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As graduating seniors depart and head for college, Mr. Healey takes time to prepare his students for college life. Included among some important life lessons is the need for late-night conversation and companionship. Friendships, especially with Christ, are among the relationships that young people most need.

Spring can refer to the season itself, and is therefore directly related to Lent, which is the original Anglo-Saxon term for the season of spring. It can also refer to those pieces of coiled metal that are used in everything from vehicles to hand-crafted watches. What else can 'spring' mean? Here's Mr. Healey with an answer.

Last week, at the age of ninety, Jean Vanier died in Paris, leaving behind an incredible legacy of 154 L’Arche communities in 38 countries comprised of over 10,000 souls. Essential to Vanier’s philosophy is the belief that we are all wounded, we are all poor, and that Jesus came only for the wounded and poor.

The preaching of Jesus is filled with a number of word plays. This week’s Gospel shows Jesus as the Good Shepherd. See how that theme is interpreted in each of this week's Gospel readings.

On Sunday, May 5, Mr. Tom Pasko gave the first annual Dr. Michael Fr. Pennock ’64 Memorial Lecture to the members of the Class of 2019. His talk reminded Mr. Healey, a former student of Pasko's, of the enthusiasm that inspired him to get into teaching in the first place.

The world tells us to be admirers of Jesus and not followers. Be religious, but not too religious. The answering of the call to put our total trust in Jesus and follow Him unconditionally is something from which we almost instinctively shy away. To answer Him, we must accept that His way is the way of the Cross.

Each May 1st our seniors, along with seniors around the country, make their college decisions. Healey hopes that all students take the time in college to stay up late debating and asking the deep questions of life--to talk about the things that will make them deeper, stronger and better men of faith and Men for Others.

What on earth could comedian Jim Gaffigan, Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Harry Connick, Jr., Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles Robert Barron, and author and Rwandan genocide survivor Immaculee Ilibagiza have in common? Mr. Healey has the answer in the Lesson for this weekend.