Two CLA Alumnae Reflect on Their Experiences in "Jesuits" Magazine

In the Summer 2018 issue of Jesuits magazine, CLA alumnae Jaclyn Newns and Deanna Howes Spiro write about how their experience in the program have informed their sense of being an Ignatian leader in the world today.

““I met 15 people in the living room of a Jesuit community the week I moved to a new city. We gathered there once a month to break bread and build friendship over sweet potatoes and jerk chicken. We were a unique crew of personalities and professions, including an architect, a union organizer, a teacher and mother of six, an actuary, a graphic designer and a carpenter. We were a bold, messy, distracted and holy crew....”
–Jackie Newns, CLA–Boston ‘15, is a Campus Minister at St. Joseph’s University”

““It has now been three years since I completed the CLA program. I have become a member of the advisory committee for the Washington, D.C., region and a member of the steering committee for our local Loyola Club, all while continuing to serve at AJCU. It is a blessing to be so strongly connected to organizations like AJCU and CLA, which both share the same goal: to do everything for the greater glory of God. AMDG.”
–Deanna Howes Spiro, CLA–DC ‘15, is Director of Communications at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.”