What does the phrase “men and women for others” mean?
Fr. Pedro Arrupe, former Superior General of the Jesuits, coined the phrase “man for others” in a speech he delivered in 1973. The phrase has since become the motto of the Jesuit schools and has been updated to include both “men and women for others.” Arrupe explained that the challenge of Jesuit schools is to foster “men and women who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors; men and women completely convinced that love of God which does not issue in justice for others is a farce.” This view requires Walsh Jesuit students to reach beyond what they know and what they expect in order to live in solidarity with the poor, to begin creating a more just society, to reach out to the poor or disadvantaged in the community through the Labre Project.
