Jesuit Portal 2025 - Extra Mile Institute

Gonzaga Prep

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context:
- Exploring Magis through the ripples we set in motion, but may not always see.
Questions:
- Have you ever seen a ripple from your actions that reminded you of the magis?
- How do you stay grounded in the Magis when the results aren’t immediate or visible?
- In what we do, how can we commit to creating ripples (the more universal good) rather than just chasing quick outcomes?

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context:
- Prioritizing selflessness and serving others.
Questions:
- When have you done something for others, simply because it was right?
- What impact did it make on others? You?
- What is the overall impact of serving others?
- How might we be invited to live this out more deeply and do this for our students?

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context:
- Exploring Magis through the proverb of teaching vs feeding a man a fish.
Questions:
- When have you wanted a quick solution, but someone instead taught you for the long term?
- How did that choice – the greater good over the immediate good – shape you?
- In your own life, where do you see yourself giving immediate help instead of choosing the Magis (teaching for lasting impact?)

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context:
- The Magis invites us to look beyond what is simply good and seek what is in service of the greater good; the choice that serves more deeply, more universally, more fully. Let’s take a moment to reflect on how this has shown up in our own lives.
Prompt: Take a moment of reflection to remember a time when you faced two good paths and felt drawn toward what would be most in service of the greater good.
Questions:
- What moved within you (the interior movements) initially as you discerned the greater good in that moment?
- What was the interior movement once you made the decision?
- How did choosing that path enrich our ability to discern the Magis and hear God better?
- How might that same spirit of discernment guide us in the choices we face as a community?

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context: The Magis invites us to offer our best, but not to lose ourselves in the chase. Growth, ambition, and drive are a beautiful gift, but they’re meant to be held in balance with gratitude. Let’s reflect on how we hold those tensions in our own lives.
Questions:
- How does grounding ourselves in the spirit of the Magis shape the way we strive?
- When have you pushed yourself to achieve more, but purposefully from a place of genuine gratitude?
- Where might we be invited this week to lean more deeply into gratitude?

Session: Open to Change through the Magis

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Jesuit Principle: Magis
Context:
- Through our work and in our behaviors, we have a preference for stability and predictability (low change). The Magis is an invitation to the greater good, not the comfortable good. We may need to open our hearts and listen to where God is calling us to step towards newness.
Prompt: “Our only desire and our one choice should be this: I want and I choose what better leads to the deepening of God’s life in me.”
Questions:
- How do our tendencies for predictability and stability help us to choose what better leads to the deepening of God’s life in us?
- When does stability create space for discernment?
- Where do our desires for predictability and stability disrupt our ability to choose what better leads to the deepening of God’s life in us?
- When have you held onto the familiar even when the greater good asked for something new?

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We’re working on making these sessions available to you shortly. In the meantime, feel free to explore additional sessions in our Library.

We’re working on making these sessions available to you shortly. In the meantime, feel free to explore additional sessions in our Library.

We’re working on making these sessions available to you shortly. In the meantime, feel free to explore additional sessions in our Library.

We’re working on making these sessions available to you shortly. In the meantime, feel free to explore additional sessions in our Library.

We’re working on making these sessions available to you shortly. In the meantime, feel free to explore additional sessions in our Library.