RESOURCES
             Foundational Documents on Jesuit Catholic Education

Jesuit Higher Education

- Some Characteristics of Jesuit Universities AJCU presidents and US provincials, 2013
- Challenges to Jesuit Higher Education Today -Superior General Adolfo Nicolas, S.J., 2010
- The Jesuit Catholic Mission of Jesuit Colleges and Universities AJCU, 2010
- The Influence of the Spiritual Exercises on Six Dimensions of Jesuit Education -- Michael
      Graham, S.J. 2006 
- Jesuit "Products" are Persons of Quality - W. Byron, S.J., 2000
- Higher Standards D Brackley, S.J., 1999
- Themes of Jesuit Higher Ed. Former Superior General, P-H Kolvenbach, 1989

Ignatian-Jesuit Core Values

- Sustainability and Ecological Justice - A collection of resources.
- Gifts of Our Ignatian Heritage – XU Discernment Group I, 2009
- The Service of Faith in a Religiously Pluralistic World Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., 2006
- Justice in Higher Education - D. Brackley, 2005
- Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in Jesuit Higher Education - Peter-Hans
       Kolvenbach, S.J., 2001
- Characteristics of the Ignatian Vision George Traub, S.J., 2000 

Ignatian Spirituality

- An Ignatian Daily Examen - XU Center for Mission & Identity
- Ignatian Spirituality and the Spiritual Exercises D Mooney.
- Real Engagement with Ignatian Spirituality in the Professoriate G. Traub, SJ, and D. Mooney
- Jesuit and Ignatian Spirituality Darrell Burns. SJ
- The Influence of the Spiritual Exercises on Six Dimensions of Jesuit Education -- Michael
       Graham, S.J., 2006

The Life of St Ignatius Loyola

- A Biography - St. Ignatius Loyola: The Founder of the Jesuits G Traub, S.J. & D Mooney 2010.

General Congregations - a description

GC 35 (2008)
         The Document Decrees 1-6
         A summary George Traub SJ
         Its meanings and messages SCU's Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education

GC 34 (1995)
         A Summary George Traub SJ
         Decree 2 - Servants of Christ’s Mission
         Decree 3 - Our Mission and Justice
         Decree 4 - Our Mission and Culture
         Decree 5 - Our Mission and Interreligious Dialogue
         Decree 13 - Collaboration with the Laity in Mission
         Decree 14 - Situation of Women in Church and Civil Society

Foundations of a Catholic University

- Ex Corde Ecclesiae - Pope John Paul II, 1990, an Apostolic Constitution on Catholic universities

Catholic Higher Education

- Principles of Good Practice for Student Affairs at Catholic Colleges and Universities, ACCU, 2010
- Pursuing Jesuit, Catholic Identity and Mission at U.S. Jesuit Colleges and Universities, C. Currie,
      S.J., 2011
- Are we still Jesuit? Catholic? C. Currie, S.J., 2008
- The Catholic University of the 21st Century: Educating for Solidarity – P. Locatelli, S.J., 2005
- The Truly Catholic University R.G. Malloy, S.J, 2004.
- Conversations on Jesuit (and Catholic?) Higher Ed.: Jesuit Si’, Catholic….Not So Sure. 
      D. O’Brien., 1994

Catholic Social Teaching

- Implementing the Principles of the ‘Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church’
      in Catholic Higher Ed. Cardinal Martino, 2008
- Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005 
- Ten Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching W Bryon, SJ,, 1998

Catholic Identity

- Conversations on Catholic Identity at a Jesuit University: An E-Seminar – D. Mooney, 2011
- The Role of Presidents Promoting Catholic Identity at Jesuit Universities T. Lannon, SJ 
- The Catholic Identity of Catholic Institutions C.E. Curran
- Catholic Identity: Emerging Consensus P. Steinfels, 1995

The Catholic Intellectual Tradition

- The Catholic Intellectual Tradition: A Conversation at Boston College 2010
- The Catholic Intellectual Tradition in the Catholic University Monika Hellwig, 2000
- What is the Catholic Intellectual Tradition? Monika Hellwig, 2000
- The Catholic Intellectual Tradition Margaret Steinfels, 1995

Mission-Conscious Leadership

- Criteria Booklet: HLC Criteria for Accreditation – Criterion 1: Mission, 2013
- A College's Endowment Portfolio Should Match Its Mission The Chronicle, 2012
- A Model of Mission Leadership - XU Discernment Group II, 2012
- Put the Catholic Jesuit Identity Up Front: Hiring for Mission and Academic Excellence, can
      we have it all? R. Niehoff, S.J.,2012
- The Past as Prologue: The Future as Promise Former AJCU president, C.L Currie, S.J., 2011
- Who Are Our Leaders? C. Lowney, 2005

Xavier University

- Xavier University Mission and Vision Statements and Supplements 2012
- Code of Regulations - Article I. Board of Trustees’, 2011
- A Brief History of Xavier
- Xavier’s Heritage
- Scholars, Saints and Citizen-Servants M. Graham, S.J., 2001 Presidential Inaugural Address
- Discernment Groups
         I Final Report, 2009
         II Final Report (Administrators), 2012
         III Final Report (Faculty), 2012

General

- The Jesuit Resource at Xavier University 
- Conversations on Jesuit Higher Education - published semi-annually
                     Women Leaders in Jesuit Education (vol 29)
                             The Right Man for the Job?  T. O'Brien SJ   
                             Leadership as Spiritual Direction S. Chadwick 
                      Real Engagement with Ignatian Spirituality G. Traub SJ and D. Mooney
                      So You Want to be a President?  V. Cook SJ