Jack Barry

Thoughts from Father Dan on Father’s Day

By Jack Barry / June 20, 2020

Happy Father’s Day! 12th Sunday             How appropriate that today we hear  our Gospel from the Sermon on the Mount! During this time of the corona pandemic and protests over racial inequality, we hear Jesus says to us: “You are worth more than an entire flock of sparrows.”             At this time in the life…

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Nostrand Ave & Carroll Street c. 1915

By Jack Barry / June 3, 2020
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Jack Raslowsky, President of Xavier High School video

Jack Raslowsky, President of Xavier High School, Offers Some Kind Thoughts About the BPAA During His Fireside Chat

By Jack Barry / May 17, 2020
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Jack Raslowsky, President of Xavier High School, and our 2018 Honoree, hoisted the BP banner on Thursday, May, 7th to honor our canceled Annual Dinner. Thank you, Jack. We all missed being with you.

By Jack Barry / May 8, 2020
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Easter Sunday Thoughts from Father Dan Fitzpatrick SJ ’53

By Jack Barry / April 12, 2020

If you look carefully at the accounts of the Resurrection in the Scriptures, you’ll notice that there are a lot of questions raised in the course of the narrative. Let’s look at two of those questions this Easter morning.

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Doctor Anthony Fauci – His Dedication to Public Service Was Formed at a Jesuit High School

By Jack Barry / April 2, 2020

He’s America’s tough-love grandpa at a moment when top political leaders are frequently more like irresponsible dads prone to happy talk nonsense.

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Read the wonderful story in America Magazine about John Sexton ’59 and his love for BP.

By Jack Barry / April 1, 2020

John Sexton is an attorney and academic who served as president of New York University from 2002 to 2015. Formerly Dean of the School of Law, Mr. Sexton continues to serve NYU as Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law. A lifelong Catholic, Mr. Sexton graduated from the now-defunct Jesuit high school Brooklyn Prep, later earning a B.A. in history, an M.A. in comparative religion and a Ph.D in history of American religion from Fordham University. He earned his J.D. from Harvard University and has authored several books including “Baseball as a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game” in 2014.

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Thoughts from Father Dan Fitzpatrick SJ on the Fifth Sunday of Lent.

By Jack Barry / March 29, 2020

5th Sunday of Lent – 2020             A major theme that runs through St John’s Gospel is the continuing conflict between life and death. Recall that two weeks ago we heard the encounter between Jesus and the Samaritan woman. He offers her “life-giving water.” The water is the sign of new life for her. She…

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Some kind and meaningful thoughts from our Moderator, Father Dan Fitzpatrick SJ, Class of ’53

By Jack Barry / March 21, 2020

Prenote: We are all living in quarantine in our Jesuit Community. I’m sure many of you are in different ways helping out in what way you can in your community. I asked myself what can I do at this time? Even If I can not help people in need physically, maybe I can do my…

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Canceling May Dinner

By Jack Barry / March 12, 2020

It is with great sadness that we have decided to cancel our May 7th Annual Dinner and, especially so, for the Jubilee Classes, but we have to keep in mind that all of the men that come to the Dinner are in the highly vulnerable category.

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