On the morning of Friday, September 15, under a clear blue sky, our entire school community gathered in the Hollow for our annual Mass of the Holy Spirit, a tradition among Jesuit academic institutions dating all the way back to 1548. During this Mass we gather to thank God for the gifts of creation and salvation and to seek the guidance and wisdom of the Holy Spirit in the coming year.
It is also an important day in our community as we honor the legacy of Dan McNeal '90 with the presentation of the Daniel W. McNeal Memorial Scholarship Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a current Loyola Blakefield student. Congratulations to this year's recipient, Declan Bell '24.