Subsidiarity in Action
Proof that the schools on Acton’s Honor Roll exemplify not only outstanding academics but also commitment to virtue is Strake Jesuit Preparatory in Houston, Texas. In a private reply to notification that his school again made the Top 50 this year, Strake’s president, Father Daniel Lahart, SJ, wrote, “Right now I feel tremendous pride, not in this award so much as in the unbelievable efforts our school is currently making to take in students from New Orleans. We’ll begin about 200 students from Jesuit High School in New Orleans on Tuesday. Say a prayer for us. This is a huge commitment and we’ll need help to make it through.”
That was two weeks ago. Now, Strake’s web site reports that 400 New Orleans students will be attending the Houston school. Additionally, a feature in the latest Chronicle of Higher Education notes that the more than 5,000 students enrolled at Loyola University of New Orleans will be attending classes at 27 sister Jesuit universities around the country. These are only two examples of a huge outpouring of aid from across the nation, but they seem to be especially apt cases of subsidiarity in action—as some in the Jesuit educational community are affected, others in the same community provide assistance.
That was two weeks ago. Now, Strake’s web site reports that 400 New Orleans students will be attending the Houston school. Additionally, a feature in the latest Chronicle of Higher Education notes that the more than 5,000 students enrolled at Loyola University of New Orleans will be attending classes at 27 sister Jesuit universities around the country. These are only two examples of a huge outpouring of aid from across the nation, but they seem to be especially apt cases of subsidiarity in action—as some in the Jesuit educational community are affected, others in the same community provide assistance.
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