Health Sciences Campus - Ministry
Health Sciences Campus Ministry
Health Sciences Campus Ministry has a three-fold mission that focuses on the members of the Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Campus. Inspired by Ignatian values and the practical spirituality of finding God in all things we work towards:
Shaping Community
Through educational programs and events, prayer and worship, hospitality and outreach, social activities and attention to the needs of the individual we build a welcoming and inclusive community for students, staff and faculty.
Seeking Faith
We journey with the people who teach, learn and work at the Health Sciences Campus by providing spiritual formation and faith development while facilitating individual and communal prayer. True to our experience of the Gospel, we welcome and engage individuals of all faith backgrounds or traditions to grow into becoming men and women for others.
Serving Broadly
By embracing a worldview that is both local and global we facilitate and sponsor opportunities for members of the Health Sciences Campus to work with underserved communities in the greater Chicago area and beyond.
Stop in and enjoy our hospitality. We’re located off the Atrium in room 270 of the Cuneo Center, in the Stritch School of Medicine building.
HSC Ministry's 2023-2024 Programming
Loyola University Chicago's
Land Acknowledgement Statement
THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO COMMUNITY ACKNOWLEDGES its location on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and Meskwaki. We recognize that descendants of these and other North American tribes continue to live and work on this land with us. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide, and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today.
As a Jesuit, Catholic university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of local Native Americans and their continued connection to this land.
The culmination of a multi-year process, Loyola’s Land Acknowledgement Statement started when a group of faculty, students, and staff convened to discuss what our university can do to welcome and support Indigenous people—a population that remains underrepresented in higher education. The group consulted with local Indigenous leaders, historians, students of Indigenous ancestry, and others. Together, they crafted the Land Acknowledgement Statement, along with a set of recommendations on how our university can act in solidarity with Native peoples and advance our social justice mission. The university ratified the Land Acknowledgement Statement in 2020, and we continue our efforts to build a supportive and welcoming environment for Indigenous people at Loyola. In 2023, the university installed campus signs displaying the Land Acknowledgement Statement. The signs feature illustrations by Indigenous artist Buffalo Gouge.