Spring Hill College, located in Mobile, Ala., volunteered to shelter 150 students who were displaced in the wake of Hurricane Ida from Loyola University New Orleans—a sister Jesuit school.
Doug Girardot
Doug Girardot is an O’Hare Fellow at America. He graduated from Boston College in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in history.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
It’s time for Catholics to go back to no meat on every Friday (not just during Lent)
Dropping meat from our Friday menus has the double benefit of reducing our carbon footprints (however minimally) and bringing us closer to the Lord.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What my students have taught me about suffering
I don’t understand why some of my students are allowed to suffer as he did. But the knowledge of Christ’s death stanches my anger long enough that I am able to entertain the idea that there is still a point to serving this God.