Ignatian Values

¶ … Latin phrase of "Cura Personalis" relates to how an individual needs to pay special attention to the well-being of individuals around him or her. The phrase means 'Care for the entire person' and emphasizes that one should not generalize when it comes to people, as they each have a unique perspective on life and as they each need to be provided with particular attitudes.

Cura Personalis is one of the most important concepts in Ignatian spirituality and when taken into regard from this perspective it can involve the series of beneficial attitudes that individuals take on when they are present in the educational environment. Individuals dealing with educational and professional goals in the context of Cura Personalis need to focus on getting actively involved in assisting others experience religious and spiritual development.

The Latin term "Magis" means 'the greater good' relates to how a person needs to be well-acquainted with the attitudes that he or she needs to take in particular situations with the purpose of serving God as effectively as possible. What is impressive about this concept is that it does not necessarily promote the idea that one should do everything in his or her power in order to act in agreement with God's laws to the point where the respective person experiences exhaustion.

As a person involved in educational environment, I believe that I need to go through great troubles in order to serve God and I need to assist others in acknowledging that they too need to employ similar behaviors.

Even with this, I also need to promote values related to how an individual also needs to focus on his or her abilities in order to achieve success in serving God, as simply wasting one's powers in an attempt to serve God can be pointless as long as the respective person fails in achieving his or her goal.

Men and women for and with others is meant to highlight the thinking that a person needs to take on in order for him or her to act in agreement with God's legislations. This involves acknowledging the existence of a spirit of giving meant to address the problems of individuals who are in need of a series of concepts, ranging from material values to spiritual values.

Being a man or a woman who is familiarized with this last idea can involve having to experience a sort of rebirth -- one that provides the person with the ability to comprehend how it would be pointless to.