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I don't see the concept of God in the mission statement:
"The mission of the Saint Louis University School of Medicine is the pursuit of excellence in education, research, clinical care, and community engagement through professional development, collaboration and social justice. "
That said there is the school's values statement:
In pursuit of its mission, the Saint Louis University School of Medicine seeks to impart to its students the following values:
- A concern for the sanctity of human life.
- A commitment to dignity and respect in the provision of medical care to all patients.
- A devotion to social justice, particularly as regards inequities in availability of and access to health care.
- Humility in awareness of medicine’s inherent limitations in the cure of illness.
- An appreciation for all of the factors that affect a person’s state of health or illness.
- A mature and well-balanced professional behavior that derives from comfortable relationships with members of the human family and one’s Creator.
I guess if you reject the notion that your professional behavior derives from a relationship with your Creator, then you might have a problem at SLU but in no way do Christians have a monopoly with having comfortable relationship with one's Creator.
BTW, Jesuits are Catholics who belong to a religious order of men (there is no branch for women as there are for Franciscans, Dominicans and some of the other groups that include both men (priests and brothers) and women (nuns and/or sisters) in their organizations). They take religious vows and live communally. The newest President of SLU is not a Jesuit but the school still has Jesuits serving on the Board of Trustees (those with SJ after their names, the official name of the Jesuits is "Society of Jesus"). So, there would be no expectation that an applicant to the school would be "a Jesuit" and there isn't an expectation that they are Catholic either; but I just wanted to shed some light on what a Jesuit is.
