Resources

• Gonzaga’s Mission Statement describes who we are, what we do, and how we do it.
• Jesuit. Catholic. Humanistic. What does Gonzaga mean by these three characteristics? Find out in Gonzaga University’s Statement of Affirmation.
• As a Jesuit institution operating in Spokane, WA, Gonzaga falls under the purview of the Jesuits West Province. Learn more about the Province's work here. 
• Listen to how faculty, staff, and students at GU describe what it mean to be Jesuit educated at Gonzaga.
• Learn about Gonzaga's history, as well as more information on St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits, and St. Aloysius Gonzaga, whom the university is named after.
• Hearing some funny words around campus? Here is a wonderful glossary to help you learn the Jesuit lingo. 
• Learn about Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, and how the order got involved in education, via this video produced by Saint Louis University.

• Learn about Ignatian Spirituality in this video from the Jesuits in Britain
• Meredith McKay, Director of University Ministry, and Candace Williams, one of our Campus Ministers, describe how Ignatian Spirituality and interreligious dialogue inform the student experience at Gonzaga. 
• Learn about the sacred spaces we have on campus, including our Student Chapel, Grotto, Jewish sacred space, Muslim prayer rooms, and our retreat center, Bozarth Mansion.
• Since their founding in 1540, the Jesuits have embraced the notion of spiritual humanism. Read more about this concept in Ronald Modras' Spiritual Humanism of the Jesuits (1995).
• Read about the four Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAPs) that the Jesuits have identified as horizons for their work in the modern age.
• Read daily scripture reflection written by members of the Creighton University community, a sister Jesuit school.
• Grounded in the spirituality of the Jesuits, make time for prayer in your daily life utilizing this resource from Pray as you Go

• Our Catholic, Jesuit identity is integrally linked to advancing the Catholic Intellectual Tradition through our education. What does that mean? Our sister school, Boston College, offers a thoughtful response.  
• Worldwide reflection on Jesuit education has led to the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm (IPP), a model for bringing to life the Jesuit vision in the teaching-learning experience. 
• The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm - A Contemporary Synthesis (2024) succinctly captures Jesuit schools' distinctive approach to education.
• Teaching to the Mission (2012) is a pedagogical resource in which faculty describe how they incorporate Jesuit mission and identity into their courses, from a variety of disciplines. 
• Jesuit Education and Ignatian Pedagogy - A Desktop Primer is an excellent reference tool produced by Xavier University. 
• To learn more about the origins of Jesuit education, read John O'Malley, S.J.'s "How the First Jesuits Became Involved in Education" (2000)

• How the First Jesuits Became Involved in Education - John O 'Malley, S.J., 2000
• Men and Women for Others - Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 1973
• Decree 4, General Congregation 32: The Service of Faith and Promotion of Justice - Jesuit General Congregation 32, 1975
• Commencement Address - Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., 1982
• Ex Corde Ecclesiae - Pope John Paul II, 1990, an Apostolic Constitution on Catholic universities
• Ignatian Pedagogy Today - Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., 1993
• The Service of Faith and the Promotion of Justice in American Jesuit Higher Education - Peter-Hans Kolvenbach, S.J., 2000
• Themes of Catholic Social Teaching - US Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005
• Characteristics of Jesuit Higher Education – A Guide for Mission Reflection - AJCU presidents and US provincials, 2021
• The Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm - A Contemporary Synthesis - Baur et al, 2024
• The Jesuit University: Witness to Hope, Creativity, and Dialogical Presence - Arturo Sosa, S.J., 2025

• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) Conferences (affinity groups, Justice in Jesuit Higher Education, Western Conversations)
• Ignatian Colleagues Program
• Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) Annual Meeting
• Collegium: A Colloquy on Faith and Intellectual Life

Books:

• The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality For Real Life (Martin, 2009)
• The Way of Discernment (Liebert, 2008)
• Ignatian Humanism: A Dynamic Spirituality For The Twenty-First Century (Modras, 2004)
• A Jesuit Education Reader (Traub, 2008)
• What is Ignatian Spirituality? (Fleming, 2011)
• The Ignatian Adventure (O'Brien, 2011)
• Heroic Leadership: Best Practices From a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed The World (Lowney, 2005)
• Jesuit Colleges and Universities in the United States (Rizzi, 2022)

Websites:

• America Media (a forum for discussion of religion, society, politics and culture from a Catholic perspective, shaped by the Ignatian traditions of “finding God in all things” and the promotion of justice) 

• Black Catholic Messenger (elevating Black Catholic voices commenting on news and culture)

Podcasts:

• Catholics in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Jack Bentz (conversations with “regular Catholics" about their spiritual journeys, what keeps them in the church, and what drives them away)
• AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast (Jesuits and friends come together to look at the world through Ignatian eyes)
• Inside the Vatican, with Colleen Dulle and Gerard O’Connell (going behind the biggest headlines from the Vatican and giving you the inside scoop on what's happening)
• The Spiritual Life, with Fr. James Martin (conversations about how people experience God in prayer and in everyday life)
• Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast (a weekly podcast featuring a diverse cast of Catholic preachers)