December 4, 2012
You could say that school spirit met Ignatian spirituality when these five SU Jesuits gamely showed off their new red threads on a recent afternoon. Pictured here from left to right flashing the Redhawk are Trung Pham (Fine Arts), Matthew Pyrc (Campus Ministry), Steve Sundborg (President), Jason Welle (Education Abroad) and Mike Bayard (Campus Ministry).
And now for the back story…As we know, faculty and staff are encouraged to cap off the work week by decking themselves out in SU colors for "Red Fridays."
Pyrc got to thinking that there had to be a way for him and his Jesuit brothers to do their part, so he went online and found the red clerical shirts--turns out you can order clerical shirts in just about any color of the rainbow. Equally important, he found five other Jesuits willing to participate.
Bill O'Malley, S.J., (left) who is a visiting professor in Matteo Ricci College this year, was tied up with academic duties on the afternoon of the photo shoot, but he did show up, properly attired, just moments after the rest of the group disbanded to get his picture taken with the president.
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