Lessons from Loyola Hall

The Transfiguration is one of the most complex and symbol-laden events in all of the public ministry of Jesus. As Peter awakens, he knows he is supposed to do something, but his first suggestion is setting up tents for Jesus, Moses and Elijah. What can we learn from Peter's mistake?

Tuesday marks our annual Giving Day and, sure, there are incentives. But no one really gives because of the prizes. They give, writes Mr. Healey, because of the people who have made, make, and will continue to make Saint Ignatius a school that always strives to do all for the Greater Glory of God.

Each Lent we are confronted with the story of the redemptive sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross. We are reminded that to dust we shall return. We spend time in our own desert of sacrifice, in imitation of Christ's 40 days in the desert. We are shown a reality that we often choose to look away from.

Lent is a time of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. The last of those three is often forgotten, but this Lent Mr. Healey invites and encourages people to give alms by supporting foreign missions, which were close to the heart of his late son, Kevin '07, who would have turned 30 this Palm Sunday.