Lessons from Loyola Hall

One of the most memorable of the long list of impressive honorary degree recipients at Harvard was the Russian writer and exiled former prisoner of the Soviet state, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. In 1978, he gave what has become possibly the most famous graduation address in the history of American higher education. Its lessons reverberate today.

Children bring life to a street in more ways than they could imagine as they remind us of our own carefree summer days. But they also help us to recall the words of Jesus, both in this weekend’s Gospel as well as throughout the New Testament, that children hold a special place in His heart and in the Father’s Kingdom. We would do well to have child-like hearts.

The public works of Blessed Pier Georgio Frassati were well known. But many of those who attended his funeral were drawn to him by stories of private acts of charity and concern. As we approach this Fourth of July, his vision of social action that brings the world to Christ is worthy of our consideration.

It is essential that parents see Jesus in each of their children, during every stage of life from conception onward. In addition, parents, in the raising of their children, are called to find their lives by losing them for the sake of Jesus. Read a reflection on this weekend's Gospel reading written by Theology teacher Tom Healey '77.