{"id":858,"date":"2022-12-13T20:47:27","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T20:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/?p=858"},"modified":"2022-12-16T16:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T16:30:15","slug":"created-for-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2022\/featured-stories\/created-for-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Created for a Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>UST\u2019s Core Curriculum is a journey of discovery and transformation that prepares each student for an<\/em> <em>extraordinary life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"859\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/2022\/featured-stories\/created-for-a-purpose\/attachment\/blog_600x300_createdforpurpose\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose.jpg\" alt=\"Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose\" class=\"wp-image-859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.stthom.edu\/encounter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/12\/Blog_600x300_CreatedforPurpose-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Each of us receives, discovers, and brings to life our purpose. At University of St. Thomas, our Core illuminates who we are \u2013 including our nature and purpose \u2013 and prepares us to fulfill our calling wisely and courageously. Throughout the university years, we have the unique opportunity to grow in wisdom, goodness and discipline so that we might embody our God-given purpose in the world. Informed by the Catholic intellectual and spiritual traditions, the University of St. Thomas offers a unique and integrated Core that can serve as a primary pathway for this journey of discovery and preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WE DISCOVER THIS PURPOSE THROUGH FRIENDSHIP.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the University of St. Thomas, we are a community born from wonder and faith, committed to a form of friendship that animates our common search for wisdom. It is a search that we pursue together \u2013 professors and students alike \u2013 seeking answers to life\u2019s never-changing and fundamental questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WE PURSUE THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TOGETHER.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before arriving at answers, however, we must clarify the questions. Our Core is oriented to articulating the questions that have animated human life for millennia. But we do not stop with the questions. Together, we seek to discover the wisdom \u2013 ascending on the wings of faith and reason \u2013 that enables us to answer them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WE DISCOVER WISDOM IN COMMUNITY.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Through our comprehensive, integrated and deeply Catholic core curriculum at the University of St. Thomas, we \u2013 the students and professors in purposeful dialogue \u2013 come to know ourselves within a community, develop the skills of the mind and heart that are essential to a fully human life, and build a foundation of wisdom for a life well-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WE ANSWER THE CALL TO A LIFE OF SERVICE THAT WILL LEAVE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By opening our minds and hearts to all of reality \u2013 integrating both the natural and supernatural \u2013 our Core enables us to prepare ourselves to achieve the greatest goods for our families, society, and the world. Through our uncommon Core, one in which Faith and Reason make whole and give depth to the stories of our lives, we integrate our liberal education with professional preparation, and apprentice ourselves for a life of greatness and significance through service.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Core Curriculum is the vital heart of a UST education. In their journey through the Core, students build themselves up as persons. They come to understand themselves as free and intellectual beings, hone their skills in reasoning, persuasion and more, and cultivate the beginnings of wisdom via a holistic perspective on the individual disciplines they study. At the same time, the University\u2019s new core explicitly focuses on integrating the tradition of liberal education with students\u2019 professional aspirations. These two goods: the person and the profession, are not opposed. 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