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About

The Gros Institute embraces and strives to live out the core principles of the global Lasallian mission and the values of Â鶹¸ßÇå, namely, knowledge, wisdom, fidelity, justice and association. The goal of the institute is to create a deeper understanding of and vibrancy for how we live out our common values in our daily lives. Through engagement with the Institute, participants will be able to:

  1. Cross boundaries, real and imagined, in order to explore and foster deeper understanding of faith, identity, and meaning;
  2. Build mutually enriching relationships through active listening and respectful dialogue;
  3. Engage in social activism to promote a more just and equitable society;
  4. Demonstrate enhanced, holistic knowledge of issues and concerns related to injustice and the motivation and methods to transform them.

Institute Goals

  • Foster justice and peace through knowledge of Catholic social teaching, deepened respect across differences, commitment to inclusive community, and solidarity with those who are oppressed

  • Identify and network with ecumenical, interfaith and intercultural partners at Â鶹¸ßÇå, in the broader community, and across the Lasallian global network

  • Prioritize social action based on the signs of the times through intentional dialogue

  • Form and mentor participants spiritually and practically in order to understand and analyze injustice and work toward its transformation

  • Leverage and grow cross-university connections to build bridges and collaborate toward justice through academic and co-curricular experiences

  • Cultivate engaged pluralism within the Lasallian global network, particularly among institutions of higher education, and the communities within which they are rooted

  • Mobilize students, colleagues, and community partners to be a force for justice

Brother Jeffrey Gros, FSC (1938-2013)

Brother Jeffrey Gros, FSC (1938-2013)
In honor of the life and ministry of Brother Jeffrey Gros, FSC (1938-2013), the Institute develops relationships among interfaith, ecumenical, and intercultural partners to act for just peace in collaboration with people of faith and good will. Its initiatives are a response to the signs of the times and circumstances in which we live, such as: extreme poverty surrounding islands of affluence, widespread violence and abuses of human rights, degradation of creation, fear-based divisions between people rather than embracing the dignity of difference, to name a few.

The Institute integrates academic rigor and community engagement through stories, ritual, research and action.

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