experience
Loyola's Muslim Students Association (MSA), Middle East and South Asian Students (MESA), in partnership with the Office of Campus Ministry, invite you to join Iftar: breaking of day-long fast during which Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from sunrise to sundown, and dinner to celebrate the Islamic month of Ramadan. The event will feature a conversation on the significance of fasting by Sheikh Saad Baig, Resident Scholar at the Islamic Society of Baltimore (ISB), a call to prayer and performing prayers at sundown and celebratory ethnic cuisine. All are welcome to join -- bring your curiosity and appetite.
6:30 - 8 p.m. | Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE), located on the 3rd floor of the Andrew White Student Center

Performance of Here I Am
Written and performed by GU272 descendant Melisande Short-Colomb, Here I Am tells the story of her experience as a descendant of the men, women, and children who were sold in the 1838 GU 272 sale. Reserve tickets here for the performance.
7 p.m. | McManus Theatre

Thursday,

March 21

Advocacy Week
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Academic Quad (rain location-Boulder Atrium)

Greyhounds Give
Loyola’s giving day is an opportunity to support what you love about Loyola and our mission. By making a gift, all Greyhounds can help make a Loyola education possible for our students. Visit www.loyola.edu/give.

Lecture by Rachel Swarns - "The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church"
6 p.m. | McGuire Hall West

Friday,

March 22

Maryland Day
Milestone Breakfast 9 a.m. | 4th Floor Program Room (Invitation only)
Mass 12:10 p.m. | Alumni Memorial Chapel
Convocation 2-3:30 p.m. | McGuire Hall

-Featuring Milch, Faculty Excellence, and AMDG Awards; Inauguration of SGA Officers, and special panel with moderator Dr. Miilton Javier Bravo. See more details about Maryland Day here.

Saturday,

March 23

York Road Community Day
Sign up here
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | 5104 York Road