Marissa Papula is a writer, spiritual director, and retreat facilitator whose work has appeared in America, The Christian Century, the Jesuit Media Lab, Bearings Online, and more. After more than a decade accompanying students and advancing mission in Jesuit higher education, she serves as the Director of Development for Discerning Deacons.
The cultural zeitgeist of the “stomp, clap, hey” era of 2010s folk music was only beginning when, on a misty night in Ireland my sophomore