J-School

Fr. Michael Pierce,S.J.

So J-school was fine, and the fact that Marquette was also a Jesuit school made it OK with my parents — my uncle Michael (Fr. Michael Pierce, S.J.) even had some classmates who taught there. The reach of The Society is a long one, which is why, as one of my European history professors once put it, 

"There are only three things you need to know about European history: The nobility is always corrupt, the middle class is never ready to take control, and the Jesuits are always being expelled" 

Link (here) to read the full article at Grantland.com