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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!

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The story of “Doubting Thomas” is generally not one that comes to mind when pondering the boundless mercy of God. But, Mr. Healey writes, the mercy offered to Thomas can be a lifeline to those who are infected by the bug of skepticism, empiricism and rationalism. “Do not be unbelieving," says Jesus, "but believe.”

On his 50th birthday, in 2009, Mr. Healey went in for a medical check-up. It had been a little while since he had last had one, but this one came at a critical time. As he looks back on that appointment and the doctor who has steadily guided him since then, it is with appreciation and admiration for his physician, now a friend.

On Good Friday Jesus went into the West, as we all must do. As the daylight fades into the West and Holy Saturday comes to a close, the Easter Fire is lit in anticipation of the Resurrection of the Son, soon to be heralded by the rising of the sun in the East. Easter, Mr. Healey writes, celebrates God’s fulfilled promise that going into the West is not the end.

As part of Saint Ignatius High School’s Women’s History Month celebration, we are proud to feature our fifth and final Wildcat Woman of the Week, Theology teacher Mrs. Megan McCullough.

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“I thirst.” Every Christian worthy of the name knows both the speaker and the circumstance of this biblical quote. Yet, just as with the infancy stories, there are moments in the different passion narratives that are conflated in our minds in order to create one seamless time-line of events. As Mr. Healey explains, Jesus is desiring more than just something to drink.