When Rev. John Francis O’Connor founded St. John Berchmann’s college in 1902, he installed the providential values of his order, the Jesuits. The two wolves and cauldron in this first version of the school’s seal are from St. Ignatius Loyola’s family crest. They symbolize hospitality and generosity, having enough to give to the wolves.
These everlasting principles have withstood the many changes and steady growth of St. John’s, which became Jesuit High School in 1960, then Loyola College Prep in 1982. In 1987, Loyola became a co-ed institution and invited women to join in the Jesuit mission toward education and spirituality.
Gerald Johnson, teacher and Prefect of Discipline, retired after 46 years in 2009.
In a place where influential people like Frank J. Cicero and Gerald W. Johnson devoted 45 years of their lives to student development, faculty and students truly become family. Hospitality at Loyola keeps the Ignatius spirit alive.
And through its current mission, which promotes compassion, members of Loyola are continuing to practice generosity throughout the community through service projects like Flyers Aiding the Hungry, which feeds hundred of local needy families during the Christmas season.
Hospitality and generosity at LOYOLA are forever. And with your generosity, we can promise this solid foundation to future generations. Donate today!
Click HERE to see how one alumni is choosing to continue the legacy.
