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‘It isn’t Latin or Greek I’m teaching, but how to think’: Memories of a formative Jesuit educator

John W. DonohueDecember 16, 2021

As a young teacher at Canisius High School in Buffalo, N.Y., John W. Donohue, S.J., worked with Thomas J. Jones, the senior member of the lay faculty: “From him I was to learn more about the practice of teaching than from any book or course in education.”

Fordham Prep students collect donations for the Great Ignatian Challenge in 2019. The annual holiday food drive, which now takes place at 15 Jesuit schools, also raises money for financial assistance programs at thge participating schools. (Christopher Lauber/Fordham Prep)

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The Great Ignatian Challenge turns a Thanksgiving food drive into a (friendly) Jesuit competition

Maurice Timothy ReidyNovember 15, 2021

Jim Rowen discusses the genesis of the Great Ignatian Challenge, a yearly competition among Jesuit high schools to see which institution can bring in the most donations for local charities.

Nativity Mission Center, pictured here in the 1970s, was founded by the Jesuits in 1971 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The center is now part of a coalition of 49 schools across the United States that follow its model for educating underserved children. (Photo courtesy NativityMiguel Coalition.)

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Daniel Pérez had a transformative experience as a Nativity student. Today he leads their national coalition of schools.

J.D. Long GarcíaOctober 14, 2021

Mr. Pérez is now the executive director of the NativityMiguel Coalition, a national network of faith-based schools that follow the Nativity model for helping children prepare for rigorous high school curricula.