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SJU Mission, Vision, Strategic Directions and Values
SJU Baccalaureate
Mission
Grounded in Catholic and Benedictine values and tradition, Saint John’s University provides young men a distinctive residential liberal arts education, preparing them to reach their full potential and instilling in them the values and aspiration to lead lives of significance and principled achievement.
SJU Baccalaureate
Vision
Saint John’s University seeks to be one of the nation’s great Catholic liberal arts colleges by providing the best holistic learning experience for men in the country.
We will inspire undergraduate men to new heights of intellectual, spiritual, physical and social development that is informed by ethical reflection and grounded in our Catholic and Benedictine tradition.
The School of Theology has their own separate mission statement.
Our Values
Dedicated to the pursuit of understanding, wisdom, and the common good, Saint John’s University is committed to the following values:
- Community built upon relationships of hospitality, respect, cooperation, and challenge.
- Openness to learning, inquiry, beauty, truth, and difference.
- Respect for persons, tradition, creativity, experience, faith, reason, and religious practice.
- Depth in understanding, relationships, faith, and spirituality.
- Sacredness of God, being, truth, place, nature, and knowledge.
- Passion for excellence, truth, learning, beauty, love, and personal growth.