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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025




University Ministry

Mission, Vision, and Values

Our Mission

Inspired by God's unconditional love, and rooted in our Catholic, Ignatian, and Mercy traditions, University Ministry accompanies the Detroit Mercy community as we learn to know, love, and serve God and one another.

Our Vision

We form students through experiences of community, prayer, action and reflection.

We value:

Belonging – Our mission calls us to build authentic relationships and inclusive spaces. This work is guided by Ignatian discernment, a Mercy spirit of hospitality, cultural humility and the inherent dignity of each person.

Service and Justice - Our mission calls us to be global citizens living, learning, working and advocating with and for our sisters and brothers in Detroit, in our country and in the world. This work is rooted in prayer, reflection and love and challenges us to care for all of creation with compassion and justice.

Spiritual Development - Our mission calls us to grow into an adult faith, within the context of our own faith tradition. This work is rooted in love, compassion, and action through individual and communal prayer, worship, reflection, and experience.

Programs and Events

Worship

Catholic Mass

  • Weekly student Mass: Sundays at 9 p.m. (fall and winter semesters)
  • Weekly adoration: Thursdays at 1-2 p.m.
  • Confessions: Second Sunday of the month at 8:15 p.m. (preceding the student mass) or by appointment
  • Daily Masses: Tuesdays/Thursdays at 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays at noon
  • Holy days of obligation: schedule varies

Islamic Prayer

  • Jummah: Fridays at 1:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Islamic Prayer Room, First floor Student Union

Sacred Spaces on Campus

  • St. Ignatius Chapel (1st floor Commerce and Finance Building)
  • Islamic Prayer Room (First Floor, Student Union)
  • Multi-faith reflection space (Basement of Library)
  • Reflection Garden (north of the clock tower)
  • Mercy Place (1st floor Shiple Hall)

Retreats

New Beginnings (first-year students), Women's and Men's Retreat, Busy Persons Retreat, and other opportunities.

Service and Justice Initiatives

Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice (Washington, D.C.)

Service in the City

Immersion Trips (various locations including the U.S./Mexico border, and other sites around the country)

Advocacy events centered on topics such as climate change, immigration, human rights, and more

Events/Programs

Ministry Internship: Students are formed as leaders and bearers of the good news to go out and make disciples of all sorts.

Interfaith Programs

Interfaith dialogue programs 

Interfaith Dinner (winter semester)