| Core Commitments
John Paul the Great Catholic University takes seriously its obligation to the spiritual and intellectual development of all students, faculty, and staff, and embraces the following fundamental core commitments to:
• The spiritual development of all students, faculty and staff, and to striving to put into action, in our lives and in the lives of those we touch, the teachings of Jesus Christ, being unapologetic for and uncompromising with His Word. The Catholic commitment at JP Catholic will be organically embedded in a total, lively, and joyous life of Faith. It will aspire to dynamically develop a personal knowledge of and relationship with Jesus Christ through an ongoing and active prayer life, both personal and communal, and a thorough knowledge of scripture, thus leading to an active living of God’s commandments. JP Catholic will welcome and respect all students, faculty, and staff, and will honor diversity among its students with respect to age, intellectual talents, financial resources, creed, and ethnic background.
• The intellectual development of all students, faculty and staff, and to being innovative in our program development, leaders in our educational niche, and entrepreneurial in defining our future. JP Catholic will recognize that the student's vocation is intellectual development, with the ultimate purpose of becoming a mature, productive, creative, and responsible citizen. JP Catholic will provide an education that will emphasize the integration of theory with practice, enhance the professional competence and ethical judgment of the student, and will have a particular focus on creativity and innovation, leadership and entrepreneurship. JP Catholic will recognize the need to maintain leadership in its academic niche and will be boldly entrepreneurial in maintaining its position as a leading teaching university.
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