{"id":97,"date":"2022-08-02T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T13:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:38:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:38:35","slug":"homepage-placeholder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/","title":{"rendered":"Being the Leaven on Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">At a Catholic university, we have the unique privilege and responsibility to participate in the spiritual formation of our students \u2013 no matter what subject we teach. On these pages are thoughts and ideas that have come up during multiple discussions among a diverse range of faculty from across the entire campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:700;text-transform:capitalize\">Whether or not we want to be involved in the spiritual formation of our students, we are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:500\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\"><span style=\"color: initial;, sans-serif\">There is no gap between knowledge\/faith or heart\/mind and efforts to separate impoverish<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">It is important to break the myth that secular=neutral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">The influence on students can be very powerful when matters of spiritual and character formation come from an unexpected source (e.g., faculty in classes that are not necessarily related)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Witness is how the faith has been passed down for generations, and we can communicate the attractiveness of a faithful life\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relationality, authenticity, and humility are paramount for acting as a strong witness for your students.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be prepared to defend your faith (paraphrasing St. Paul)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your simple presence as a proud Catholic [enter discipline] in front of the classroom is powerful for showing that both can be taken seriously<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Often, students are suffering and could benefit enormously from the care and attention from instructors and mentors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">In polls, students really want to understand the methods of discernment and personal journeys of faculty and staff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">How often do we weight things like annual evaluations above our response to Christ&#8217;s command that we declare the Gospel?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">A sense of true wonder can help both make sense of our faith lives, but can also bring clarity and dedication to difficult academic topics\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>See <a href=\"https:\/\/jsomers.net\/i-should-have-loved-biology\/\">this essay<\/a> for a great example<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Many disciplines permit and encourage discussing how faith directly interacts with classroom content (e.g., law)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">When compared to other institutions, the faith-driven love that comes from committed faculty is clear, and students recognize it when exposed to both<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Catholic university, we have the unique privilege and responsibility to participate in the spiritual formation of our students \u2013 no matter what subject we teach. On these pages are thoughts and ideas that have come up during multiple discussions among a diverse range of faculty from across the entire campus. Whether or not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4325,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions\/182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/drichter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}