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Our lives and our work are a constant series of endings and beginnings. Graham’s tenure and the beginning of new leadership under Dr.
A number of long-serving leaders, faculty and staff will be ending their work on campus, and their successors will be beginning theirs. We are ending our mask mandates and social distancing (hopefully) and beginning to return to some semblance of normal without masks and face-to-face gatherings. We just held our commencement exercises, which signifies the end of our students’ time here on campus and the beginning of their lives as Xavier alumni. We have finished one academic year and are beginning to prepare for students to return in the fall. We are ending our budget work for one fiscal year and the beginning our work on future financial and fiscal year planning. Many recent events in my work here on campus got me to thinking about endings and beginnings – about change. “Change is the only constant in life.” - Heraclitus (ancient Greek philosopher) With love and respect for the past, we as a community face our new beginnings and journeys with anticipation, optimism, enthusiasm and care for each other - creating our own New Normal. A New Normal is emerging.Īs we embrace this changed world for our students, our employees and our communities, some of us here today are entering our own New Normal with new and different roles, responsibilities, adventures and dreams for our future. New ways of learning and working were created. Collaboration, innovation and cura personalis were our touchstones. Our University rose to the many challenges. A New Normal will hopefully be emerging soon. Reflections on Changes & Transitions: A New Normal We thank You that no matter how dark the night may get, there is the hope of the dawn to come. Help us to become more considerate of others, more mindful of how we can help one another, and how we can serve You and Your children well. 
Help us to come out of this Pandemic better, not bitter. May the reunions, interactions, and moments ahead be held in such intentionality and may we turn to You in sincere gratitude. May the tender moments of seeing someone again in person be all the more rich and treasured. May our hearts be unified in You more than ever. As we prepare to walk into the future we pray for the "new normal" to come. The World as we knew it is gone, and for what feels like such a long time we have experienced so much hardship during this Pandemic. Pope's Prayer for Protection from CoronavirusĬlick to Submit a Prayer Prayer for a New Normal.Prayer for People Critically Ill or Facing Great Uncertainty.An Examen for Times of Anxiety and Depression.Litany of Solidarity and Hope During a Pandemic.The Other Side of the Virus, an Opportunity to Awaken.A Prayer in Response to An Ignatian Examen on Working During the Pandemic.Prayer for the Safety of Returning to School in a Pandemic.Reflections on Changes & Transitions: A New Normal.
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