Directions: You should know how Mad Libs works.

Submit your Mission Statement Mad Libs to spire@g.holycross. edu! The winner will be featured in next week’s Eggplant AND become the brand new Mission Statement of the Col- lege of the Holy Cross!

The College of the Holy (1) ______ is, by tradition and choice, a (2) _____ liberal arts (3)________ serving the Catholic community, American (4)______, and the (5)_____ world. To participate in the life of Holy Cross is to (6)______ an invitation to join in dialogue about basic human (7)_______: What is the (8)________ character of learning and teaching? How do we (9)_______ meaning in life and history? What are our obligations to (10)______? What is our special (11)________ to the world’s (12)_______ and (13)_______ ?

As a (14)_______ college, Holy (15)______ pursues excellence in (16)________, (17)_______, and (18)________. All who share its (19)_______ are challenged to be open to new (20)_______, to be patient with (21)________ and uncertainty, to combine a passion for truth with respect for the (22)______ of others. (23)________ by the presence of diverse interpretations of the human (24)_______, Holy (25)______ seeks to build a community marked by (26)_______, (27)________, and (28)________. Because the search for (29)_______ is at the (30)_______ of the intellectual life, critical examination of fundamental (31)________ and (32)_______ questions is integral to (33)_______ education. Dialogue about these (34)_______ among people from diverse (35)_______ disciplines and (36)_________ traditions requires everyone to (37)________ and (38)________ differences. Dialogue also requires us to remain (39)_______ to that sense of the whole which calls us to (40)_______ ourselves and challenges us to seek that which might constitute our common (41)________.

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