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One of the great Marian prayers, and Mr. Healey's favorite, is the ‘Salve, Regina’ or the ‘Hail, Holy Queen.’ Central to the theme of the prayer is the line: “To thee we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears.” Where might we find hope in the tears? Mr. Healey has the answer.

This Saturday it will be seven years since the life of Jim Skerl ‘74 moved from this world to the next. Today, Mr. Healey recounts how Mr. Skerl's impact on him, and his model for how to live, continues to inspire and animate the students of Saint Ignatius High School.

Mr. Healey sends you off into the weekend with an emphatic call for courage. Indeed, a life following Jesus will bring moments of fear or anxiety or suffering--or all three. But finding the courage to serve out of love, Mr. Healey writes, is exactly what Christ calls us to do.

Which ethicist or philosopher should one follow when making a key life decision? Why? Mr. Healey hit the pause button while showing the film "Quiz Show" to his Christian Manhood classes this week, right at such a pivotal moment for the movie's main character. Here's why.

Last Thursday evening the campus was blessed to host the “annual” 1886 Society celebration. This year’s event honored the 2020 recipients of various alumni awards, including the second-ever recipient of the Young Alumnus Award, Dr. Phil Yuhas ’06. Here Mr. Healey recounts just how deep Ignatian values run for this year's honoree.

“Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the Kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” In class, Mr. Healey likes to use the image of a Dutch door when talking about this passage. What is a Dutch door, and what does it have to do with the Kingdom of God? That is the focus of this weekend's Lesson from Loyola Hall.

A professional development day this past Monday sent Mr. Healey down memory lane, recalling the first novel he used to teach freshmen Theology 40 years ago. The way to teaching students well, he has learned over those years, is through the head--and the heart.

As individuals, we are all prone to self-delusion and when we get together with others who are like-minded. The opposite of this is the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ. And, fortunately for us all, the Gospel addresses those who are beholden to self-deception and ideology not by condemning, but by offering an olive branch.