Mission Day
Mission Day 2010, celebrated on Thursday, January 28, provided an opportunity for the Loyola Marymount community to reflect on key principles of Ignatian spirituality and their impact on university life. Most Reverend Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., gave the convocation-hour keynote address to a capacity crowd of faculty, staff, administrators, and students in Sacred Heart Chapel. The address was followed by faculty and student responses from School of Education Professor Irene Oliver and Sean Grant, ’10.
Bishop Bennett Biography
Most Reverend Gordon D. Bennett, S.J., Bishop Emeritus of Mandeville in Jamaica, currently serves the Loyola Marymount community by offering tutorials to recently hired administrators on the nature and function of Catholic higher education and its connection with the Jesuit and Marymount traditions. He also assists the Center for Ignatian Spirituality in guiding faculty and staff members in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. A California Jesuit, Bishop Bennett brings to LMU a rich ministerial history. Since ordination to the priesthood in 1975, he has served in administrative capacities in secondary schools and has worked as director of Jesuit novices. Pope John Paul II appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore in 1997 and in 2004 appointed him Bishop of Mandeville.