It is such a long celebration because at the time of the homily I invite members of the class to come forward and share with everyone-approximately 250 of their classmates, faculty mentors and upper-class retreat leaders-a memory, image, relationship or story in which they find God’s presence. and usually does not end until after 10:30 p.m. On the last night of the retreat, I celebrate a Mass that begins at 9 p.m. I believe this force can challenge the prevailing cultural forces that pressure young men to adopt values that reflect a vastly different posture toward the more vulnerable members of our society and those who are different than themselves.Įach spring, members of our freshman class participate in a retreat, the final step in their formal initiation as Fordham Prep students. Still, I have been privileged to witness the mission of all-male Jesuit education-to develop men for others, who dedicate their lives to God’s greater glory-as a powerful and transforming force. I have seen our students and graduates at their best and, unfortunately, at their worst. I am the president of Fordham Prep, a 177-year-old all-male Jesuit secondary school in the Bronx, N.Y., with nearly 1,000 current students and almost 12,000 living alumni. I have been privileged to witness the mission of all-male Jesuit education as a powerful and transforming force. Yet our feelings about the nomination and our perspective about it can’t help but change in light of these revelations. Understandably, questions remain about the allegation, which Mr. That this alleged crime took place while he was a student at a Jesuit high school makes us uncomfortable if not embarrassed and horrified. “I have tried to live that creed.”įrom that high, we have descended considerably, as Judge Kavanaugh now stands accused of sexual assault by Christine Blasey Ford. Kavanaugh said when his nomination was announced on July 9. “The motto of my Jesuit high school was ‘men for others,’” Mr. His nomination to the Supreme Court was a high point Judge Kavanaugh was expected to join Neil Gorsuch as one of two justices who graduated from the same all-male Jesuit high school, Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Md. For those of us who lead or are associated with all-male Jesuit secondary schools in the United States, the saga of Brett Kavanaugh has been a roller coaster ride.
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