Xavier’s Mission Priority Examen (MPE) - 2023-2024 Exam overview of the process

Sep 29, 2026

Xavier’s Mission Priority Examen (MPE) for 2023-2024 outlines a Jesuit reflection process required within a 2021-2026 five-year window, initiated by Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa and invited locally by Provincial Fr. Karl Kiser. The report details the self-study and peer review visit, the alignment with the University strategic plan finalized in 2022, and five mission priorities driving leadership, mission identity, Laudato Si’ action, Ignatian vocational discernment, and institutional health goals. It also summarizes the writing timeline through May-October 2023 and the guiding questions used across interviews and drafting phases.

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Overview of the process

Institutional alignment and MPE priorities

Self-study report coverage and guiding questions

Timeline and writing phases

Xavier’s Mission Priority Examen 2023-2024 An overview of the process Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa, S.J. , has called all Jesuit universities in North America to engage in a Mission Priority Examen (MPE) process sometime within a five-year window of 2021-2026. Fr. Karl Kiser, S.J. , the Provincial of the Midwest Province, has invited Xavier to participate this academic year. This Ignatian process of reflection includes a self-study report and a peer review team visit. Xavier’s MPE process coincided with the University strategic planning process with initiativesand goals outlined in fall 2022. Xavier’s five identified MPE Priorities flow from the Plan, Xavier 200: The Greater, The Better, The More 2023-2031; they are: 1. The establishment, support, and execution of the first Jesuit College of Osteopathic Medicine will align with and boost the Jesuit Catholic mission of the University. 2. The re-constituted Division of Mission and Ministry will achieve its purpose to: enhance the animation of the University’s Jesuit Catholic educational identity and activation of the four Universal Apostolic Preferences. 3. Feasible goals of the campus’ Laudato Si ‘Action Plan will be identified and advanced to fulfill Xavier’s commitment to being a Laudato Si’ university. 4. Develop and implement a model of Ignatian vocational discernment for second year students. 5. Actions and initiatives to advance on two key performance indices of institutional health for Leadership in Mission and Identity (i.e. , student mission learning and faculty/staff mission professional development distinction) will be undertaken. Dozens of faculty and staff contributed to the actual writing of Xavier’s MPE Report which resulted from numerous interviews, group visioning meetings and planning sessions as part of the strategic planning process as well as MPE-specific dialogues, including input from the Board’s Jesuit Mission and Identity Committee in May and September 2023. The ~40-page self-study report covers 7 areas: Leadership and public commitment to mission An academic life The pursuit of faith, justice, and reconciliation Promoting an Ignatian campus culture Service to the Catholic Church Relationship to the Society of Jesus Institutional integrity and responds to two Xavier-specific questions from Provincial Fr. Karl Kiser, S.J.: Why has Xavier been so successful with so many of its mission initiatives and why they seem accessible from the students up to the Board of Trustees? [How do you] keep the spirit of the recently revised sustaining document we signed at your inauguration alive for a healthy engagement with the Province and within the University and its Jesuit Community. Timeline Fall 2022 The University strategic plan, Xavier at 200: The Greater, The Better, The More, is finalized following input from the campus community from Fall 2021-Summer 2022; see [www.xavier.edu/200/process](www.xavier.edu/200/process. MPE)[. MPE](www.xavier.edu/200/process. MPE) priorities identified. Informed began Nov. 2022 invitation from the Provincial BOT Jesuit Mission and Identity Committee Mission and Identity staff Senior Leadership Counsel Campus convocation, April 2023 Reflecting Mission and Identity staff ABSN mission coordinators Cabinet (XUC)* AFMIX participants Jan-May 2023 trustees early new Division meetings/CFJ students Ignatian Colleagues Program participants *Reflection questions posed to the Why has Xavier been so successful with so many ofits mission initiatives and why they seem accessible from the students up to the Board of Trustees? All groups were asked this question What is a mission strength in your area of responsibility/representation? What is an opportunity for deepening the activation and animation of the Jesuit Catholic mission and identity in your area of responsibility/representation? What is an opportunity for deepening the activation and animation of the Jesuit Catholic mi

FAQs

What is the Mission Priority Examen (MPE) process described for Xavier in 2023-2024?

It is an Ignatian reflection process that includes a self-study report and a peer review team visit within a 2021-2026 five-year window.

Which major priorities guide Xavier’s MPE report for 2023-2024?

The priorities include establishing the first Jesuit College of Osteopathic Medicine, strengthening the Division of Mission and Ministry, advancing Laudato Si’ Action Plan goals, developing an Ignatian vocational discernment model for second-year students, and acting on institutional health performance indices.

How was the MPE report developed and what was the key timeline in 2023?

It resulted from interviews, visioning meetings, and planning sessions during the strategic planning process, with writing phases from May to September 1, 2023 and reflections on drafts leading to the final document in October 2023.

Sep 29, 2026

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