A native of Villanova, PA, Jake was raised at the Augustinian St. Thomas of Villanova parish before meeting the Jesuits at St. Joe’s Prep and then Fordham University. After a short stint on Wall Street and three years working at Fordham, Jake entered the Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus in August 2015. He’s currently the 7th and 8th grade math teacher at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep.
Joined in 2018 16 posts jbraithwaitesj@thejesuitpost.org
My abrupt final days as a tutor at McQuaid Jesuit High School coincided with the famed Rochester Lilac Festival when a glorious garden in the middle of the city is filled with flowers and fragrance and visitors coming to soak it all in. A few weeks later I yearned to be back with the students and our jokes and routines and even the boring vocabulary tests.
Ash Wednesday is just one week away. Before you decide to give up candy or french fries or even Facebook, I encourage you to take some advice: do nothing.
When I was in grade school, I forced myself to try out for the basketball team. I never liked basketball, wasn’t particularly fast, couldn’t shoot the ball, and preferred to sit on the bench. But, everyone else was doing it, and their participation convinced me that I needed to join in.
A prayer for those whose Thanksgiving may be rife with stress, anger, and regret.
Montezuma’s Revenge and the Evil Spirit’s Opportunity.
How finding God on the streets of Chicago can change someone.
Go first and be reconciled with your brother.