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TORERO NEWS USD MAGAZINE

BARBARA FERGUSON

[faith in action]

by Julene Snyder What does it mean to engage with USD’s Catholic identity? T BECOMING THE MISSION his spring, a select group of 11 University of San Diego staff and

[Director for Mission] Mark Peters and [Vice President for Mission Integration] Michael Lovette-Colyer, people started coming to me afterward asking if we could get together and talk,” recalls Director of Mission Integration and Center for Christian Spirituality Erin Bishop. “They’d have questions like, ‘Do I belong here?’ and ‘Is this the place for me?’ and ‘How do I fit in?’ ” So, in 2022, when Lovette Colyer assumed his new role, he asked Bishop to establish a formation program that would

Over time, the way new employees have been onboarded, including learning what it means to work at a Catholic university, has evolved and shifted. However, this new program is meant to provide a much deeper dive. “When I started being a part of orientation, along with

conversations and discernment about what it means to work at an engaged and contemporary Catholic university” — included participants from across campus and from all faith backgrounds, including those who don’t identify with a particular faith tradition.

administrators made up the inaugural cohort of Mission Integration’s first Leaders in Mission Formation Program. The pilot program — described as an “opportunity for critical

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