As a global community, we continue to witness difficult realities and challenges that weigh heavily on our hearts and minds. In times such as these, it is especially important to ground ourselves in Marquette’s Catholic, Jesuit mission — to approach one another with compassion, to listen with respect despite differences and to care for the dignity of every person.
Look out for one another, check in on friends and colleagues, and tend to your own mental and emotional well-being. Support and resources are available for those in need:
- Campus Ministry and its affiliated ministries are available to all students.
- The Counseling Center serves Marquette students and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and offers clinical services both in person and virtually. Students can access services by calling the main number or walking in. For students with pressing mental health needs, crisis services are available 24/7. For a life-threatening emergency on campus, call MUPD at 414-288-1911. If off campus, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. For non-life-threatening mental health concerns, call the Counseling Center at 414-288-7172 during regular business hours to speak to a counselor on call or walk into the office in Holthusen Hall 204. On weekdays after 4:30 p.m., or on weekends and holidays, call the main Counseling Center number and select option 2 to be connected to a trained mental health professional.
- Faculty and staff can contact the Employee Assistance Program 24/7 for support. This is a free, confidential service provided through LifeMatters. Call 1-800-634-6433 or reach out through their website.
- The Faber Center is dedicated to providing faculty and staff with support and guidance in the form of retreats, spiritual direction and opportunities for prayer and reflection. Contact the Faber Center at fabercenter@marquette.edu or (414) 288-4545.
- The Office of Inclusion and Belonging is available to support students through drop-ins at the AMU 121, or via phone at (414) 288-7205 or by email at oib@marquette.edu.
Peace Prayer
Attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscans (1181–1226)
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace;
where there is hatred,
let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is discord, union;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born
to eternal life.
