Reverend Father, Honored Guests, Faculty and Staff, Alumni, Students, and Seniors: I have been thinking for some time about this moment when I should address you all, and address these men. I thought that I should center my talk on some telling text, some profound piece of poetry, some scrap of Holy Scripture that […]
On May 3rd, after their final regular season rugby match, Gregory the Great Academy’s Highlanders knelt and sang the Non Nobis Domine, as every Highlander has for over two decades: the same red jersey, the familiar numbers on each back, but a different field, different dusty faces with heads bowed: Not unto us, O Lord, but […]
“Et Verbum caro factum est.” This passage from St. John’s Gospel is considered so important that it is included in every single Mass prayed in the Extraordinary Form, and has been so for centuries. What strikes me particularly about this passage is that it can be translated either as “the Word was made flesh” or […]
This year over the Easter holiday, the Junior class from Gregory the Great Academy, led by staff members Matthew Williams and David McMyne, traveled to France for two weeks of spiritual and cultural adventure. The trip began in Paris, where the boys visited the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the Parisian Catacombs, and the Chapel of […]