Cultivating a Culture of Civility
At the heart of your Loras education is the foundation to communicate with confidence, think critically, write with clarity, research with accuracy, and dialogue with respect.
This fall, the campus community will be focused on ways we can put into action these foundational skills.
Resources
Registering & Guides to Voting
Evaluate News Sources
Additional Information
CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING & Politics
As Pope St. John Paul II said in his last encyclical, “I wish to reaffirm this forcefully…that Christians will feel more obliged than ever not to neglect their duties as citizens in this world. Theirs is the task of contributing with the light of the Gospel to the building of a more human world, a world fully in harmony with God’s plan.” (Ecclesia De Eucharistia, 20)
The Church now gives a preference for democracy because it permits society to collaborate more actively towards the common good. Pope Benedict XVI even called ‘democracy’ “the most valid historical instrument” for advancing human rights and development. He went on to say democracy has proven to be an effective means of “guaranteeing the future in a way worthy of man”. (Address to Members of The Centesimus Annus Foundation)
| Date/Time | Location | Topic |
| Thursdays/ 12:30 p.m. | Interfaith Prayer Space (ACC Floor 5) | Mindfulness Meditation |
| October 16/ 11 a.m.–1 p.m. | Outside of the Cafeteria (ACC) | Voter Registration Drive |
| October 24/ 6:30 p.m. | Loras College Pub | Cultivated Conversation-Fostering Community |
| October 29/ 9 a.m.–4 p.m. | ACC Ballrooms | Early Voting on Campus |
| Nov 5/ 8:30 a.m.- 8:30 p.m. | Christ the King Chapel | Adoration |
| Nov 5/ 12 p.m. | Peace Pole Outside Christ the King | Interfaith Prayer for Peace |
| Nov 6/ 3 p.m.-5 p.m | ACC Floor 5 | Counseling Conversations |
Questions? We’re here to help.
Contact your campus life and spiritual life contacts(s) directly:
Campus Life/ 563.588.7731
melanie.buckingham@loras.edu
Spiritual Life/563.588.7056
anastacia.mcdermott@loras.edu