Washington, DC
Upcoming Events
Spring 2025 Luncheon
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Featured Speaker:
Fr. Thomas J. Merkel, SJ
The University Club of Washington, D.C.
1135 16th St., NW
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.- Luncheon
Speaker Bio:
Fr. Thomas J. Merkel, SJ, is the President of the Gregorian University Foundation. He was previously the Assistant Vice President for University Relations at Creighton University, his alma mater. He also served as President of Creighton Prep for nine years, and before that as Superintendent of Schools at the Red Cloud Indian School. He has an M.A. in Philanthropic Studies from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and an M.A. in Private School Administration from the University of San Francisco, as well as an M.Div. in Theology from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley and a Licentiate in Philosophy from St. Michael’s Institute at Gonzaga University.
Save the Date
Fall Luncheon
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Featured speaker: Fr. James Van Dyke, SJ, President, Georgetown Preparatory School
About JFAN
Jesuit Friends and Alumni Network-Washington, DC (formerly known as the Loyola Club) gathers Jesuit-educated alums and friends for food, fellowship and inspiration. JFAN probes ways to apply Jesuit spirituality in our everyday lives and to use it as a means to strengthen our communities.
We bring together on a regular basis (3 times each year) leaders in the DC Community with a common bond of Jesuit Education/Ignatian Spirituality. Washington itself is home to Georgetown University, Gonzaga College High School, Georgetown Preparatory School, and the Washington Jesuit Academy. This city also is home to graduates from every one of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and most of the more than 70 Jesuit high schools and middle schools in the United States, as well as members, representatives or alumni of Alpha Sigma Nu; Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA); Holy Trinity Catholic Church; the Ignatian Solidarity Network; the Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC); The Jesuit Collaborative; the Jesuit Conference; the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA); the Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC); and the Loyola Club of Washington.