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Perhaps no person is more responsible for the campus of Saint Ignatius High School today than Peter Hender, Director of Campus Operations. After 23 years, the leader of countless renovation and construction projects, as well as oversight of facilities, takes his leave of campus.

After 21 and a half years at Saint Ignatius High School, Patty Fitzpatrick will leave the Saint Ignatius community with a smile on their face when they hear her name. When she retires at the end of January, it will be with a legacy of graciousness and grace.

Fr. Daniel Berrigan, S.J., the first priest to ever make the F.B.I.’s Most Wanted list, called our country “an ‘interlocking directorate’ of death that binds the whole culture. And since January 22, 1973, that system has included the unborn. The Good News of the Gospel compels us to act on behalf of these and all who are voiceless or on the margins.

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It was fall of 1981 when Nick Restifo Hon. ’19 walked through the doors of Saint Ignatius High School to take on his new job as a Spanish teacher – but it wasn’t long before he got offered his “second job.” After nearly 40 years as offensive coordinator for Varsity Football, the veteran teacher is retiring from that role.

What inspired Jesus's disciples to drop their fishing nets and follow him? After all, they could have spurned that call and gone about their work. But the famous tale of one prophet who had initially rejected God's call, perhaps, motivated them to answer it--and avoid being swallowed up in regret.

Let us pray in thanksgiving for the life of Fr. James V. Lewis, S.J., who died on January 14, 2021, at Colombiere Center Jesuit Community in Clarkston, Michigan. He was 85 years old. May he rest in peace.

Director of Admissions Pat O'Rourke '90, a self-proclaimed "word nerd," brings you his Etymology Word of the Week. Every other week he presents an online Etymology lesson just for fun!