Ohio Dominican University’s Statement on Unity in Diversity

Ohio Dominican University, in fostering our Catholic and Dominican identity, respects and honors the dignity of each person regardless of age, race, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, country of origin, disability, and other expressions of human individuality. Therefore, Ohio Dominican University is committed to ensuring an inclusive environment that welcomes all who seek to find and share the truth, trusting in the rigor of reason and the light of faith to unite our diverse community.

Ohio Dominican University is Roman Catholic. It was founded by the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs, which became the Dominican Sisters of Peace in 2009. 

St. Dominic de Guzman, an itinerant preacher, founded the Order of Preachers in 1216. Dominicans are formed throughout their entire lives according to the four pillars St. Dominic established:

• Prayer
• Study
• Ministry
• Community

The Dominican tradition of spirituality is rooted in common life: liturgical prayer and meditation, study, and ministry of the Word. These values continue to guide the faculty, students and staff at Ohio Dominican University. 

The Catholic Tradition

Ohio Dominican University is Catholic in many ways: by dedication to academic excellence and teaching instruction, by the creative faith and pledge to developing community among its members, as well as by living out the Gospel mandate to proclaim the Good News.

The Catholic identity of Ohio Dominican University is a call to action and service to all humanity that is faithful to the past and open to the future.

A Catholic university, by institutional commitment, brings to its task the inspiration and light of the Christian message. In a Catholic university, therefore, Catholic ideals, attitudes and principles penetrate and inform university activities in accordance with the proper nature and autonomy of these activities.

In a word, being both a community of scholars representing various branches of human knowledge, and an academic institution in which Catholicism is vitally present and operative. - Pope John Paul II: Ex Corde Ecclesiae

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