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New Core Value: Humility
Humility is …
• Listening deeply to others and learning from them
• Rejoicing in simplicity of being a child of God who is unconditionally loved
• Being authentically who we are
• Accepting our failures as well as our successes
• Living with joy, courage, and openness
• Serving others
• Being reminded of Mary
• Treating everyone with reverence
• Living with gratitude
These phrases capture students’ reflections on what Humility means to them.
During this school year, the faculty, staff, and students of Magnificat discerned and adopted Humility as a new Core Value. Humility joins our six current Core Values of Respect, Compassion, Commitment, Collaboration, Faith-Filled Life, and Lifelong Learning to represent the concrete ways that we live out our Mission in our relationships and day-to-day interactions as Magnificat community members.
As a school founded and sponsored by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, we drew inspiration for what humility means to us from the Sisters. We framed our exploration of humility by reading reflections from the Sisters about what humility—and more specifically, the humility of Mary—means to them. At our Mission and Values Retreat Day in August, the faculty and staff resoundingly affirmed the addition of Humility as a Core Value and offered their insights on what best to highlight about Humility. Students were introduced to our new Core Value through reflection sessions facilitated by Vice President of Mission Katie Higgins ’99 in their Compass Classes this March.
“As we strive to carry forward the history and heritage of the Sisters in more intentional ways as their lay partners in Mission, the inclusion of Humility as a Core Value honors our ties to the Sisters and their faith-filled witness,” Higgins said. “As a Magnificat community, we look forward to answering the call to grow in practicing Humility each day.”
